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A yellow Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 locomotive numbered 1796 is parked in a yard with other locomotives in the background. A Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 locomotive numbered 1796 sits in a yard alongside other Union Pacific locomotives. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 1796 is parked on a track in a rail yard, with other locomotives and a yellow office car visible nearby under a clear sky. A Union Pacific EMD SD40 locomotive, number 1796, is parked in a yard alongside other locomotives and an office car. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red and white diesel locomotive with 'SOO' lettering on its side and the number 6020 on the cab and front, sitting on tracks in a grassy yard under a clear blue sky. A Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 6020, in its white and red livery, photographed in a railroad yard. May 2000 · Carnation and Front, Franklin Park, IL An overhead view of a Soo Line diesel locomotive pulling a freight train through a yard with multiple tracks, under a concrete bridge carrying a semi-trailer with 'SUPERVALU' lettering. A Soo Line GP38-2 locomotive, number 8001, leads a freight train through a rail yard under a highway bridge in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Front St, Franklin Park, IL An elevated view of a Soo Line SW1200 locomotive moving through a sprawling rail yard filled with freight cars and shipping containers, located in Franklin Park, Illinois. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 switcher, #1535, works in a busy intermodal yard under a clear summer sky. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Keont St, Franklin Park, IL A red and white SOO Line caboose numbered 96 is parked on a railway track in a yard, with a red CP Rail locomotive numbered 1511 beside it. A SOO Line caboose numbered 96 sits in a rail yard next to a CP Rail locomotive. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL Two rusted SOO Line cabooses are parked on parallel tracks in a snowy rail yard, with a boxcar behind them. A SOO Line caboose numbered 102 sits in a snowy rail yard, with another caboose and a boxcar visible in the background. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front St, Franklin Park, IL Two freight cars, one white with 'SOO LINE' lettering and the other orange-red with 'SOU' markings, are parked on adjacent tracks in a gravel yard. A Soo Line boxcar and a Southern Railway boxcar sit on parallel tracks in a rail yard under a clear sky. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a black and cream PROCOR tank car numbered 60162 for molten sulfur on a railroad track, with a dark green BCIT boxcar visible behind it. A PROCOR tank car numbered PROX 60162 for molten sulfur sits on the tracks next to a BCIT boxcar in a rail yard. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL An elevated view of a sprawling railroad yard in Franklin Park under a large concrete highway bridge, with multiple tracks and a red locomotive visible. A high-angle view of a railroad yard under the Mannheim Bridge in Franklin Park, Illinois, featuring multiple tracks and freight cars. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Front St, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a freight train carrying lumber on a railroad main line, with visible TTX reporting marks and flatcars. A freight train with TTX flatcars carrying lumber on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A photograph of a freight train with dark-colored boxcars on a track beside a road, viewed on an overcast day. A freight train with Conrail and Missouri Pacific boxcars on a private right-of-way next to a street, under an overcast sky in the late 1970s. May 2000 · Touhy and Wolf, Chicago, IL Side view of a freight train on a railroad main line under a clear sky, with a white ACF Industries gondola car and a red flatcar carrying blue and yellow shipping containers. A freight train in Franklin Park, IL, featuring an ACF Industries gondola car and a CRLE flatcar carrying intermodal containers. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a freight train with a CSX flatcar carrying containers, an ADM tank car, and a NAHX covered hopper, on a sunny day beside a chain-link fence. A CSX Transportation flatcar carrying Sea-Land containers, with an ADM tank car and a NAHX covered hopper in the background, on a railroad main line in summer. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A blue CSX freight car with the number 180767 and 'GO COLTS' graffiti is parked on a track in a rail yard under a large concrete highway bridge on a clear day. A CSX freight car numbered 180767 sits in a rail yard beneath a concrete overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois, with graffiti reading 'GO COLTS' on its side. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail locomotive numbered 1511 pulls a string of rusty and white SOO Line cabooses through a sprawling rail yard filled with freight cars and containers, with green trees and a clear blue sky in the background. A CP Rail GP9 locomotive, numbered 1511, leads a train of SOO Line cabooses through a busy rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under a clear summer sky. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail locomotive with the number 1597 is pulling a train with several cabooses marked 'SOO' under an elevated highway, with a water tower and billboards in the background. A CP Rail GP9 locomotive, number 1597, leads a train with SOO Line cabooses under an elevated highway in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL An overhead view of a red CP Rail locomotive numbered 1511 coupled to a weathered red Soo Line caboose numbered 96 on multiple tracks in a freight yard with shipping containers and tank farm in the background. A CP Rail GP9 locomotive and a Soo Line caboose in a freight yard. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive, number 1511, is parked in a rail yard with a caboose. A person stands on the front platform. The ground is bare and gravelly, indicating winter. A CP Rail EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1511, is shown in a rail yard with a caboose, number 96, during winter. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a brown Conrail freight train with white lettering, including fleet numbers like 279556 and 279595, traveling on tracks alongside a paved road with utility poles and a grassy verge. A Conrail freight train with NYC-branded boxcars passes beside a road under an overcast sky. May 2000 · Touhy and Wolf, Chicago, IL A red and orange Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 5567, with Hard Rock Cafe advertising, is parked on a street under a clear blue sky next to a large yellow billboard. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40LF bus, number 5567, with a Hard Rock Cafe advertisement, is parked on a sunny street in Chicago. May 2000 · Diversey and Mont Clare, Chicago, IL A red and yellow Chicago Transit Authority bus with a Hard Rock Cafe ad is parked on a street on a sunny day. A Chicago Transit Authority New Flyer D40 bus, number 4567, with a Hard Rock Cafe advertisement on its side, is shown in a street setting. May 2000 · Diversey and Montclare, Chicago, IL A red, orange, and black Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4567, with a Hard Rock Cafe ad, is parked on a street with a pedestrian walking nearby on a sunny day. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 4567, featuring a Hard Rock Cafe advertisement, is parked on a street on a clear summer day. May 2000 · Diversey and Montclare, Chicago, IL A blue rapid transit train with the number 3152 and an advertisement on its side is stopped at an indoor station platform with a few people walking nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority 2600-series rapid transit car, number 3152, is pictured at a station platform with a United Airlines advertising wrap. May 2000 · Harlem and Higgins, Chicago, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 4611 sits on railroad tracks in a yard, with industrial buildings in the background. A Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 4611 is parked in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9914, parked in a lot with trees behind it and other buses in the background. CTA New Look bus 9914 is parked in a yard with other buses in the background. June 2000 · Armstrong and Elston, Chicago, IL A large white Metra work machine with the number PST 23288 sits on railroad tracks beside a chain-link fence, with dense trees in the background. A Metra track maintenance vehicle, numbered PST 23288, on a private right-of-way in a wooded area. June 2000 · Elston, Chicago, IL A black and white photo shows a CTA bus, number 9831, at an intersection with a late 1990s sedan and two pedestrians nearby. A Chicago Transit Authority bus, number 9831, is seen on a city street, likely in the late 1990s, with a late-model sedan and pedestrians in the background. June 2000 · Clark and Wacker, Chicago, IL An overcast day in a rail yard features a yellow American work unit, numbered 9500 250114, coupled to a red and white SOO caboose, with an elevated highway bridge in the background. A yellow American work unit with fleet numbers 9500 and 250114 is coupled to a red and white SOO caboose in a rail yard under an elevated highway bridge on an overcast day. June 12, 2000 · 500 Yard, Milwaukee, WI A red CP Rail diesel locomotive, number 8217, is shown pulling three maroon passenger cars on a set of tracks in a rail yard. A concrete overpass is visible in the background, and a 'DANGER KEEP OFF C.P. RAIL PROPERTY' sign stands in the foreground. A CP Rail GP9 diesel locomotive, number 8217, pulls a consist of maroon passenger cars through a rail yard under an overpass on an overcast day. June 12, 2000 · Milwaukee, WI A side view of a Canadian Pacific train in a rail yard, featuring a red locomotive, a maroon sleeper car, and other passenger cars, with industrial buildings in the background under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific train, led by an FP9 locomotive and including a steel heavyweight sleeper, is seen in a yard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. June 12, 2000 · Milwaukee, WI A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 8217 is pulling two maroon passenger cars on wet tracks under a concrete highway overpass on a rainy day. A Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 8217, leads a short passenger consist through a rainy yard under an elevated highway, with a crew member visible on the front platform. June 12, 2000 · Milwaukee, WI A black diesel locomotive lettered WSOR and numbered 2012 rolls along the tracks with a red locomotive numbered 1848 behind it. A crew member waves from the cab window, and trees and a yellow construction machine stand in the background. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad locomotive 2012, in black paint, leads red unit 1848 past the camera on an overcast summer day, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A red diesel locomotive with a silver stripe reading '& SOUTHERN' sits on a turntable in a rain-soaked yard in front of a tan brick building and trees, with a black and orange streamlined locomotive beyond it. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad locomotive [?]492 on a turntable on a wet, overcast day, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin, with a black and orange cab unit parked behind it. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A black six-axle diesel locomotive lettered WSOR and numbered 2015, seen from the side on a yard track, with part of a yellow and green locomotive at the left, a silver and red passenger car at the right, and wet ground and stacked materials in front. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad diesel locomotive 2015 in black paint sits in a yard on a rainy summer day, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A green and yellow diesel locomotive lettered WSOR, numbered 6625, coupled to a black locomotive on yard tracks under an overcast sky, with wet pavement in the foreground. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad 6625, in green and yellow paint, coupled to a black locomotive numbered 201[...] in a rain-soaked yard, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI Side view of a red diesel locomotive numbered 1848, lettered Wisconsin & Southern with a round sesquicentennial emblem and the Wisconsin state seal, coupled between a black locomotive and another red locomotive on a track under an overcast sky. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad 1848 in its Wisconsin sesquicentennial paint, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A faded blue-gray locomotive lettered WSOR 6604 stands beside the cab of a red and silver locomotive numbered 3501, with a red boxcar behind them and a white highway trailer in the foreground at the right. Wisconsin and Southern locomotives 6604 and 3501 in a yard, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin, on a wet, overcast day. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI Side view of a red and silver Wisconsin & Southern diesel locomotive numbered 3501 on a track, with wet gravel and puddles in the foreground and trees behind it. Wisconsin & Southern diesel locomotive 3501 sits in a yard on an overcast day. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A red and silver streamlined diesel locomotive lettered Wisconsin & Southern and numbered 71A, shown from the side in a rain-soaked rail yard, with a black locomotive at left and a red and silver locomotive at right. Wisconsin & Southern 71A stands in a wet yard between WSOR 2015 and Wisconsin & Southern 751, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A red and silver streamlined diesel locomotive lettered Wisconsin & Southern, numbered 71A, stands in a rail yard on an overcast day, with a black locomotive behind it and a red locomotive at right. Wisconsin & Southern 71A in a rail yard, with a black locomotive and a red Wisconsin & Southern locomotive nearby. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A red and gray diesel locomotive lettered Wisconsin & Southern and numbered 4492 stands on a turntable beside a white shanty and a steel light tower, with two dark locomotives with orange stripes and green trees behind. Wisconsin & Southern 4492 sits on a turntable in a yard, likely at Janesville, Wisconsin, with two dark F-unit boosters behind it. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI A red diesel locomotive lettered Wisconsin & Southern and numbered 1848 stands on a track, coupled to a black locomotive on the left and a red-and-grey locomotive on the right, with grass and a wet gravel area in front. Wisconsin & Southern 1848, in a special red scheme with a sesquicentennial emblem, sits coupled between a black locomotive and another Wisconsin & Southern unit on an overcast day. June 13, 2000 · Janesville, WI Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 5953 and 3541, are parked side by side on tracks in a rail yard with overgrown vegetation in the foreground and an overcast sky above. Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive 5953, with trailing unit 3541, idles in a yard. June 14, 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 9555 is positioned on railroad tracks next to white CSX freight cars in a gravel yard with an overcast sky and some greenery in the foreground. A Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive numbered 9555 is shown in a yard alongside CSX freight cars under an overcast sky. June 14, 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific locomotive, number 3541, on a railroad track under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 3541, in yellow and red livery, leads a consist on a main line. June 14, 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red locomotive lettered Wisconsin & Southern and a weathered green and cream locomotive numbered 6625 stand on a track with brown covered hoppers behind, next to an orange locomotive at right, under a blue sky with clouds. Wisconsin and Southern Railroad locomotives 1848 and 6625 with covered hoppers, beside an orange locomotive lettered WISCONSIN, likely at Whitewater, Wisconsin. July 2000 · Whitewater, WI Side view of three Union Pacific diesel locomotives, with number 1023 in the center, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a gray sky. Union Pacific GP9 locomotives, including number 1023, are shown in a rail yard under overcast skies. July 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL