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Two Metra diesel locomotives, 127 and 136, with red-and-white striped fronts, are parked on parallel tracks in a rail yard, with an Amtrak bi-level passenger car visible behind them.

Two Metra EMD F40PH locomotives, numbered 127 and 136, are parked side by side in a rail yard with an Amtrak passenger car in the background. July 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL

A long, tan and red bi-level passenger train, identified as an Amtrak Superliner, moves past a grade crossing with railroad signals, while several people on the sidewalk watch and take pictures.

An Amtrak Superliner passenger train passes a grade crossing in Elmhurst, Illinois, as onlookers photograph it. September 1, 1996 · 12th and Addison, Elmhurst, IL

A long, two-level passenger train with a gold, red, and blue livery moves past a group of people standing near a railroad crossing signal in a suburban setting.

An Amtrak Superliner passenger car in Phase I livery passes through a grade crossing in Elmhurst, Illinois, as onlookers watch. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL

A long passenger train with a tan, dark blue, and red livery moves past a group of people standing at a grade crossing. The train features distinctive fluted sides and rounded roofline. Cars are parked in the background under an overcast sky.

An Amtrak passenger train, featuring Amfleet I cars in Phase I livery, passes through a grade crossing in Elmhurst, Illinois, as onlookers watch. September 1, 1996 · Mt and Addison, Elmhurst, IL

A silver Amtrak railcar with a distinctive red and white striped front end is parked on multiple tracks under a large concrete highway bridge, with utility poles and trees nearby on a sunny day.

An Amtrak self-propelled railcar with a red and white striped front sits on tracks beneath a highway overpass in a gravel yard on a clear summer day. September 1997 · Mannheim Sta., Franklin Park, IL

Side view of a silver diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak 376, on snowy yard tracks under a gray sky, with another Amtrak unit numbered 360 at right and a dark green locomotive at left.

Amtrak 376 in a snowy yard with Amtrak 360 coupled behind it, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 25, 1997 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and the number 360, side view, between yellow locomotives on a snowy yard track under a gray sky.

Amtrak 360 stands among yellow Union Pacific units in the snow at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. December 25, 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A line of silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stands in a yard behind gravel and shrubs, with number 408 in the center.

Amtrak 408 and other Amtrak diesel locomotives in a yard, likely at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of a weathered silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 324, with red, white and blue stripes, sitting on a yard track with another striped Amtrak unit behind it and freight cars at the left.

Amtrak 324 sits in a yard, likely Proviso Yard at Melrose Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive, number 276, with red, white and blue stripes. It stands between two other locomotives on a yard track, with patches of snow beside the rails under an overcast sky.

Amtrak 276 between two other Amtrak locomotives on a yard track, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of two Amtrak locomotives, numbers 302 and 345, painted in silver with red and blue stripes, sitting on railroad tracks in a yard.

Side view of Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotive 302, with trailing unit 345, at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, IL. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A gray Amtrak locomotive with red, white, and blue stripes, numbered 380, stands on a track in a gravel yard with a second locomotive visible on the right.

An Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotive, number 380, in Phase I livery, is parked on a track in a railroad yard. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of an Amtrak locomotive number 276 in grey livery with red and blue stripes, parked in a rail yard with a second locomotive, number 415, partially visible behind it.

An Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotive, number 276, is shown in side profile in a yard, with another locomotive, number 415, visible behind it. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Two Amtrak EMD F40PH diesel locomotives, numbered 345 and 319, are shown side by side in a gravel yard, displaying their distinctive red, white, and blue Phase I/II livery.

Amtrak locomotives 345 and 319, both EMD F40PH models, are parked side by side in a yard under a clear sky. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Four silver locomotives with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak, parked in a row behind a gravel road, a utility pole and weeds under a grey sky.

Amtrak locomotives 326, 401 and two others stand in a row in a yard on a hazy spring day; the note places it at Mannheim and Lake in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of an Amtrak F40PH locomotive, number 281, parked on a track in a rail yard with another Amtrak locomotive, number 326, visible behind it. The sky is overcast, and there are weeds in the foreground.

Amtrak F40PH locomotives 281 and 326 are parked on parallel tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of an Amtrak locomotive, number 375, in white livery with red and blue stripes, parked on tracks in a gravel yard with a second locomotive partially visible.

Amtrak F40PH locomotive number 375 is shown in its early Phase I livery, parked in a yard, with a second unit numbered 281 visible behind it. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of an Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 320 in a rail yard, with other locomotives visible behind it.

Amtrak F40PH locomotive number 320 is shown in side profile in a rail yard, with another Amtrak unit and a Santa Fe locomotive in the background. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of an Amtrak F40PH locomotive, number 309, in grey with red, white and blue stripes, standing in a rail yard with a freight car behind it.

Amtrak F40PH locomotive number 309, in Phase III livery, is pictured in a rail yard in April 1998. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A side view of an Amtrak locomotive numbered 415, painted in the company's signature silver, red, and blue scheme, sitting on tracks in a yard on an overcast day.

Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotive #415 is pictured in a rail yard, wearing the classic Phase I/II livery. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A silver diesel locomotive lettered Amtrak with the number 415 and red, white and blue stripes is coupled between two similar locomotives on a gravel-edged yard track under a grey sky.

Amtrak 415 stands between two other Amtrak locomotives on a yard track, likely in Proviso Yard at Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak 380, standing on a track between two similar locomotives under an overcast sky, with a gravel lot and weeds in front.

Amtrak 380 between two other Amtrak locomotives on a yard track, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver diesel locomotive with red and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak and numbered 375, standing on a yard track with a second Amtrak unit, numbered 281, coupled behind it and dry weeds in the foreground.

Amtrak 375 with Amtrak 281 coupled behind it, likely at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a gray locomotive with red, white and blue stripes lettered Amtrak 345, coupled between two similar locomotives on a yard track, with a gravel road in the foreground.

Amtrak 345 parked between Amtrak 320 and another Amtrak unit, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 320 with red, white and blue stripes, parked on a yard track with patches of snow, a yellow locomotive at left and another Amtrak unit at right.

Amtrak 320 stands at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, between a Union Pacific locomotive and Amtrak 345. April 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and number 309 stands sideways in a rail yard, with a yellow Union Pacific locomotive and a blue locomotive behind it, under an overcast sky.

Amtrak 309 in a yard with other locomotives, likely at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A silver diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak 302, stands on a yard track between two similar locomotives under a gray sky, with weeds in the foreground.

Amtrak 302 stands in a yard between two other Amtrak locomotives, likely at Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 281 with red, white and blue stripes, coupled between another Amtrak unit and a yellow locomotive, with brush and gravel in front under an overcast sky.

Amtrak 281 sits between Amtrak 326 and a yellow locomotive, likely Union Pacific, in a yard, likely Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A row of silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes stands behind a white portable building, a gravel lot and weedy brush in low warm sunlight.

A long line of Amtrak diesel locomotives, apparently in storage, at a rail yard likely to be Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A row of Amtrak locomotives, numbered 326, 401, 314, and 325, parked side by side in a gravel yard under an overcast sky.

A lineup of Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotives in Phase I livery at a rail yard. April 1998 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL

A line of silver Amtrak locomotives with red and blue stripes sits at a rail yard, with a small white building in the foreground and brush and a drainage ditch in the foreground.

A consist of Amtrak EMD F40PH locomotives, including numbers 376 and 375, is parked at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, on a clear summer day. April 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 377, with red, white and blue stripes, standing in a yard between two similar locomotives, with a gravel road and weeds in the foreground.

Amtrak diesel locomotive 377 in Phase III livery, coupled between two other Amtrak units in a yard. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a grimy silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 338 with red, white and blue stripes, coupled between two similar units beyond a gravel road under an overcast sky.

Amtrak 338 stands in a line of three weathered locomotives, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a silver diesel locomotive lettered Amtrak 263, with red, white and blue stripes, coupled between two similar locomotives on a yard track under an overcast sky.

Amtrak 263 in a consist with Amtrak 356 and a third unit, likely at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A photo showing multiple locomotives at a rail yard, including a yellow Union Pacific GP9, a black Norfolk Southern GP38-2, a blue locomotive, and an Amtrak F40PH in the background.

A lineup of locomotives from Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak at a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a weathered silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 328, with red, white and blue stripes. A yellow locomotive is to its left and another Amtrak unit is to its right, beside a gravel road.

Amtrak diesel locomotive 328 in silver with red, white and blue stripes, in a yard likely at Melrose Park, Illinois. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

A silver diesel locomotive with a black roof and red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak and numbered 356, stands in a yard beside a white trailer body, with a second locomotive numbered 263 behind it.

Amtrak 356, with Amtrak 263 behind it, in a yard near Lake Street and Mannheim Road in Melrose Park, Illinois. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 6010, with an Amtrak blue and silver locomotive behind it, on parallel railroad tracks under an overcast sky.

Soo Line SD40-2 6010 leads a train past an Amtrak F40PH on a main line in Illinois. August 1998 · FULLERTON and 25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL

An Amtrak train with a car wrapped in Wisconsin sesquicentennial tourism advertising passes along Lehigh Avenue north of Touhy Avenue in Niles, Illinois. August 1998 · Lehigh north of Touhy, Niles, IL

A stainless steel passenger coach with a green Milwaukee Brewers advertising wrap, coupled between another Amtrak coach and a silver unit numbered 90368, stands on a track beside a road with a lowboy trailer parked nearby.

Amtrak coach 54547 in a Milwaukee Brewers "We're taking this thing National." wrap, Lehigh Avenue north of Touhy, Niles, Illinois. August 1998 · Lehigh North of Touhy, Niles, IL

Side view of a silver Amtrak locomotive-bodied unit numbered 90368 with red and blue stripes and a roll-up side door, coupled to a coach with a green advertising wrap, on ballasted track beside a road under a partly cloudy sky.

Amtrak 90368 and coach 54547, the coach in an advertising wrap, on the track along Lehigh Avenue north of Touhy Avenue in Niles, Illinois. August 1998 · Lehigh north of Touhy, Niles, IL

A red, white and blue Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 513 coupled behind a red CP Rail System locomotive, with a silver passenger car behind it and a flatbed trailer parked beside the track.

Amtrak 513 runs coupled to a CP Rail System locomotive along Lehigh Avenue north of Touhy Avenue in Niles, Illinois. August 1998 · Lehigh north of Touhy, Niles, IL

A red, white, and blue Amtrak train with a locomotive numbered 119 pulls several silver passenger cars along a set of tracks bordered by trees and a wooden fence.

An Amtrak F40PH locomotive, number 119, pulls a train of Amfleet I passenger cars through a grade crossing in a suburban area. September 3, 1998 · Oak Park Ave., IL

A silver locomotive with red, white and blue bands and its headlights lit approaches head-on along a ballasted track, with stacked orange containers on the left, a green switcher and industrial buildings on the right, and a tall light tower above.

An Amtrak diesel locomotive kicks up exhaust as it approaches on a multiple-track main line in Cicero, Illinois, beside a double-stack container train. September 10, 1998 · Cicero, IL

Two blue, white and silver Amtrak diesel locomotives numbered 399 and 383 coupled back to back with a silver passenger car at the left, seen across weedy tracks with a small white shed and utility poles.

Amtrak locomotives 399 and 383 coupled back to back in the Phase V livery, with a passenger car behind them. c. 2000 to 2005 · Lincoln Ave, Dolton, IL

A silver passenger train with red, white and blue stripes crosses a rusty steel truss bridge with a small operator's house on top, beside a tall steel lift tower above a wide river.

An Amtrak train crosses a steel truss bridge over the Chicago River in Chicago, seen from the water. January 2000 · Lumber and Chicago River, Chicago, IL

Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with blue stripes seen through the lattice truss of a rusty swing bridge with a small tender's house on top, beside a tall lift bridge tower, with the river in the foreground.

Amtrak locomotives 508 and 506 cross the Chicago River on a rusted swing bridge near Lumber Street in Chicago. July 2000 · Lumber and Chicago River, Chicago, IL

A gray and white Amtrak locomotive numbered 791 and a white trailer car seen through the riveted truss of a railroad bridge above the river, with NO WAKE signs on the pier and on the shore.

Amtrak 791 crosses a rusted steel bridge over the Chicago River near Lumber Street in Chicago, with a white trailer car in tow. July 2000 · Lumber and Chicago River, Chicago, IL