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A yellow and orange Rock Island diesel locomotive, number 676, is at a station platform pulling silver passenger cars under an arched roof with skylights. A Rock Island F7 diesel locomotive, number 676, is shown at a station platform pulling a consist of Hi-Line passenger cars under an arched roof during winter. c. 1950 to 1970 A gray streamlined diesel locomotive with a CENTRAL herald on its nose and a booster unit behind it pulls a line of express cars along multiple tracks past brick freight houses. New York Central diesel locomotive 400[?] leads a head-end train near Roosevelt Road in Chicago. 1966 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL A red and yellow Rock Island F7 locomotive numbered 660 pulls a line of passenger cars on railroad tracks under an overpass, with a tall skyscraper visible in the hazy background. A Rock Island F7 locomotive numbered 660 leads a train of gallery cars along a railroad main line with the Willis Tower in the background on an overcast winter day. November 21, 1972 · 18th and Clark, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives in Rock Island livery, numbered 271 and 253, are pictured on multiple tracks in a rail yard with a hazy background. Two Rock Island GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 271 and 253, lead a freight train through a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 24, 1976 · Clark and Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL A Rock Island diesel locomotive, number 4901, painted in orange and yellow, is coupled to a matching caboose on a set of tracks in a rail yard with other trains visible in the background. Rock Island SW1200 diesel locomotive #4901 leads a caboose through a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL A red and yellow Rock Island freight locomotive numbered 4901 is parked on a set of tracks next to a matching caboose, with other trains visible in the background under a gray sky. Rock Island diesel locomotive 4901, an EMD SW1200, sits coupled to a caboose in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL A blue and white diesel locomotive with the Rock Island 'R' logo on the front is crossing a wet street, with several cars parked nearby and a signal tower in the background. A Rock Island F7 diesel locomotive, number 652, leads a passenger train across a wet street crossing in Blue Island, Illinois, likely in the early 1970s. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL An orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 is parked on tracks in a freight yard, surrounded by various freight cars, including a brown Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific boxcar, under a cloudy sky. SOO Line locomotive 1204, an EMD SW1200, sits in a freight yard with a mix of other railroad cars under an overcast sky. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL