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A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 6842 is pulling a line of freight cars along a snow-covered track with a large building in the background. A Conrail train led by SD40-2 locomotive 6842, with 812 in tow, pulls a line of tank cars on a snowy day. c. 1976 to 1980 Two diesel locomotives, one blue Conrail and one yellow Union Pacific, on parallel tracks in a snowy industrial yard. A Conrail GP38-2 and a Union Pacific GP9 locomotive in a snowy yard. c. 1976 to 1980 A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 8086 is pulling a line of freight cars along a curving track, with trees showing autumn colors in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8086, leads a freight train on a mainline track in autumn. October 11, 1986 · New Carlisle, IN A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 5031 is seen from a three-quarter front view, pulling two other locomotives on a set of tracks, with a white building and bare trees in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5031, leads a three-unit consist on a railroad main line in a winter scene, with industrial buildings in the background. February 28, 1988 · Archer and Western, Chicago, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 5031 and two matching locomotives are on a set of tracks next to a road with a car, with bare trees and a large brick building in the background under an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5031, leads a consist through an industrial area in winter. February 28, 1988 A photograph of three blue Conrail diesel locomotives, numbers 5070 and 5087 visible, moving along tracks in a rail yard with industrial buildings in the background. Three Conrail SD40-2 locomotives, led by #5070, run through a Chicago rail yard in the late 1970s. September 3, 1989 · 18th St., Chicago, IL A blue Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6752, is parked on a set of tracks in a yard, with a line of freight cars behind it. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6752, is shown in a yard with a freight train. April 21, 1990 · Dolton, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 6752 is pulling a long line of freight cars on railroad tracks next to a paved road, with a clear sky overhead. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 6752 leads a freight train through a grade crossing in Dolton, Illinois. April 21, 1990 · Dolton, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 6752 is shown from a three-quarter front view, pulling a line of freight cars on a railroad track. A Conrail EMD GP38-2 locomotive, number 6752, leads a freight train through a yard in Dolton, Illinois. April 21, 1990 · Dolton, IL Several blue Conrail locomotives are parked side-by-side on multiple tracks in a gravel yard, with residential houses and a church steeple visible in the tree-lined background under a gray sky. A line of blue Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotives in a rail yard with a small town and church in the background on an overcast summer day. July 5, 1993 · Creseon, PA A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 7659 pulls a matching caboose numbered 21206 through a snow-covered rail yard, with a single person standing near the locomotive. A Conrail SD40-2 diesel locomotive pulling a bay window caboose on a snowy yard. February 1994 · 95th and CALUMET RIVER, Chicago, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 2304 and a blue RDG caboose numbered 8805 7, in a snow-covered rail yard with industrial buildings and bare trees in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive and an RDG caboose are seen in a snowy railroad yard. February 1994 · Indianapolis Blvd and 110th St, Indiana, IN Two blue Conrail railroad vehicles, a locomotive numbered 7659 and a caboose numbered 21206, on snow-covered tracks in a yard. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive and a matching bay window caboose stand side-by-side in a snowy railroad yard. February 1994 · 95 th and CALUMET RIVER, Chicago, IL A yellow and black Conrail locomotive numbered 6902 with 'Operation Lifesaver' lettering on its side, standing in a yard with another blue Conrail locomotive behind it. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 6902, is displayed in its 'Operation Lifesaver' safety livery, standing in a rail yard. March 23, 1996 · Mannheim / Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern locomotive numbered 8986 sits on tracks in a rail yard under a clear sky, with green and yellow and blue locomotives visible behind it. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 8986, with Soo Line and Conrail locomotives in the background, photographed in a yard in July 1997. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 5056 sits on tracks in a rail yard, with other equipment visible nearby. A blue Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5056, is shown in a rail yard. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one yellow Union Pacific and one blue Conrail, stand on parallel tracks in a rail yard on a sunny day. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 2974, is seen in a rail yard alongside a Conrail GP38-2, number 5630, under a clear sky. September 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two Conrail diesel locomotives, one blue and one red, are parked side-by-side in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5630, in blue 'Conrail Quality' livery, is parked in a yard with another Conrail locomotive, number 5918, in red livery, visible behind it. September 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 6064, parked on a snowy railyard with another Conrail locomotive partially visible beside it. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6064, is parked in a snow-covered yard. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 6011, standing in a snowy yard with other locomotives partially visible in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6011, is shown in its blue livery at a yard in winter. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 6011 is parked in a rail yard next to other locomotives on a cloudy day. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6011, in a rail yard. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 539 parked in a snow-covered yard with other locomotives nearby under an overcast sky. A Conrail EMD GP38-2 locomotive, number 539, sits in a snowy yard alongside other blue locomotives. January 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 525 is parked on tracks in a snowy yard, with a white freight car visible in the background. A Conrail EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 525, stands in a snow-dusted yard. January 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive number 5005 in a snowy yard, with 'CONRAIL QUALITY' lettering on its side. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5005, in its 'CONRAIL QUALITY' livery, is seen in a snowy yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. January 24, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 5078 is parked on railroad tracks next to brown Conrail freight cars in a yard on a cloudy winter day. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5078, is shown in a rail yard alongside Conrail freight cars under an overcast sky. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three blue Conrail diesel locomotives, including numbers 6701 and 6490, sit on tracks in a snow-covered yard under an overcast sky. Three Conrail EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotives, including numbers 6701 and 6490, are lined up in a snowy yard. February 1, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 5005 is parked on railroad tracks in a snowy yard, with freight cars visible behind it. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 5005 in blue and white "Quality" livery, photographed in a snowy yard. February 1, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red diesel locomotive numbered 5654 with StLH lettering is stopped at a street crossing with traffic lights, next to a sign for the SOO Truck Terminal. A St. Louis and Hannibal Railroad EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 5654, crosses a street at dusk. April 1998 · St. Laurence and Hudson, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail locomotive number 6276, parked in a gravel rail yard with other freight cars in the background under an overcast sky. A Conrail SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 6276, in blue livery, photographed in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 6276, sits on the tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6276, in its blue 'Quality' livery, is parked in a rail yard. April 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a black diesel switcher with an orange stripe and large orange HARBOR lettering, number 9200, standing on gravel yard track under an overcast sky. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 9200 in a yard, wearing the railroad's centennial herald, with a Conrail boxcar behind it. June 1998 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 6759 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with a red GTW locomotive and a black locomotive visible nearby. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 6759, in its blue 'Quality' livery, is shown parked in a rail yard alongside other locomotives. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of three blue Conrail diesel locomotives, numbered 565, 525, and 55, parked on tracks in a gravel yard on an overcast day. Three Conrail EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 565, 525, and 55, are pictured in side profile in a rail yard under an overcast sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 550 is parked on a railroad track in a yard, with another locomotive numbered 525 behind it, on a cloudy winter day. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 550, stands in a yard with another locomotive, number 525, coupled behind it, under an overcast sky in winter. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 553, likely a GP38-2 model, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with a white trailer nearby. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 553 is parked in a yard under overcast skies. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 523 is parked in a gravel yard on a cloudy day, with a blue dumpster and freight cars visible in the background. A Conrail EMD GP38-2 locomotive, numbered 523, stands in a yard under an overcast sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive with number 513, parked next to a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with number 2995 in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A blue Conrail SD40-2 locomotive numbered 513 sits in a yard next to a yellow Union Pacific GP40 numbered 2995. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive with the number 565, parked in a gravel yard with trees framing the shot. A blue Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 565, is parked in a rail yard under an overcast sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 523, is parked on a track in a rail yard with a yellow locomotive partially visible in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 523, is shown in side profile at a rail yard. August 2, 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5629, pulls a train of tanker cars along snow-covered tracks in a residential area, with bare trees and brick buildings in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5629, leads a freight train through a snow-covered street in Elmwood Park, Illinois. January 8, 1999 · Elmwood Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one blue with Conrail lettering and number 5002 and one white with GM91, are parked next to each other in a gravel rail yard under a clear sky. A pair of diesel locomotives, Conrail #5002 and GM #GM91, are shown side by side in a rail yard. April 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two blue Conrail diesel locomotives with fleet numbers 5060 and 6765 are parked side by side in a gravel rail yard under a gray sky. Two Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 5060 and 6765, stand side by side in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two blue Conrail diesel locomotives, numbered 6765 and 5060, standing on tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6765, in its 'Quality' livery, is parked in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with another Conrail GP38-2, number 5060, visible behind it. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 8359 is parked on snowy tracks in a rail yard, with a brown HLCX locomotive numbered 6306 behind it. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive numbered 8359 stands in a snowy yard, with a brown HLCX locomotive numbered 6306 visible behind it. February 2000 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL A side view of two diesel locomotives in a snow-covered yard, with the foreground train in blue paint labeled 'CONRAIL QUALITY' and numbered 8359, and a maroon train labeled 'HLCX 6306' behind it. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8359, in its blue and white 'Quality' livery, sits in a snowy yard beside an HLCX locomotive. February 2000 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 5436 parked on a snowy railroad yard with another dark green locomotive partially visible behind it. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5436, in its blue 'Quality' livery, is seen in a snowy yard with a Southern Pacific locomotive behind it. February 2000 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 8420 is stationary on a railroad track next to freight cars, with dry brush in the foreground and an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8420, in its blue and white 'Quality' livery, is seen in a yard during winter. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 8420, in a rail yard during winter, with freight cars behind it and bare brush in the foreground. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8420, in its 'CONRAIL QUALITY' livery, photographed in a yard during winter. March 2000 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL