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Two black Illinois Central diesel locomotives numbered 8705 and 8750 stand side by side on yard tracks, with a third black locomotive partly in view at right, a chain-link fence in front and a white water tower in the distance.

Illinois Central 8705 and 8750 stand in the yard at Homewood, Illinois, on an overcast day. March 2001 · IC Yard, Homewood, IL

A row of dark-colored Illinois Central locomotives with numbers like 8705 and 8750 are parked side-by-side on a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with bare trees and a water tower in the background.

A lineup of Illinois Central EMD GP9 diesel locomotives in a winter yard scene. March 2001 · Homewood, IL

Two black Illinois Central diesel locomotives pulling black tank cars behind a chain-link fence and a lawn, passing under a concrete highway viaduct with high-rise apartments and brick townhouses in the background.

Illinois Central 6120 and 6006 haul tank cars under a curved concrete viaduct beside new brick townhouses. September 2001 · 18th and Chicago River, Chicago, IL

A black diesel switcher with large white numerals 1509 on its hood and Illinois Central lettering on the cab, parked on a track beside a gravel road and grass, with a red flatcar behind it.

Illinois Central switcher 1509 stands in a yard, likely at Midlothian, Illinois, on an overcast autumn day. October 2002 · Midlothian, IL

Side view of a black Illinois Central switcher locomotive numbered 1491, with two exhaust stacks and a white stripe, on a track beside grass with white and rusty covered hoppers behind it under an overcast sky.

Illinois Central 1491, an end-cab switcher in black livery, with covered hoppers in Midlothian, Illinois. October 2002 · Midlothian, IL

A yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 3680 and a red Illinois Central locomotive numbered 6125 sit on parallel tracks in an industrial yard under an overcast sky.

A Union Pacific EMD SD40 and an Illinois Central EMD GP38 locomotives side by side on a railroad yard. April 2004 · Front and George

Side view of a black, white and red diesel locomotive lettered CN, numbered 6125 and marked I.C. It is coupled to a yellow and grey locomotive on a yard track, with a tall beige industrial tower behind it under an overcast sky.

Illinois Central 6125 in Canadian National colors, coupled to a yellow locomotive that appears to be Union Pacific's, in a yard at Front & George. November 2004 · Front and George