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White SOO Line caboose with red cupola, number 126, parked on snowy tracks beside a black tank car in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. A SOO Line caboose, number 126, in its white and red livery, sits on a snowy yard track next to a CGTX tank car. December 28, 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 4410, parked in a rail yard next to a freight car. Soo Line GP38-2 locomotive number 4410 in a rail yard, photographed in April 1998. c. 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of two black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotives, numbers 532 and 543, coupled on a set of tracks in a rail yard on a cloudy day. Two Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 532 and 543, stand coupled on parallel tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. January 1998 · Front / Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one white and red, the other black and orange, both with 'SOO' lettering and distinct numbers, are parked on parallel railroad tracks under an overcast sky. Two SOO Line GP38-2 diesel locomotives, #383 in an older white and red livery and #532 in a newer black and orange livery, sit side-by-side on parallel tracks in a yard. January 1998 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two red and white SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 1201 and 383, are parked on parallel tracks beside a concrete bridge on an overcast day. Two SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel switchers, #1201 and #383, side by side on a multi-track right-of-way under an overcast sky, with a concrete bridge in the background. January 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, one orange and one white, sit side-by-side on snowy tracks in a rail yard. Two SOO Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 4444 and 4417, stand on parallel tracks in a snow-covered yard under an overcast sky. January 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 4417, standing on tracks in a snowy railyard with multiple parallel tracks and freight containers in the background under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive number 4417 in a snow-covered yard. January 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a SOO Line diesel locomotive number 4452, painted white with a red nose, standing on railroad tracks with snow on the ground. SOO Line EMD SD40 locomotive No. 4452 in its white and red livery, photographed in a snowy setting. January 1998 · FULLERTON and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A side view of SOO Line locomotive 543, an EMD SW1200, standing on tracks beside a concrete overpass under an overcast sky. SOO Line diesel locomotive 543, an EMD SW1200, rests on a railroad main line near an overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of two white and red Soo Line diesel locomotives, numbered 4419 and 4429, parked on parallel tracks in a snowy railyard. Two Soo Line SD24 diesel locomotives, numbers 4419 and 4429, stand coupled in a snow-covered yard under an overcast sky. January 24, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A rusty brown and red Soo Line locomotive, number 1200, is parked on snow-covered tracks in a rail yard. A Soo Line SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1200, sits in a snowy yard. January 24, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two black and orange SOO Line diesel locomotives numbered 1563 and 1543 are coupled on a track in a snowy yard, with a freight car behind them. Two SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotives, numbers 1563 and 1543, are coupled together in a snowy yard, with a CP freight car visible behind them. February 1998 · Green/Wolf St, Bensenville, IL Two red and white diesel locomotives with 'SOO' lettering, numbered 6240 and 6241, are parked on snow-covered tracks on a cloudy day. Two SOO Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 6240 and 6241, are shown side by side on a snowy day. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL Two diesel locomotives, one red and white with the number 401 and 'SOO' lettering, and another orange and black with the number 4513, are parked side by side on snow-covered tracks. SOO Line locomotives 401, an EMD SW1500, and 4513, an EMD GP38-2, stand coupled in a snowy rail yard. February 1998 · Bensenville, IL A side view of a grey and red SOO Line locomotive numbered 6008, pulling a dark freight car, stopped on multiple tracks next to a utility box labeled Scott Street under an overcast sky. SOO Line locomotive 6008, an EMD SD40-2, leads a freight train past a Scott Street utility box in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a second SOO locomotive visible behind it. February 1998 · Scott and Pacific, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 543, parked on tracks in a gravel and concrete yard with overcast skies. Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive number 543 sits in a yard, showing signs of age and weathering. February 1998 · Green/Greenwood, Bensenville, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, 4513 and 6240, are seen side-by-side on snowy tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD24 locomotive 4513, in black and orange livery, is parked in a snowy yard alongside a red EMD GP9, number 6240. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 6241 sits on tracks beside a snow-covered embankment with bare trees in the background. Soo Line diesel locomotive 6241, an EMD SW1200, is seen in a snow-covered yard. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red SOO Line 6012 diesel locomotive leads a train through a snowy rail yard, with CP Rail locomotives nearby. SOO Line 6012, an EMD SD40-2, leads a consist with CP Rail 5565, an EMD GP38, in a snowy yard in Bensenville, Illinois. February 1998 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 6604 is parked on snowy tracks, with a person in an orange hat standing on its steps. Another red SOO train is next to it, and a water tower is visible in the background. A SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 6604, stands in a snowy yard, with a crew member on the steps and another SOO locomotive, number 749, alongside. February 1998 · green/evergreen, Bensenville, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbers 6018 and 8301, are parked on parallel tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with a 'SHIPPING AND RECEIVING' sign in the foreground. A SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 6018, is shown in profile at a rail yard, with another SD40-2, number 8301, behind it. February 1998 · Franklin W/ of Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A white and orange-red Soo Line diesel locomotive with number 401, parked on multiple tracks in a snowy rail yard under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 401, painted in white with orange-red ends, stands in a snowy rail yard. February 1, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A street view of a large industrial building with several diesel locomotives in SOO Line and CP Rail livery parked in a rail yard behind a fence, with a 'SPEED LIMIT 35' sign in the foreground. SOO Line and CP Rail System locomotives are parked at the Bensenville Dieselhouse in Illinois, circa early 1980s. February 15, 1998 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL Side view of Soo Line diesel locomotive 6240, white with red ends and black lettering, parked on tracks behind a fence on a cloudy day. A Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6240, in white and red livery, sits idle behind a chain-link fence in a yard on an overcast winter day. February 15, 1998 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A white and red Soo Line locomotive numbered 6027 is on train tracks beside a grassy area with bare trees in the background. Soo Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 6027 in its white and red livery, coupled to a freight car on a main line in winter. March 8, 1998 · York Rd, Bensenville, IL Three Soo Line diesel locomotives parked behind a chain-link fence in a yard on an overcast day. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1552, in a yard with other locomotives in the background. March 8, 1998 · Green St, Bensenville, IL A red and cream SOO Line locomotive number 1200 is parked behind a chain-link fence in a snowy yard, with another locomotive partially visible. A SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1200, is parked in a yard with snow on the ground, seen through a chain-link fence. March 8, 1998 · Green St, Bensenville, IL A white and red SOO Line locomotive numbered 414 is visible behind a chain-link fence, with a freight car and industrial building in the background under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 414, is parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence in Bensenville, Illinois. March 8, 1998 · Green St, Bensenville, IL Side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive with number 4451, parked in a gravel-yard setting under an overcast sky. Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 4451 in a yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 4410 and 4451, sit side-by-side on tracks in a yard on a cloudy day. SOO Line locomotives 4410 and 4451, both EMD GP9s, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 4451, sitting on tracks in a rail yard with a second locomotive visible behind it, under a gray overcast sky. Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive #4451, painted in white and orange livery, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast day in April 1998, with another locomotive, #4418, visible behind it. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 775 stands in a rail yard, with a person visible on its side, surrounded by tracks and freight cars under a cloudy sky. SOO Line GP38-2 #775 in a rail yard under overcast skies. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL An orange SOO Line diesel locomotive with the number 1204 is parked on a set of tracks in a yard, with other rail cars and equipment in the background. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1204 is shown in a railroad yard. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL An orange SOO Line diesel locomotive #4509 on a set of railroad tracks in a yard under an overcast sky, with another locomotive partially visible behind it. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive #4509 in its distinctive orange livery, photographed in a rail yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of an orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 6049, parked on a track in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive number 6049 in an orange and black livery, captured in a rail yard. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 4435, in a rail yard at dusk. The locomotive is painted white with orange on the front and black underframe. SOO Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive number 4435 in a yard at dusk, wearing its classic white and orange livery. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 775, with a crew member standing on the platform, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive #775 in a rail yard on an overcast day. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 771 is seen at a grade crossing with an orange pickup truck and a white pickup truck parked nearby, under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD GP9 locomotive 771 in orange livery at a grade crossing, with pickup trucks in the foreground. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 6049, painted in orange livery, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky. SOO Line diesel locomotive 6049, a GP38-2, is pictured in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white SOO 4601 locomotive with black lettering, parked on tracks next to an orange SOO 4509 locomotive, in a gravel yard under a gray sky. SOO 4601, an EMD SD40-2 locomotive, sits in a yard beside SOO 4509, a GP38-2, under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4601, in a rail yard, with another Soo Line locomotive, number 4509, partially visible behind it on an adjacent track. A Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4601, is shown in a rail yard, with another Soo Line locomotive, number 4509, visible in the background. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive with the number 771 on its side, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a gray sky. A SOO Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 771, in its red livery, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast day. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 4435, parked on a set of tracks in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky. A SOO Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 4435, at rest in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL An orange and black Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 is parked on a set of tracks in a rail yard with other equipment in the background. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1204, sits in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a bright orange Soo Line locomotive numbered 4509 parked on a set of tracks in a yard on an overcast day, with another locomotive visible behind it. A Soo Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 4509, is shown in its orange livery in a rail yard. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 771 is parked on tracks in a rail yard with overcast skies. A side view of SOO Line diesel locomotive 771, an EMD GP9, in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line locomotive numbered 771 sits on railroad tracks near a dirt road with two pickup trucks, one red and one white, parked nearby on an overcast day. A red SOO Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 771, stands on the tracks at a grade crossing in Franklin Park, Illinois, with pickup trucks parked nearby on a spring day. April 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and cream SOO Line caboose numbered 1200 sits on a track in a rail yard, with orange and brown shipping containers on flatcars behind it under an overcast sky. SOO Line caboose 1200 in a rail yard, with stacked intermodal containers in the background. May 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL