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A white SOO Line caboose with the number 126 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with a person on its rear platform and a SOO Line locomotive #800 visible in the background. A SOO Line caboose #126 and a locomotive #800 are pictured in a rail yard, with a person standing on the caboose platform. May 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, 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 Side view of a SOO Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 1401 in a rail yard with crew members present and freight cars in the background. SOO Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 1401 is shown in a rail yard, with crew members on and near the locomotive. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 2064 sits on tracks under an overpass, with a dark brown Burlington Northern freight car nearby in a grassy yard. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 2064 is seen operating on a railroad main line under a concrete overpass, with a Burlington Northern freight car in the background. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL An orange Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive numbered 1204 sits on tracks in a yard, flanked by dark green boxcars from the Chicago and North Western and Milwaukee Road railroads, under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive no. 1204 in its bright orange livery, shown in a yard with C&NW and Milwaukee Road boxcars. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive, numbered 414, stands on the tracks under a concrete overpass, with a person visible on the rear platform and intermodal containers on flatcars nearby. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive number 414 is shown at a grade crossing in Franklin Park, Illinois, with intermodal freight cars in the background. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 2064 is parked on railroad tracks beside an elevated highway, with a red freight car marked BN 48 behind it. SOO Line 2064, an EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, stands on a railroad main line near an elevated highway in Franklin Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A weathered black switcher locomotive with an orange stripe and HARBOR in large orange letters stands on a yard track beside a gravel lot, coupled to a second black and orange locomotive, under utility poles and summer trees. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 9214, coupled to a second IHB locomotive, with a Soo Line boxcar beyond, likely in Franklin Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 401, coupled to a red freight car, situated in a multi-track rail yard with a concrete overpass in the background. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 401, is pictured in a rail yard under an overpass, with a CP freight car coupled behind. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 pulls a freight train with a white SOO caboose numbered 63 along railroad tracks, with a person standing nearby on a gravelly field under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1204, leads a train with a SOO caboose, number 63, on a private right-of-way. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a Soo Line locomotive numbered 1548, with faded Milwaukee Road lettering, sitting on tracks next to a blue freight car marked MS E 1953, in front of a large industrial silo. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1548 is shown at a rail yard, pulling a boxcar with MS E reporting marks, against an industrial backdrop. July 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL An orange and black SOO Line locomotive numbered 1548 is parked under a concrete bridge next to a dark freight car marked MStE 1953, with multiple rail tracks in the foreground. A SOO Line SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1548, stands on the tracks under a concrete bridge next to a freight car with MStE reporting mark. July 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Soo Line diesel locomotive number 2403 and a red caboose are on railroad tracks beneath a concrete highway bridge on a clear day. Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 2403, painted in its classic red livery, is pictured on a main line with a matching caboose, under a concrete highway overpass. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin 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 A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 765 sits on railroad tracks in a yard, with trees in the background under an overcast sky. SOO Line locomotive 765, an EMD SD40-2, is shown in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, with its distinctive white and red livery. August 1998 · FULLERTON and 25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line caboose numbered 17 sits on railroad tracks under a large concrete bridge on a cloudy day, with piles of gravel in the foreground. A weathered SOO Line caboose, number 17, sits on the tracks in Franklin Park, Illinois, under a concrete highway overpass on an overcast day. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and red SOO Line locomotive with number 4443, coupled to a white and red SOO Line caboose with number 17, on railroad tracks under a concrete overpass, with gravel and weeds in the foreground. A SOO Line EMD F40PH locomotive numbered 4443 is coupled to a SOO Line caboose numbered 17 on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overpass on an overcast day. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line locomotive number 1204 stands on multiple tracks in a rail yard, pulling a flatcar with a trailer. Two people are visible on the locomotive. A red SOO Line EMD SW1200 switcher, number 1204, is shown in a rail yard with a TTX flatcar carrying a TIP trailer. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 2403 and a matching caboose numbered 72 travel under an overpass on a sunny day in Franklin Park, Illinois. A red Soo Line EMD GP38-2 locomotive numbered 2403 leads a freight train under an overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a matching caboose numbered 72 in tow. August 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 4510, stands on railroad tracks in a yard with a freight car behind it. SOO Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive #4510 in a yard setting. September 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and white photo of a SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 2403, pulling a freight car with a trailer, set against an industrial backdrop. SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #2403 in a rail yard, hauling a trailer-on-flatcar in Franklin Park, Illinois. September 1998 · Front / Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Black and white photo of a Soo Line locomotive numbered 4510 on railroad tracks in a yard, with freight cars and a trailer in the background. Soo Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive number 4510 is seen in a rail yard with freight cars and a piggyback trailer. September 1998 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 6240, viewed from a three-quarter front angle behind a chain-link fence in a yard on an overcast day. An SOO Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive, number 6240, is pictured in a yard behind a chain-link fence. September 1998 · Green St., Bensenville, IL A red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 is parked on tracks in a gravel yard, with another red locomotive and a white boxcar behind it under an overcast sky. Soo Line SW1200 diesel locomotive #1204 in red livery, parked in a yard in Bensenville, Illinois, with a second locomotive and a freight car visible in the background. October 1998 · Green St and York, Bensenville, IL A side view of a white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 6034, parked in a gravel rail yard with another locomotive and a freight car behind it. SOO Line SD40-2 locomotive 6034, in white and red livery, is seen in a rail yard with another unit, 6017, in the background. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A rusty Soo Line caboose on multiple tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with a freight car coupled behind it. A weathered Soo Line caboose sits on the tracks in a rail yard, its faded livery and large 'SOO' lettering clearly visible. November 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A red diesel locomotive labeled '1204' and '500' is coupled to a brown container car on multiple tracks in an industrial rail yard, with a station sign reading 'Mannhiem' visible. A red SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1204, is shown in a rail yard at Mannheim, Illinois, pulling a Trailer Train container car on an overcast winter day. November 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white SOO locomotive numbered 6017 parked in a gravel yard next to a blue CSX locomotive and another SOO unit, all under a gray sky. SOO Line diesel locomotive 6017, likely an EMD SD40-2, is parked in a rail yard alongside CSX locomotive 8218 and another SOO unit, under an overcast sky. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A red and white Soo Line locomotive numbered 6240 travels on tracks near a station platform with construction equipment and cars nearby on a sunny autumn day. A Soo Line EMD F40PH locomotive, numbered 6240, approaches a station platform in River Grove, Illinois, on a clear autumn day. December 1, 1998 · River Grove, IL A red Soo Line locomotive number 6050 is moving on a set of tracks toward a station platform, with parked cars and buildings in the background on a clear winter day. A red Soo Line GP38-2 locomotive, number 6050, approaches a station platform with a train of tank cars on a clear winter day. December 2, 1998 · Montclare, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives, one red CP Rail System 534 and one white Soo Line 4439, are parked in a railroad yard next to an elevated highway on a cloudy winter day. A CP Rail System GP9 locomotive numbered 534 sits in a yard alongside a Soo Line GP9 numbered 4439 under an overpass on an overcast winter day. March 1999 · Mannheim/Front, Franklin Park, IL Two red Soo Line diesel locomotives, numbered 1201 and 1204, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel rail yard on a sunny day, with a road sign partially visible on the left. Two Soo Line EMD SW1200 switchers, numbers 1201 and 1204, are parked side-by-side in a rail yard under a clear sky. April 1999 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL A red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 4433 pulls a train with trailers on flatcars under a concrete highway bridge on an overcast day. SOO Line GP38-2 locomotive 4433 hauls a piggyback train under a highway overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois. April 1999 · Front and Ernst, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 4433 sits on tracks in a yard with a white trailer on a flatcar behind it, under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 4433, is shown in a rail yard with a trailer on a flatcar. April 1999 · Front and Ernst, Franklin Park, IL Two white and red SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 383 and 1400, are parked on parallel tracks in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a water tower visible in the background. Two SOO Line EMD SW1200 switchers, numbers 383 and 1400, are seen in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 4438 and 4452, are parked side by side on a railroad track; a billboard for the 'Dilbert' TV show is visible in the background under a gray sky. SOO Line locomotives 4438 and 4452, likely EMD SD40-2s, are seen on a railroad main line under an overcast sky, with a 'Dilbert' billboard in the background. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 4445, sits on tracks in a rail yard with trees and a blue building in the background, and one person walking nearby. Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 4445 is photographed in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 4445 is shown on railroad tracks next to a station sign reading 'Mannhiem Platform 2', with an overcast sky and industrial structures in the background. Soo Line GP38-2 diesel locomotive 4445 at Mannhiem station, Illinois, in its white and red livery under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a red and grey SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1400, stopped on a track next to a station sign that reads 'Mannhiem Platform 2'. SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #1400 at the Mannhiem station platform, coupled to a GROX freight car. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a black SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 532, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard with a building in the background under a gray sky. SOO Line EMD SD24 locomotive number 532, viewed from the side in a yard under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Green/Evergreen, Bensenville, IL Side view of a red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1539 on railroad tracks, with a water tower and freight cars in the background. SOO Line EMD SD24 locomotive number 1539 in white and red livery, photographed in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 543 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with industrial buildings in the background under a cloudy sky. Soo Line 543, an EMD SW1200 switcher, sits in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL An EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive painted in SOO Line maroon and white livery, numbered 4413, is traveling on a railroad main line under a concrete overpass during dusk. Several freight cars and a lone person are visible in the background. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive 4413 leads a freight train under an overpass at dusk in Franklin Park, Illinois. August 1999 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of SOO Line locomotive 6011, an EMD SD40, on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a water tower in the background. SOO Line diesel locomotive 6011, an EMD SD40, is shown on a main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. September 1999 · Carnation / Waveland, Franklin Park, IL A white SOO Line locomotive with the number 6017 on the side is stopped at a station platform, with a dark Canadian National locomotive next to it. The sky is overcast, and the ground is gravel. SOO Line SD40-2 locomotive number 6017 at Mannheim station in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a Canadian National locomotive in the background during dusk in the late 1980s. December 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 748, is shown from a three-quarter front view in a railroad yard at dusk, with its side and front numbers clearly visible. A second locomotive with CP lettering is partially seen to the left. SOO Line locomotive 748, an EMD GP38, is photographed in a yard at dusk, with a Canadian Pacific locomotive visible nearby. December 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 6017 is parked on a railroad track at dusk, with a Canadian National locomotive behind it and a station sign reading 'Mannheim'. SOO Line locomotive 6017, an EMD SD40-2, is shown at the Mannheim station platform, likely in the 1990s, with a Canadian National locomotive behind it. December 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A maroon and white Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 4413 is shown pulling a long line of freight cars on railroad tracks beneath a large concrete overpass during the evening. Soo Line GP38-2 locomotive number 4413 leads a freight train under a bridge at dusk. December 1999 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL