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A black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive, number 3802, pulls a freight train with Southern Pacific and ACF Industries cars on a snowy day. An Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 locomotive, number 3802, leads a freight train through a snowy landscape, with Southern Pacific and ACF Industries freight cars in tow. January 1961 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL Two locomotives, one Southern Pacific and one Louisville and Nashville, pull a line of freight cars through a yard with mountains in the distance. Two EMD GP40 diesel locomotives, one from Southern Pacific and one from Louisville and Nashville, lead a freight train through a yard with snow-capped mountains in the background. c. 1966 to 1970 · Colton, CA A Southern Pacific GP35 diesel locomotive, number 6564, pulls a freight train on a sunny day with snow-capped mountains in the background. Southern Pacific GP35 #6564 leads a freight train through a yard in Colton, California, with snow-capped mountains in the background. February 19, 1978 · Colton, CA A Southern Pacific GP35 locomotive, number 6564, pulling a line of freight cars through a railroad yard with snow-capped mountains visible behind it. A Southern Pacific GP35 locomotive, number 6564, pulls a freight train through a yard with snow-capped mountains in the background. September 19, 1978 · Colton, CA A long freight train with multiple locomotives moves along a track set against a dry, brush-covered hillside under a clear sky. A freight train travels along a hillside on a clear summer day. August 9, 1986 · Cason, CA A black, orange, and yellow Southern Pacific steam locomotive numbered 4449 travels on a track through a wintery, wooded landscape with bare trees and dry grass. Southern Pacific steam locomotive 4449, a GS-4, pulls a passenger train through a rural, wooded area in winter, emitting a large plume of smoke. December 17, 1988 · Gold Hill, OR Front three-quarter view of a white Southern Pacific GMC RTS bus with red and blue stripes, fleet number 3521, parked on a city street under a clear sky. A Southern Pacific GMC RTS bus numbered 3521 is stopped on a city street with its destination sign reading 'SPECIAL'. December 10, 1990 A black and red Southern Pacific locomotive numbered 8013 pulls a freight train on one set of tracks, while a white and red rapid transit car runs on electrified tracks nearby, under an overcast sky. A Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive pulls a freight train past an electrified rapid transit line in Los Angeles, with a Blue Line car visible on the adjacent track. December 18, 1991 · Nr Florence, L.A. Side view of a faded yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6317 on a yard track, a gray locomotive with a red nose numbered 9263 coupled behind it, under an overcast sky with dry weeds in the foreground. Union Pacific 6317 stands in the yard beside Southern Pacific 9263, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 7, 1997 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL A black and orange locomotive lettered HARBOR and numbered 2923 stands behind two parked minivans in a gravel yard lot. A gray locomotive, a red-nosed SP unit and two black and orange switchers are farther back, and a dark sports car is parked in the foreground. Indiana Harbor Belt 2923 at the IHB yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a gray locomotive, a Southern Pacific unit and IHB switchers beyond. February 8, 1998 · Fullerton and 25th (IHB Yard), Franklin Park, IL Side view of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1534, painted in blue and orange, standing on tracks with overgrown grass, and another yellow and blue locomotive partially visible behind it. A Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 1534 is parked on a railroad main line, with a Chicago and North Western SD40 visible behind it. May 1998 · 25th and Fullerton Side view of two diesel locomotives, a yellow Union Pacific 3790 and a black Southern Pacific 9194, parked side by side on a railroad track in a gravel yard under a clear sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive numbered 3790 is parked next to a Southern Pacific GP38-2 numbered 9194 in a railroad yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a dark gray Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 6811, parked in a gravel yard with dry autumn weeds in the foreground. Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive number 6811 in a rail yard under a clear sky. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black and red Southern Pacific locomotive, number 8196, is parked on tracks at a rail yard with other locomotives behind it. Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive #8196, with other SP engines visible in the background, at a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8196 is shown from the side, stopped in a rail yard under an overcast sky. Another locomotive is visible behind it. Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive #8196 in its black livery, photographed in a rail yard. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a dark gray Southern Pacific locomotive, number 2699, sitting on tracks in a yard with other locomotives partially visible behind it. Southern Pacific diesel locomotive 2699, a GP9 model, is parked in a rail yard under an overcast sky. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a black Southern Pacific locomotive, number 7504, in a rail yard, with a yellow and green SP locomotive, number 5535, partially visible beside it. A Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 7504 in solid black livery, sits in a yard next to another SP unit, number 5535, in yellow and green. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific locomotive with the number 9256 is parked on a set of tracks in a gravel yard, with a yellow locomotive visible in the background. A Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 9256, is pictured in a yard under overcast skies. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 8544, in a gravel yard with another locomotive partially visible behind it. A Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 8544, is parked in a yard, showing its classic black livery with white lettering. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black and red Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 7324, is parked on a track in a gravel yard at dusk, with another locomotive coupled behind it. A Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 7324, is shown in side profile in a rail yard at dusk. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 7370, sits on tracks in a gravel yard on a cloudy day. A Southern Pacific EMD SD45 locomotive, number 7370, is shown in side profile at a rail yard under an overcast sky. December 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black diesel locomotive with the number 4604 and "Operation Lifesaver" lettering is parked in a railroad yard next to dark freight cars under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 4604, painted in yellow and black with Operation Lifesaver lettering, is shown in a railroad yard alongside Southern Pacific freight cars. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black diesel locomotive with 'Operation Lifesaver' lettering sits on railroad tracks in a yard with snow on the ground, flanked by freight cars from Southern Pacific and Southern Railway. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 4604, painted in the 'Operation Lifesaver' safety livery, is seen in a rail yard. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 9256, standing on tracks in a gravel yard under a gray sky. Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive 9256 at rest in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. January 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two black Southern Pacific diesel locomotives numbered 9386 and 5801 are parked side by side in a gravel yard with dry brush in the foreground. Two Southern Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 9386 and 5801, are parked in a yard under an overcast sky. February 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 9288, painted green and red, is parked in a gravel yard with bare trees and utility poles in the background under a gray sky. Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive 9288 sits in a railroad yard on an overcast winter day, displaying the classic dark green and red livery. February 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive with the number 6819 on its side, coupled to freight cars in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6819, in a yard on a cloudy winter day. February 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two Southern Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 6801 and 6885, parked on a gravel yard with bare trees in the foreground under an overcast sky. A Southern Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6801, is shown in a yard during winter, with a second unit, number 6885, behind it. February 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 8508, painted black and standing in a gravel rail yard on a cloudy day. Southern Pacific diesel locomotive 8508, an EMD GP9, is shown in profile at a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three diesel locomotives, one in Union Pacific yellow and two in Southern Pacific black livery, are parked in a yard with green bushes in the foreground. A Union Pacific SD40-2 and two Southern Pacific locomotives, including an SD40-2 and a GP9, are parked side by side in a gravel yard on a clear summer day. May 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three Southern Pacific diesel locomotives are shown side-by-side in a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with the lead unit numbered 8690. A Southern Pacific SD40 locomotive numbered 8690 leads a consist through a yard, followed by two GP9 units. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side-view photograph of a Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 7432, painted in dark green with a red nose, standing in a gravel yard. Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive number 7432, shown in side profile in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. November 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive with white lettering and the number 8625, standing on tracks in a snowy yard. A Southern Pacific EMD SD45 diesel locomotive, number 8625, is shown in a snow-covered yard. December 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8633 travels on an elevated steel bridge; below, a street sign reads ONE WAY and bare trees frame the scene. Southern Pacific SD24 diesel locomotive 8633 on an elevated steel bridge in winter. March 2001 · Lake and Keystone, Lake River Forest, IL A black Southern Pacific locomotive numbered 9343 sits on tracks with a yellow Union Pacific locomotive behind it in a railroad yard on a sunny day. A Southern Pacific EMD GP9 locomotive numbered 9343 is seen in a yard with a Union Pacific locomotive in the background. May 2001 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific locomotive with the number 9343 is parked next to a yellow Union Pacific locomotive with the number 602 in a gravel yard under a clear sky. A Southern Pacific SD45 diesel locomotive, number 9343, is parked in a yard next to a Union Pacific GP9, number 602. June 2001 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A dark gray Southern Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 9343 on its cab side, parked on tracks in a yard with a yellow locomotive behind it under a partly cloudy sky. A Southern Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 9343, in its dark gray livery, is parked in a yard next to a yellow locomotive. June 2001 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one Southern Pacific and one Union Pacific, are coupled together in a rail yard. A Southern Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive, number 8321, is coupled to a Union Pacific EMD GP9, number 3503, in a rail yard. June 2001 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 8661, parked in a gravel yard with other locomotives nearby under an overcast sky. A Southern Pacific SD40 locomotive, number 8661, sits in a rail yard, with other locomotives partially visible in the background. March 2003 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A gray locomotive with a red nose and large white Southern Pacific lettering stands on yard tracks, coupled to an autorack, with bare trees behind and a yellow concrete barrier in the foreground. Southern Pacific diesel locomotive 7617 in speed lettering, coupled to an autorack in a yard at Fullerton and 25th Avenue, Franklin Park, Illinois. March 22, 2003 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL Three diesel locomotives, a yellow Union Pacific unit in front, then a gray and red Southern Pacific unit and a second yellow Union Pacific unit, seen behind a highway guardrail and dry brush, with warehouses and tall smokestacks under an overcast sky. Union Pacific 7295 leads a Southern Pacific unit and another Union Pacific locomotive past the Larsen Marine building in Waukegan, Illinois. April 14, 2004 · Waukegan, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 7295 leads a train past a guardrail, with a red and gray Southern Pacific locomotive behind it, in front of a building that says Larsen Marine. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 7295, leads a train that includes a former Southern Pacific GP38-2, number 340, through an industrial area in Waukegan, Illinois. April 14, 2004 · Waukegan, IL