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Two black diesel switchers with orange stripes and HARBOR lettering stand behind a pile of ballast next to a wooden pole, with a black locomotive numbered 3328 at the right.

Indiana Harbor Belt switchers 9201 and 9202 coupled in a yard near Fullerton and 25th Avenue, Franklin Park, Illinois, with Southern Railway 3328 alongside. June 1998 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin 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 weathered yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered B4287 on a yard track, with a rusty covered hopper on the left and the front of a blue locomotive numbered 6002 on the right, under a clear sky.

Union Pacific locomotive B4287 in a yard, likely Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, between a covered hopper and a blue locomotive numbered 6002. January 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Black diesel locomotive with an orange nose and orange stripes, number 3801 and the word HARBOR on its side, on a track among utility poles, with a brown boxcar covered in graffiti at the right.

Indiana Harbor Belt 3801 in a yard with a Southern Railway boxcar behind it, under an overcast sky. March 2000 · Fullerton and 25th, Franklin Park, IL

Two freight cars, one white with 'SOO LINE' lettering and the other orange-red with 'SOU' markings, are parked on adjacent tracks in a gravel yard.

A Soo Line boxcar and a Southern Railway boxcar sit on parallel tracks in a rail yard under a clear sky. May 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL

A side view of two SOO Line cabooses, 63 and 94, coupled to a Southern Railway boxcar, on tracks under a concrete overpass on a clear day.

Two SOO Line bay window cabooses, numbered 63 and 94, are coupled behind a Southern Railway boxcar on a sunny day under a concrete overpass. August 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 9097 in a rail yard, with a second black locomotive partially visible behind it.

A Union Pacific GP40 locomotive numbered 9097 is parked in a yard, with a Southern Railway locomotive visible in the background. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 3503, with a black Southern Railway locomotive partially visible beside it, parked on gravel in a sunny yard.

A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 3503, stands in a yard next to a Southern Railway locomotive in the 1970s or 1980s. June 2001 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL

Side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive 143 in a rail yard, with a dark gray Southern Railway locomotive 832 behind it on a clear summer day.

A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 143 is parked in a yard, with a Southern Railway GP38-2 numbered 832 visible in the background. August 2001 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL