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Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, including number 1743, parked in a gravel yard on a sunny day. Union Pacific locomotives 1743 and another unit in a yard setting under a clear sky. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 1713 and 1717, stand side-by-side on railroad tracks in an open yard under a clear sky with some dry vegetation in the foreground. Two Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 1713 and 1717, are shown coupled together in a yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, under a clear sky. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 8051, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear blue sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 8051, in yellow and black livery, is parked in a rail yard with a Union Pacific locomotive and freight cars in the background. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow, self-propelled railway rotary crane, marked MWM 262061, is stationary in a freight yard next to an open-top Chicago and North Western gondola car with the number 201429. An MWM 262061 railway-mounted rotary crane sits in a yard next to a Chicago and North Western gondola car. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8254 is parked in a rail yard next to a freight car, with a clear blue sky overhead and some green brush in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8254, stands in a rail yard on a clear summer day. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive, number 913, standing in a gravel yard next to a second similar locomotive under a clear sky. Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive number 913, in its yellow and grey livery, is parked in a yard alongside another UP locomotive. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1740 sits on tracks next to a white boxcar in a rail yard. Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive 1740 in yellow, gray and red livery, photographed at a rail yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives with red stripes, numbered 1732 and 1740, standing on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. Two Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 1732 and 1740, are shown side by side in a yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive number 3489 in a railroad yard, with other locomotives visible nearby. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 3489, is seen in yard service, coupled to other locomotives. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 913 in a rail yard, with a blue Chicago and North Western locomotive partially visible behind it. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive numbered 913 sits in a yard, with a Chicago and North Western GP9 numbered 537 visible behind it. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL 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 yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 3489 sits on tracks in a gravel yard with a green and yellow switcher and a blue Union Pacific boxcar in the background. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 3489, stands in a yard under a clear sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 2997 sits on tracks in a gravel yard, with a freight car behind it under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 2997, is shown in a rail yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 3422 standing in a rail yard, with another locomotive visible behind it. A Union Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive, number 3422, is pictured in a rail yard during the 1970s or 1980s. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive with number 513, parked next to a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with number 2995 in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A blue Conrail SD40-2 locomotive numbered 513 sits in a yard next to a yellow Union Pacific GP40 numbered 2995. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 6240 and 6235, sit on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. Two Union Pacific SD40 diesel locomotives, numbers 6240 and 6235, are seen side-by-side in a rail yard. August 2, 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 6235, parked on tracks in a railyard, with a second Union Pacific locomotive, number 9319, visible behind it. A Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 6235, is parked in a yard alongside another Union Pacific locomotive, number 9319, a GP38-2. August 2, 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 2954 in a rail yard, with a maroon Wisconsin Central boxcar visible behind it. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive numbered 2954 is shown in a railroad yard alongside a Wisconsin Central freight car. August 2, 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black-and-white photo shows two Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 6249 and 3824, side-by-side on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Union Pacific locomotives 6249, an SD40-2, and 3824, a GP9, are coupled together in a rail yard. September 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 3824, parked in a gravel rail yard with another locomotive visible to the left. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive #3824 at a rail yard. September 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black-and-white photo of a Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 6050, parked on a track in a rail yard with boxcars behind it and a BFI dumpster in the foreground. Union Pacific GP38-2 #6050 is seen in profile at a railroad yard, with freight cars in the background under an overcast sky. September 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Black-and-white side view of a six-axle Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered B4240, parked in a rail yard with other locomotives under an overcast sky, with weeds in the foreground. Union Pacific B4240 in Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois, near Lake Street and Mannheim Road. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Black and white photo of two Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 1701 and 1689, standing on parallel tracks in a yard with some wooden equipment in the foreground. Two Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 1701 and 1689, are parked side-by-side in a railroad yard. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black-and-white photo of a Union Pacific locomotive, number 8507, standing on tracks in a gravel yard with snow on the ground. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8507, is shown in side profile at a rail yard in winter. September 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives numbered 1734 and 1735 sit side by side on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. Two Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 1734 and 1735, are coupled together in a yard. October 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a Union Pacific SD40 diesel locomotive numbered 2957, parked in a rail yard with another UP locomotive and a freight car nearby. A yellow Union Pacific SD40 diesel locomotive numbered 2957 is seen in a rail yard, with a second UP locomotive and a Burlington Northern freight car in the background. October 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives on a railroad track, with the lead unit numbered 1735. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1735, sits in a yard with a second locomotive behind it. October 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1226 stands on a track in a rail yard, with a silver tanker car and a green caboose in the background under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1226, is shown in profile in a rail yard, with its distinctive yellow and black livery. October 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and red Union Pacific locomotive numbered 8505 stands on tracks beside a red boxcar numbered 8643, in what appears to be a rail yard. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8505, is shown in a yard with a CRLE boxcar, number 8643, under a clear sky. October 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a Union Pacific diesel locomotive number 1237 in a rail yard on an overcast day with bare trees and other locomotives nearby. Union Pacific EMD SW1200 switcher locomotive number 1237 in a yard, likely in the 1970s. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 1714 and 1729, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard with bare brush in the foreground. Two Union Pacific GP9 locomotives, numbered 1714 and 1729, stand side by side in a rail yard under an overcast sky. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow Union Pacific locomotives, numbers 1715 and 1706, are parked side by side in a railroad yard on an overcast day. Two Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 1715 and 1706, are shown side by side in a yard. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 1703 and 1714, sit side-by-side on a railroad track in a gravel yard with sparse vegetation and an overcast sky. Two Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 1703 and 1714, are coupled and parked in a rail yard on an overcast autumn day. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive number 2969 in a rail yard, with other trains and freight cars visible in the background under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific SD40 locomotive number 2969 is shown in a rail yard, with other locomotives and freight cars in the background. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three diesel locomotives are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. The lead yellow locomotive is Union Pacific #1735, followed by Union Pacific #6104, and a dark blue Chicago and North Western locomotive is visible behind them. A side view of a Union Pacific locomotive consist featuring GP38-2 #1735 and GP9 #6104, with a Chicago and North Western GP7 in the background, photographed in a yard in November 1998. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Four Union Pacific diesel locomotives numbered 1729, 1723, 1715, and 14 are parked side by side in a rail yard, with a yellow and gray Union Pacific work car in front. A row of Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives in a rail yard, with a matching work car in the foreground. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 2965, with another locomotive behind it, parked on railroad tracks with dry brush in the foreground. Union Pacific GP38-2 #2965 leading a consist in a yard, with a second similar locomotive behind it, under a clear sky. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6826 seen from the side on a yard track under a gray sky, with a yellow Union Pacific yard building and a black locomotive at right. Union Pacific 6826 in a yard at Melrose Park, Illinois, likely Proviso Yard near Lake Street and Mannheim Road. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 9412 and 6072, sit side-by-side on tracks in a gravel yard with dry grass in the foreground on a clear autumn day. Two Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotives, numbered 9412 and 6072, are coupled side-by-side in a yard under a clear sky. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 6304 and 4117, standing on tracks in a yard with snow on the ground. Two Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, #6304 and #4117, are coupled in a yard in winter. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a black and red CN diesel locomotive numbered 6418, coupled to yellow locomotives on a yard track under a grey sky. Canadian National 6418, a diesel locomotive, stands with Union Pacific units at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black Union Pacific diesel locomotive pulling a dark brown freight car on a cloudy day in a rail yard, with one person standing near the tracks. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 3154, is seen in a rail yard with a Wisconsin Central Ltd. freight car, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 9455, with two other locomotives behind it, on a clear winter day in a rail yard. A side view of a Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9455, coupled with two other units in a rail yard on a clear winter day. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 2433, parked on tracks in a rail yard with another locomotive visible behind it. Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 2433 at a rail yard. April 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 405, on a track in a gravel yard with a brown Norfolk Southern freight car visible behind it. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 405, is shown in a railroad yard with a Norfolk Southern freight car in the background. April 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 2986, with another locomotive numbered 405 in the background, in a gravel yard with a blue dumpster and a utility pole nearby. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, numbered 2986, is parked in a yard, with another UP locomotive, number 405, visible behind it. April 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 2499 sits in a gravel yard next to a dark-colored locomotive and a small yellow and gray office building, under a clear blue sky. A Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 2499, is pictured in a yard alongside another locomotive and a trackside office in April 1999. April 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 8818, with Operation Lifesaver text, is coupled to a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 8200, on a rail line with bare trees in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 diesel locomotive, numbered 8818, in its distinctive yellow and green livery with Operation Lifesaver markings, is coupled to a Union Pacific GP38-2, numbered 8200, on a private right-of-way in winter. April 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL