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Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes pull a train around a curve past rubble piles, a brick building and a tall steel lift bridge. — Download original ↓

July 9, 1994 · 16th and Canal, Chicago, IL

Amtrak 800 leads a second Amtrak locomotive and a train out on curved track near 16th Street and Canal in Chicago, with a lift bridge and a parked Amtrak locomotive behind.

Date: July 9, 1994
Location: 16th and Canal, Chicago, IL
Vehicle: Diesel locomotive, Passenger car
Operator: Amtrak
Equipment: GE P40DC
Fleet numbers: Amtrak 800

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