Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
A faded red railroad snow plow with a wedge blade sits on a track in front of a long white shingle-roofed building, with the end of a dark locomotive at the left and tall dry grass in front.
Download original ↓
December 1998

A weathered red wedge snow plow stands on a siding in front of a long white frame building, with dry winter prairie grass in the foreground.

Date
December 1998
Vehicle
Work equipment, Diesel locomotive
Tags
1990s Winter

More like this

A red CP Rail System locomotive numbered 9554 is pictured on a railroad track, with a white and red work vehicle marked 6038 nearby, in a rail yard with multiple tracks and a signal bridge in the background. A red CP Rail System GP38-2 diesel locomotive, numbered 9554, is shown on a main line rail yard alongside a white and red work vehicle, numbered 6038, under overcast skies in summer. October 2002 · Lincoln Ave, Dalton, IL A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 109 pulls a line of silver commuter cars along a set of tracks next to a road, with industrial buildings and smokestacks in the background under a clear sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 109 leads a train of commuter cars through an industrial area in Chicago, with speed limit signs visible at a grade crossing. November 6, 1995 · Galewood, Chicago, IL A yellow locomotive and a black Illinois Central locomotive numbered 8747 sit on parallel tracks in a snowy yard, with a white maintenance vehicle nearby. Illinois Central SD40 locomotives and a maintenance vehicle in a snow-covered rail yard. February 1, 1970 · Harvey, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8540 is shown on a railroad track with bare trees in the background. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 8540, leads a consist on a mainline track during winter. August 1964 · York and Irving Park, Chicago, IL