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A dark blue and white diesel locomotive, number 7000, is shown at a three-quarter front angle, parked on tracks in a railroad yard with grass and buildings in the background. Illinois Central Gulf SD40-2 locomotive number 7000 is parked in a yard on a clear summer day in 1978. 1978 · McCook, IL A yellow, unpainted diesel locomotive with a high short hood and covered windows sits inside a large industrial building, with workshop equipment in the background. An unpainted EMD GP9 diesel locomotive under construction in a GM Electro-Motive Division shop. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL A large, unpainted diesel locomotive under construction inside a factory, resting on wooden blocks with its engine block and exhaust stacks visible. An unpainted EMD diesel locomotive, likely an SW1200, sits on wooden blocks inside a factory shop. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL A large, tan-colored, partially assembled piece of rail equipment on a flatbed is being built inside a factory with high windows and steel beams, with another piece of machinery labeled 'D7' visible in the background. An unidentified piece of heavy rail equipment under assembly inside a large industrial shop, likely at the Electro-Motive Division facility in McCook, Illinois. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL Front view of a yellow SW1200 diesel locomotive inside a large industrial maintenance shop with exposed steel beams and overhead lighting. A yellow SW1200 diesel locomotive is shown inside a large maintenance shop, likely at a GM-EMD facility in McCook, Illinois. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL A side view of a tan diesel locomotive with a long hood, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear sky. A tan EMD SD24 diesel locomotive, likely operated by GM, is shown in a yard with a GN freight car in the background. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL A rail yard scene with several flatcars carrying large beige equipment boxes, numbered 653, 655, 656, and 657, under a bright sky with a power line in the background. A row of large, beige-colored generators or equipment units, numbered 653 through 657, are loaded on flatcars in a rail yard under a clear sky. June 10, 1978 · McCook, IL