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A side view of a Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 2999, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a cloudy sky. A Union Pacific SD40 diesel locomotive, number 2999, is shown in profile at a rail yard under an overcast sky. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 3048 is parked on a railroad track next to a gravel lot, with a blue freight car and some trees nearby. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 3048, sits in a yard on an overcast day. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive numbered 3218 sits on tracks in a rail yard, surrounded by weeds, with a person walking beside it and another in the cab. A Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 3218, in a rail yard during the summer, with crew visible in the cab. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A photo showing multiple locomotives at a rail yard, including a yellow Union Pacific GP9, a black Norfolk Southern GP38-2, a blue locomotive, and an Amtrak F40PH in the background. A lineup of locomotives from Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern, and Amtrak at a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 6759 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with a red GTW locomotive and a black locomotive visible nearby. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 6759, in its blue 'Quality' livery, is shown parked in a rail yard alongside other locomotives. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and black diesel locomotive numbered 6824 with 'NORTHWESTERN' lettering on the cab, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6824, in orange and black livery, photographed in a rail yard. June 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL 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 green Chicago and North Western locomotive numbered 8051, parked on tracks in a railyard with freight cars in the background. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive number 8051 in yellow and green livery, viewed in side profile at a railyard. 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 Side view of a weathered silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 328, with red, white and blue stripes. A yellow locomotive is to its left and another Amtrak unit is to its right, beside a gravel road. Amtrak diesel locomotive 328 in silver with red, white and blue stripes, in a yard likely at Melrose Park, Illinois. July 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A silver diesel locomotive with a black roof and red, white and blue stripes, lettered Amtrak and numbered 356, stands in a yard beside a white trailer body, with a second locomotive numbered 263 behind it. Amtrak 356, with Amtrak 263 behind it, in a yard near Lake Street and Mannheim Road in Melrose Park, Illinois. 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 Two diesel locomotives in Chicago and North Western green and yellow livery are parked on parallel tracks in a yard, with number 4107 in front and 5529 behind. Two Chicago and North Western locomotives, numbers 4107 and 5529, are shown side-by-side in a rail yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of three blue Conrail diesel locomotives, numbered 565, 525, and 55, parked on tracks in a gravel yard on an overcast day. Three Conrail EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 565, 525, and 55, are pictured in side profile in a rail yard under an overcast sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5515, parked in a gravel rail yard with another locomotive visible in the background. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive 5515 in yellow and green livery, photographed in a rail yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red-orange and black diesel locomotive with white diagonal stripes on its hood, numbered 5049, stands on a yard track with two more locomotives behind it, seen across a gravel roadway with leafy weeds in the right foreground. Canadian National 5049 with a Wisconsin Central unit and a second CN locomotive at Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. 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 A red CP Rail diesel locomotive numbered 5824 sits on a track in a rail yard with another yellow locomotive in the background. A CP Rail SD40 diesel locomotive, number 5824, is shown in profile at a rail yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three green and yellow diesel locomotives from the Chicago and North Western, numbered 4107 and 4209, are parked on tracks next to some trees and brush. A consist of Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, including units 4107 and 4209, is shown in a rail yard under an overcast sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 550 is parked on a railroad track in a yard, with another locomotive numbered 525 behind it, on a cloudy winter day. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 550, stands in a yard with another locomotive, number 525, coupled behind it, under an overcast sky in winter. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 553, likely a GP38-2 model, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with a white trailer nearby. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 553 is parked in a yard under overcast skies. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 523 is parked in a gravel yard on a cloudy day, with a blue dumpster and freight cars visible in the background. A Conrail EMD GP38-2 locomotive, numbered 523, stands in a yard under an overcast sky. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of two green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbered 4331 and 4107, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under a clear blue sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 4331, is shown in a yard, coupled to another locomotive, number 4107, both in the railroad's classic green and yellow livery. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5529, is parked in a gravel yard with another locomotive partially visible behind it. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5529, in yellow and green livery, is parked in a gravel yard on a sunny day. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4209, in orange and green, parked on a track in a yard under a clear sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4209, in its distinctive orange and green livery, parked in a yard. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a C&NW EMD SD24 locomotive, number 5515, in a rail yard, with other locomotives visible in the background. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 diesel locomotive, number 5515, in yellow and green livery, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and green diesel locomotives, one marked 4331 and the other 4107, sit on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western EMD GP9 locomotive, number 4331, is parked in a yard with another locomotive, number 4107, visible behind it. August 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4100, parked in a gravel yard on a sunny day, with another locomotive nearby. A Chicago and North Western EMD GP9 locomotive, number 4100, is shown in yard service, with another C&NW locomotive, number 913, visible behind it. 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 A side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive with the number 565, parked in a gravel yard with trees framing the shot. A blue Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 565, is parked in a rail yard under an overcast sky. 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 Two diesel locomotives, one Norfolk Southern numbered 4111 and another Rio Grande numbered 9007, parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Norfolk Southern GP38-2 and a Rio Grande GP30 diesel locomotive side by side in a railroad yard. August 2, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern freight train with two locomotives passes a red stop sign next to parked cars on a gravel lot, under a clear sky. A Norfolk Southern freight train with SD40-2 locomotives numbered 3565 and 4111 passes a stop sign on a street in Melrose Park, Illinois, in the 1990s. August 2, 1998 · FULLERTON / 25th Ave, Melrose Park, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive, number 523, is parked on a track in a rail yard with a yellow locomotive partially visible in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 523, is shown in side profile at a rail yard. 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