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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 Two green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, one numbered 4144 and the other 5529, are parked next to each other in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Two Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 4144 and 5529, are parked side by side in a railroad yard. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4107, sits on tracks in a rail yard with freight cars and a yellow trailer nearby under a clear sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive No. 4107 in its green and yellow livery, parked in a rail yard. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, 4141 and 414?, parked in a gravel yard under a clear sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive 4141 in its yellow and green livery, parked in a yard with another unit behind it. 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 Three green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, including #4100, are parked side by side in a rail yard on a clear day. One person is visible in the cab of the lead locomotive. A side view of three Chicago and North Western EMD GP9 locomotives, including #4100, in a rail yard. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black-and-white photo shows two gray Seaboard System diesel locomotives, numbers 4706 and 4711, side by side on tracks in a gravel yard with weeds in the foreground. A Seaboard System GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 4706, is parked in a rail yard alongside another unit, number 4711, under an overcast sky. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a black and gray diesel locomotive with the number 4307 and 'NORTH WESTERN' on its cab, parked in a rail yard with overgrown weeds in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4307, stands in Proviso Yard under an overcast sky, its black and gray livery clearly visible against the tracks and surrounding grass. September 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black and white photograph of a Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5529, seen in side profile in a rail yard with freight cars and a gravel foreground. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 diesel locomotive numbered 5529 is parked in a rail yard, with Norfolk Southern freight cars visible in the background. September 1998 · Lake and 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 Two yellow and black diesel locomotives, numbered 8008 and 8617 and bearing the Chicago and North Western livery, are parked on tracks in a gravel yard with tall grass in the foreground and a clear sky above. Two Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotives, #8008 and #8617, are seen in the yard at Melrose Park, Illinois, under a clear summer sky. 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 Three diesel locomotives, one yellow with black cab and number 1311, one yellow with black cab and number 6104, and one red with white stripes and number 101, are parked on tracks in a rail yard with dry brush in the foreground. Three diesel locomotives from the Chicago and North Western and ProRail are seen in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with bare bushes in the foreground. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 6034, parked in a gravel rail yard with another locomotive and a freight car behind it. SOO Line SD40-2 locomotive 6034, in white and red livery, is seen in a rail yard with another unit, 6017, in the background. 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 three diesel locomotives coupled together on tracks in a rail yard; the lead unit is blue and grey with 'CSX 8081' on the cab, the second is yellow with '1703', and the third is also yellow with 'ACI' on the side. Patches of snow are visible on the ground. A CSX GP38-2 and an SW1200 locomotives, along with a third ACI switcher, are coupled together in a rail yard on a snowy winter day. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives are coupled together in a freight yard on an overcast day, with a stack of wooden beams nearby. A Chicago and North Western EMD SD24 locomotive, number 4160, is parked in a yard alongside another unit, with a stack of lumber in the foreground. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1435, is parked in a rail yard with a white TCWR tank car and a brown ON boxcar nearby. A Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1435, is seen in a rail yard with a TCWR tank car and an ON boxcar in the background. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1435, is parked on tracks in a rail yard, coupled to a white tank car, with brown autumn weeds in the foreground under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1435, in its red-and-yellow livery, is seen in a yard with freight cars, likely in Melrose Park, Illinois, in the late 1970s or 1980s. 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 A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4103, stands on the tracks in a yard with a freight car behind it and a blue dumpster in the foreground. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 4103 in its classic green and yellow livery, photographed in Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois, on an overcast winter day. December 1998 · Lake/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 blue, gray, and yellow CSX diesel locomotive numbered 8137 sits on tracks in a gravel yard with a TTX freight car in the background under an overcast sky. A CSX Transportation GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8137, is photographed in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a gray, blue, and yellow CSX diesel locomotive numbered 8218, standing on tracks in a rail yard on an overcast winter day, with a blue dumpster in the foreground. A CSX Transportation EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 8218, is pictured in the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4160, in a rail yard with other equipment in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4160, in yellow and green livery, standing in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. December 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black diesel locomotive with the number 8820 and 'Operation Lifesaver' lettering on its side, belonging to the Chicago and North Western Railway, is parked in a yard with patches of snow on the ground. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 8820, painted in the Operation Lifesaver livery, sits in a yard on an overcast winter day. December 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Three diesel locomotives from different railroads are parked side by side in a winter yard, with visible fleet numbers and operator lettering. Three diesel locomotives from the Southwestern, Chicago and North Western, and Gulf, Mobile and Ohio railroads are parked side by side in a yard during winter. March 1999 · Lake and 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 A yellow and green C&NW diesel locomotive numbered 8698 sits on tracks in a gravel yard, with other railcars visible in the background. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive #8698, in its distinctive yellow and green livery, is shown in a rail yard. April 1999 · Lake/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