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Two diesel locomotives, one blue with Conrail lettering and number 5002 and one white with GM91, are parked next to each other in a gravel rail yard under a clear sky. A pair of diesel locomotives, Conrail #5002 and GM #GM91, are shown side by side in a rail yard. April 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 8818, with Operation Lifesaver text, is coupled to a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 8200, on a rail line with bare trees in the foreground. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 diesel locomotive, numbered 8818, in its distinctive yellow and green livery with Operation Lifesaver markings, is coupled to a Union Pacific GP38-2, numbered 8200, on a private right-of-way in winter. April 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbers 7174 and 2247, parked side by side on tracks in a gravel yard with a clear blue sky. Union Pacific SD40-2 #7174 and GP38-2 #2247 in a yard under a clear sky. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 2971, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard with freight cars nearby. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive 2971 in a rail yard, painted in yellow and gray livery. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 7166, with another yellow unit behind it and the cab of a maroon and gold Wisconsin Central Ltd. locomotive ahead, on yard tracks under a clear sky with a dirt road and mound in the foreground. Union Pacific 7166 stands with a second UP unit beside a Wisconsin Central Ltd. locomotive in a yard, likely Proviso Yard at Melrose Park, Illinois. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 2247 and 6847, sit on parallel tracks in a gravel yard on a sunny day. Two Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 2247 and 6847, are parked side by side in a gravel yard under a clear blue sky. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two blue Conrail diesel locomotives with fleet numbers 5060 and 6765 are parked side by side in a gravel rail yard under a gray sky. Two Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 5060 and 6765, stand side by side in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two white Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbers 400 and 423, parked on tracks in a gravel yard with a blue dumpster nearby and a CSX freight car in the background. Two Chicago and North Western EMD F7 diesel locomotives, #400 and #423, are coupled in a yard, with #423 displaying the railroad's 1980s multicolor livery. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A row of Union Pacific diesel locomotives, including number 502, sit on parallel tracks in a gravel yard with a cloudy sky above. Three Union Pacific diesel locomotives, including GP9 502, are parked side-by-side in a rail yard under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one Chicago and North Western and one Union Pacific, on parallel tracks in a gravel rail yard under a clear sky. Chicago and North Western SD40-2 locomotive 6847, painted in yellow and black, stands in a rail yard with a Union Pacific locomotive nearby. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbers 5531 and 400, parked on tracks in a yard with gravel ground and a clear sky. Chicago and North Western locomotives 5531 (SD24) and 400 (GP9) in a railroad yard, showing the operator's distinctive yellow and green livery. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, numbers 5522 and 5508, parked in a gravel yard under an overcast sky in May 1999. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 5522, in its distinctive yellow and green livery, is seen in a yard alongside another unit, 5508, in May 1999. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive with the number 5533, standing on tracks in a gravel yard. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive #5533, painted in its yellow and green livery, is shown in side profile in a railyard. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green diesel locomotive with the number 8702 is parked in a rail yard next to a yellow office car with Union Pacific markings. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive 8702 in yellow and green livery is seen in a rail yard alongside a Union Pacific office car. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 5948, sits on railroad tracks in a yard with other freight cars under a clear sky. A Union Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 5948, is shown in a rail yard near Melrose Park, Illinois. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 502, stands in a gravel yard with other locomotives nearby on a cloudy day. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 502, is parked in a yard alongside other locomotives under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 2499 sits on tracks in a rail yard, with a gray locomotive numbered 7361 visible behind it. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 2499, is parked in Proviso Yard with other locomotives in the background. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive number 2499 parked in a gravel yard with other equipment visible in the background. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 2499 is photographed in profile at a rail yard under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 9720, parked on tracks beside a gravel lot, with another locomotive and a yellow and gray trailer behind it. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9720, is parked in a yard alongside another unit, with a matching mobile office trailer nearby. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 9026, is parked on a railroad track in a gravel yard, with a blue dumpster and a wooden pole in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9026, is shown in side view at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, on an overcast winter day. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 9026 stands in a rail yard next to a gray and blue freight car under a clear sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9026, is shown in side profile at a rail yard. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 7175, is shown on a set of tracks with a bridge and freight cars in the background. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 7175, stands on the tracks in a yard. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive #5948 parked in a railyard with snow on the ground, with another similar locomotive #2971 and a black freight car in the background under a clear sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, #5948, in its yellow and gray livery, is seen side-on in a railyard with snow on the ground, alongside another UP locomotive, #2971. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two blue Conrail diesel locomotives, numbered 6765 and 5060, standing on tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 6765, in its 'Quality' livery, is parked in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with another Conrail GP38-2, number 5060, visible behind it. May 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5533, parked on tracks in a yard with a Union Pacific locomotive behind it under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 5533, in yellow and green livery, is parked in a rail yard next to a Union Pacific locomotive. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6847, in a gravel yard with another locomotive behind it. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6847, is shown in a yard alongside another unit, number 6252, both in the railroad's yellow and green livery. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5508, is parked on tracks in a gravel yard with a boxcar in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5508, is shown in its green and yellow livery in a railroad yard. May 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western locomotive numbered 5522 sitting on tracks in a gravel yard with other locomotives in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive 5522 in a rail yard, photographed in June 1999. June 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5508, parked in a gravel rail yard with other locomotives behind it under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5508, stands in a rail yard alongside other units in the same livery. June 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two diesel locomotives in a railroad yard on an overcast day; the lead locomotive is green and yellow with the number 5531, and the trailing locomotive is red and gray with the number 7322. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 5531, in its green and yellow livery, is parked in a yard next to another CNW locomotive, number 7322, in red and gray livery. June 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, numbered 147 and 2973, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under a clear blue sky. Union Pacific locomotives 147 and 2973 are parked side by side in a yard. July 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 2656, is parked in a rail yard with another locomotive partially visible behind it. Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive number 2656, seen in a rail yard. July 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 9238 is parked on tracks in a rail yard on a clear day, with trees framing the shot. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9238, is shown in side profile, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. July 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with red stripes and 'PACIFIC' lettering, numbered 408, parked in a gravel yard next to another similar locomotive under a clear sky. A Union Pacific EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 408, stands in a yard alongside another locomotive in matching livery. July 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 2433, sitting in a gravel rail yard next to another locomotive, number 5503, under a clear sky. Union Pacific EMD GP9 locomotive #2433 in yellow and gray livery, photographed in a rail yard with another locomotive, #5503, visible behind it. November 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and grey Union Pacific locomotive numbered 656 is parked on railroad tracks in a yard with bare trees in the background during winter dusk. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 656, is shown in profile at a yard in winter during dusk. November 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 656, parked on a track in a gravel yard with bare trees in the foreground at dusk. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 656, is shown in a yard at dusk in its yellow livery. November 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 7532 is parked on tracks in a gravel yard, with a matching trailer nearby and other freight cars in the background under a gray sky. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive number 7532 in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. December 1999 · Lake/ Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 3930, painted in yellow with a red stripe, parked in a rail yard. A red and black Southern Pacific locomotive is visible in the background. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive number 3930 in a rail yard with a Southern Pacific locomotive in the background. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of two yellow and dark green diesel locomotives, number 5535 in front and 1796 behind, in a gravel yard with bare tree branches in the foreground. Two Chicago and North Western EMD GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 5535 and 1796, are shown side-by-side in a yard under a clear sky in autumn. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a dark gray Southern Pacific diesel locomotive, number 6811, parked in a gravel yard with dry autumn weeds in the foreground. Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive number 6811 in a rail yard under a clear sky. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black and red Southern Pacific locomotive, number 8196, is parked on tracks at a rail yard with other locomotives behind it. Southern Pacific GP9 locomotive #8196, with other SP engines visible in the background, at a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Southern Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8196 is shown from the side, stopped in a rail yard under an overcast sky. Another locomotive is visible behind it. Southern Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive #8196 in its black livery, photographed in a rail yard. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a dark gray Southern Pacific locomotive, number 2699, sitting on tracks in a yard with other locomotives partially visible behind it. Southern Pacific diesel locomotive 2699, a GP9 model, is parked in a rail yard under an overcast sky. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5535, is parked in a rail yard with bare branches in the foreground. Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotive 5535 sits in a yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, in its classic yellow and green livery. December 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 5503, with a faded green and yellow livery, parked on tracks in a yard with another locomotive visible in the background. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive 5503 in a yard, showing signs of wear on its paint. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Chicago and North Western SW1200 diesel locomotive, numbered 1302, is parked in a gravel yard alongside a blue and white GP9 locomotive, with a Union Pacific freight car in the background under an overcast sky. A yellow Chicago and North Western SW1200 switcher, number 1302, stands in a yard with a blue and white GP9 locomotive, number 1505, visible behind it. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5503, with another yellow locomotive numbered 736 behind it, parked in a gravel yard with bare tree branches in the foreground. A weathered Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 5503, stands in a yard with another unit, 736, visible behind it, both in the railroad's classic yellow and green livery. December 1999 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL