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Caboose

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Side view of a red and white SOO diesel locomotive numbered 414, coupled to a matching SOO caboose numbered 102, in a multi-track railroad yard with shipping containers in the background on a cloudy day. SOO 414, an EMD SW1200 diesel switcher, stands in a yard with SOO caboose 102 and several intermodal freight cars under an overcast sky. November 1948 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A vintage maroon and white Chicago Great Western caboose, numbered 522, photographed from a three-quarter rear angle on a grassy trackside. A Chicago Great Western caboose, number 522, in maroon and white livery, parked on a private right-of-way. c. 1950 to 1960 A dark brown Soo Line caboose with the number 141 is parked in a snow-covered rail yard, with green and red boxcars visible in the background. A Soo Line caboose numbered 141 sits in a snowy rail yard alongside other freight cars. October 1950 · Cedar and Whaley, Franklin Park, IL A yellow Chicago and North Western caboose numbered 11035 sits on tracks in a rail yard, with a clock tower and buildings in the background under a clear sky. Chicago and North Western caboose 11035 in its yellow 'Safety First' livery, parked in a rail yard with a clock tower visible in the background. c. 1970 to 1980 A red Santa Fe caboose, number 999330, viewed from a three-quarter rear angle, sits on a gravel track with a wooden platform in the background under an overcast sky. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway caboose, number 999330, painted in the road's signature red livery, sits idle on a side track in a rural yard. c. 1970 to 2000 A side view of a weathered Soo Line caboose with number 129 parked on a track in a yard with old freight cars and a forklift nearby, during a winter day. A Soo Line caboose numbered 129 sits on a freight track alongside rusted boxcars in a winter rail yard. c. 1970 to 1990 A side view of an orange caboose with the number 01512 and 'Rio Grande' lettering, parked on snowy tracks, with a billboard reading 'CHICAGO' and a red locomotive visible in the background. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad caboose numbered 01512 sits on a snow-covered track in a yard, with a red locomotive in the background. c. 1970 to 1988 A green and yellow Burlington Northern caboose numbered 12581 is parked on train tracks beside a brick building, with a grassy slope in the foreground under an overcast sky. A Burlington Northern bay window caboose, number 12581, in green and yellow livery, sits on a railroad main line on an overcast winter day. c. 1970 to 1980 A dark blue caboose with a cupola, lettered K B & S and numbered 548, stands on a track beside the end of a blue diesel locomotive with cream stripes, with tall dry grass and a light dusting of snow in the foreground. Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern caboose 548 coupled to a blue diesel locomotive, seen across dry winter grass. c. 1977 to 2005 A Rock Island diesel locomotive, number 4901, painted in orange and yellow, is coupled to a matching caboose on a set of tracks in a rail yard with other trains visible in the background. Rock Island SW1200 diesel locomotive #4901 leads a caboose through a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL A red and yellow Rock Island freight locomotive numbered 4901 is parked on a set of tracks next to a matching caboose, with other trains visible in the background under a gray sky. Rock Island diesel locomotive 4901, an EMD SW1200, sits coupled to a caboose in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. April 23, 1978 · Blue Island, IL A green and white Burlington Northern diesel locomotive number 1597 is parked on a snowy railroad yard with a caboose behind it. A Burlington Northern GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1597, stands in a snowy yard with a matching caboose, number 12131, behind it. December 8, 1978 · Fairmont, NE An old, cream-colored wooden caboose with the number 19 on its side is parked next to a red station building labeled 'WAUNAKEE', with a gravel foreground and an overcast sky. A weathered wooden caboose, numbered 19, sits on display beside a red station building marked 'WAUNAKEE' on an overcast day. c. 1980 to 2000 Two trains, a silver gallery car and a red caboose, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard surrounded by trees under an overcast sky. A Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad silver gallery car and a red caboose on a gravel yard in Michigan City, Indiana, in autumn. October 11, 1986 · Michigan City, IN A dark caboose with a yellow stripe, marked CN and CM 98, moves along tracks past a railroad crossing where people stand watching; a white car is parked in the foreground and a red barn is in the background. A Canadian National caboose numbered CM 98, with passengers on its rear platform, travels past a railroad crossing on a cloudy spring day, as spectators and a white sedan wait nearby. c. 1990 to 1999 Snowy rail yard scene featuring a maroon and yellow caboose and black freight cars, with industrial steel towers and power lines in the background. A Chicago Short Line Railway caboose and freight cars in a snow-covered rail yard with industrial structures in the background. January 30, 1994 · Chicago Short Line Yard, Chicago, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 7659 pulls a matching caboose numbered 21206 through a snow-covered rail yard, with a single person standing near the locomotive. A Conrail SD40-2 diesel locomotive pulling a bay window caboose on a snowy yard. February 1994 · 95th and CALUMET RIVER, Chicago, IL Side view of a blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 2304 and a blue RDG caboose numbered 8805 7, in a snow-covered rail yard with industrial buildings and bare trees in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive and an RDG caboose are seen in a snowy railroad yard. February 1994 · Indianapolis Blvd and 110th St, Indiana, IN Two blue Conrail railroad vehicles, a locomotive numbered 7659 and a caboose numbered 21206, on snow-covered tracks in a yard. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive and a matching bay window caboose stand side-by-side in a snowy railroad yard. February 1994 · 95 th and CALUMET RIVER, Chicago, IL A yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP7 locomotive numbered 4108 is coupled to a matching caboose numbered 11035, parked on parallel railroad tracks in a yard with signal bridges in the background. Chicago and North Western GP7 locomotive #4108 leads a train through a yard with caboose #11035, showcasing the railroad's yellow and green livery under a clear sky. April 27, 1994 · Elston/Magnolia, Chicago, IL An orange caboose with a short box cabin, open railed end platforms and black Amtrak lettering stands on a track, with stacked rails in the foreground and a river and modern buildings behind. Amtrak caboose 18566 in an orange paint scheme sits on a yard track beside the river near Lake and Canal Streets in Chicago. December 1995 · Lake and Canal St, Chicago, IL A SOO Line diesel locomotive and caboose are parked on parallel tracks in a sunny rail yard, with industrial buildings and a Mannheim station sign in the background. SOO Line SD40 locomotive #543 and caboose #126 in a rail yard at Mannheim, Illinois, under clear skies. September 1997 · Front / Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A rusty orange and black Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 543 stands on a set of tracks next to a white and red caboose numbered 126, with an overpass in the background. Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive 543 leads a train with caboose 126 in Franklin Park, Illinois. September 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and rusty Soo Line caboose numbered 63, parked on railroad tracks in an industrial yard. Soo Line caboose #63, showing significant weathering, sits on a set of tracks in a rail yard with industrial facilities in the background. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a rusty brown SOO Line caboose, number 75, in a rail yard with multiple tracks, a white tank car, and a rusted white boxcar nearby. A weathered SOO Line caboose, numbered 75, sits in a rail yard next to a rusted white boxcar and a tank car. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln St, Franklin Park, IL A Soo Line diesel locomotive and caboose parked on parallel tracks in a yard with industrial buildings in the background. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive and matching caboose sit on parallel tracks in a yard under a clear blue sky. September 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A rusty black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 543 is coupled to a white and red Soo Line caboose numbered 126, stopped on multiple tracks in a rail yard with a large concrete bridge in the background under a clear blue sky. A Soo Line EMD GP38-2 locomotive, number 543, leads a train with a matching Soo Line caboose, number 126, through a rail yard under a concrete overpass on a clear summer day. September 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A brown SOO Line caboose numbered 81 sits on a railroad track under a concrete bridge, with a freight car behind it. A SOO Line caboose, number 81, in brown livery, photographed from the side under a concrete bridge. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and red Soo Line caboose, number 126, is parked on railroad tracks next to an industrial building under a clear sky. A Soo Line caboose numbered 126 sits on a private right-of-way in front of an industrial facility. September 1997 · Front / Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A maroon Soo Line caboose numbered 81 is visible on a set of railroad tracks, with a shipping container car behind it and a bridge in the background. A Soo Line Caboose #81 in maroon livery sits on the tracks, part of a freight train with a CRONOS container car. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange end-cab switcher lettered HARBOR, number 8831, coupled to a short black and orange caboose numbered 1, on yard tracks behind two parked white cars on an overcast winter day. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 8831 with caboose 1 at Franklin Park, Illinois, near Fullerton and 25th Avenue. December 7, 1997 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white Soo Line caboose with a red cupola, numbered 63, parked on a snowy railroad track next to a covered hopper car. A Soo Line caboose, numbered 63, sits on a snow-dusted railroad main line, with a covered hopper car visible to its side. December 28, 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL White SOO Line caboose with red cupola, number 126, parked on snowy tracks beside a black tank car in a railroad yard under an overcast sky. A SOO Line caboose, number 126, in its white and red livery, sits on a snowy yard track next to a CGTX tank car. December 28, 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of two yellow Union Pacific locomotives, numbered 8050 and 8072, with a green Chicago and North Western caboose in the background, parked on tracks at Proviso Yard on an overcast winter day. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotives 8050 and 8072, in yellow and gray livery with 'We will deliver' on the side, are seen in the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, next to a Chicago and North Western caboose. March 8, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red and cream SOO Line caboose numbered 1200 sits on a track in a rail yard, with orange and brown shipping containers on flatcars behind it under an overcast sky. SOO Line caboose 1200 in a rail yard, with stacked intermodal containers in the background. May 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white SOO Line caboose with the number 126 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with a person on its rear platform and a SOO Line locomotive #800 visible in the background. A SOO Line caboose #126 and a locomotive #800 are pictured in a rail yard, with a person standing on the caboose platform. May 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 pulls a freight train with a white SOO caboose numbered 63 along railroad tracks, with a person standing nearby on a gravelly field under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1204, leads a train with a SOO caboose, number 63, on a private right-of-way. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A red Soo Line diesel locomotive number 2403 and a red caboose are on railroad tracks beneath a concrete highway bridge on a clear day. Soo Line SD40-2 diesel locomotive number 2403, painted in its classic red livery, is pictured on a main line with a matching caboose, under a concrete highway overpass. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and red SOO Line caboose numbered 17 sits on railroad tracks under a large concrete bridge on a cloudy day, with piles of gravel in the foreground. A weathered SOO Line caboose, number 17, sits on the tracks in Franklin Park, Illinois, under a concrete highway overpass on an overcast day. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and red SOO Line locomotive with number 4443, coupled to a white and red SOO Line caboose with number 17, on railroad tracks under a concrete overpass, with gravel and weeds in the foreground. A SOO Line EMD F40PH locomotive numbered 4443 is coupled to a SOO Line caboose numbered 17 on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overpass on an overcast day. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 2403 and a matching caboose numbered 72 travel under an overpass on a sunny day in Franklin Park, Illinois. A red Soo Line EMD GP38-2 locomotive numbered 2403 leads a freight train under an overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a matching caboose numbered 72 in tow. August 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A rusty Soo Line caboose on multiple tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with a freight car coupled behind it. A weathered Soo Line caboose sits on the tracks in a rail yard, its faded livery and large 'SOO' lettering clearly visible. November 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a dark blue diesel locomotive lettered KB&S and numbered 301 coupled to a blue caboose, on a track beside a snowy, grassy embankment under an overcast sky, with a long barn-like building behind them. Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern locomotive 301 and a blue KB&S caboose stand on snowy track, likely at Donovan, Illinois. January 1999 · Donavan and Iroquois, IL A red diesel locomotive with a snowplow, a blue caboose and a blue diesel locomotive, all lettered KB&S, on a weedy track behind a field of green brush under a gray sky. Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern locomotives 309 and 301 and caboose 548 stand among tall weeds, likely at Iroquois, Illinois. June 1999 · U.S. Rte 52, Iriquois, IL A side view of a green and black caboose with red cupola and yellow stripe, marked T.B.W. 523, parked on a railroad track surrounded by tall grass and trees. A green, yellow, and red T.B.W. caboose numbered 523 sits on a quiet, overgrown trackside in Chatsworth, Illinois. June 27, 1999 · Chatsworth, IL Side view of an Illinois Central gray caboose and a black locomotive on a railroad track with grass in the foreground. An Illinois Central caboose numbered IC 199418 is coupled to an Illinois Central GP38-2 locomotive numbered 9574, standing on a main line track under an overcast sky. April 2000 · Kankakee, IL Two cabooses, one rusty brown and one white with red cupolas, both lettered SOO, are coupled together in a railyard with snow on the ground and other freight cars behind them. Two SOO Line cabooses, numbers 100 and 105, sit side-by-side in a snowy railyard, with freight cars in the background. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A row of rusted and white Soo Line cabooses, numbered 102 and 105, sit on tracks in a busy rail yard under a concrete overpass, with multiple freight cars visible in the background. Soo Line cabooses 102 and 105 are parked in a rail yard under an overpass, surrounded by various freight cars. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL