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A side view of a green and yellow Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 4161, parked in a gravel lot with a blue Burlington Northern locomotive behind it. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 4161, in green and yellow livery, is parked in a rail yard with a Burlington Northern locomotive in the background. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and dark green Chicago and North Western locomotive, number 6919, stands on a track in a gravel yard with other railcars nearby. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6919, is pictured in a railroad yard. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and dark green diesel locomotive numbered 6807, with 'NORTHWESTERN' lettering on the cab, standing on a track in a gravel yard with freight cars and a billboard in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6807, in its yellow and dark green livery, is photographed in a yard under an overcast sky. June 10, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A green and white Burlington Northern locomotive numbered 9217 is shown on a clear day, with a second locomotive, number 6926, visible behind it. The train is on a private right-of-way with grass and a paved road in the foreground. A Burlington Northern SD60M diesel locomotive, number 9217, in its green, white, and black livery, photographed with another unit in the background. June 10, 1996 · 31st and 61st st, Cicero, IL A green Burlington Northern diesel locomotive numbered 6353 is parked in a rail yard with two workers nearby, and another locomotive numbered 748 is visible behind it. A Burlington Northern EMD GP38-2 locomotive numbered 6353 is seen in a yard with crew members working nearby, with another BN locomotive numbered 748 in the background. June 10, 1996 · 31st St and Ogden, Cicero, IL A side view of a blue diesel locomotive with the number 798 and 'EDM Electric Motive' lettering, parked on tracks with a red freight car behind it. A blue EDM Electric Motive GP9 diesel locomotive, number 798, is shown in side profile on a railroad main line. June 10, 1996 · 31st and Ogden, Cicero, IL Two diesel locomotives, one green and black with number 4081 for Burlington Northern, and one red and silver with Santa Fe lettering, are parked on parallel tracks in a rail yard. A Burlington Northern SD40 and a Santa Fe GP40 locomotive side by side in a rail yard. June 16, 1996 · Ogden, Cicero, IL A Metra train with a red, white and blue locomotive numbered 167 is traveling on a set of tracks with a water tower in the background that says 'MOUNT PROSPECT'. A Metra F40PH locomotive, number 167, leads a train of gallery cars through Mount Prospect, Illinois, on a summer day. June 22, 1996 · Prospect Rd Near Central, Mount Prospect, IL Two green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives on a track with trees in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 6833, leads a consist, with another unit numbered 3647 visible behind it. June 22, 1996 · Prospect Rd near Central, Mount Prospect, IL Two blue Metra locomotives with red roofs are on multiple tracks at the Waukegan station, which has a red brick building with a blue sign. Two Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 161 and 176, are parked at the Waukegan station. July 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL Two Metra diesel locomotives, 127 and 136, with red-and-white striped fronts, are parked on parallel tracks in a rail yard, with an Amtrak bi-level passenger car visible behind them. Two Metra EMD F40PH locomotives, numbered 127 and 136, are parked side by side in a rail yard with an Amtrak passenger car in the background. July 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL A side view of two yellow diesel locomotives, one marked Chicago & North Western 4404 and the other Union Pacific 9368, standing in a gravel yard with a white, red, and brown Metra passenger car behind them under an overcast sky. Two diesel locomotives, Chicago & North Western 4404 and Union Pacific 9368, are parked side-by-side in a rail yard with a Metra passenger car in the background. July 1996 · Grand and Sheridan, Waukegan, IL Three blue and red Metra locomotives with white chevrons on their noses are parked side by side on parallel tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Three Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotives, numbered 130, 155, and 127, are lined up in a rail yard in Waukegan, Illinois, wearing the agency's distinctive blue, red, and white livery. July 1996 · Waukegan Yard, Waukegan, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6818, sits on tracks in a gravel yard with trees in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive 6818 in green and yellow livery, pictured in a yard. July 1996 · Grand and Sheridan, Waukegan, IL A red and black Canadian National diesel locomotive numbered 2515 leads two more locomotives and a line of green freight cars along a multiple-track main line beside an empty concrete station platform under a cloudy sky. Canadian National 2515 leads a three-unit freight past the station platform at Downers Grove, Illinois. July 25, 1996 · Downers Grove, IL A green and white striped Burlington Northern diesel locomotive numbered 7844 is stopped at a station platform, pulling a line of freight cars under an overcast sky. A Burlington Northern GP38-2 locomotive, number 7844, pulls a freight train through a station platform on a summer day. July 30, 1996 · Berwyn, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 4551, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive number 4551 in yellow and green livery, photographed in a rail yard. August 25, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 8524, sitting on tracks in a rail yard with weeds and a utility pole in the background. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 8524, painted in its classic yellow and black livery, is shown in a rail yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. August 25, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 6845, sitting on a track next to stacks of wooden ties. A Chicago and North Western SD24 diesel locomotive, number 6845, in yellow and green livery, is parked in a rail yard. August 25, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive, number 8034, is parked on tracks in a yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8034, stands in a yard in its classic yellow and black livery. August 25, 1996 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 951 is stopped at a station platform with a METRA sign. Several people wait on the platform as the train stands on the tracks. Union Pacific E9 locomotive 951 leads a commuter train at a METRA station, with passengers waiting on the platform. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive numbered 951, sitting on railroad tracks with people and trees in the background. Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive #951 is shown on the tracks in Elmhurst, Illinois, in its iconic yellow and red livery. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL A yellow Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive numbered 951 is on railroad tracks with several people watching from the side and cars parked in the background under an overcast sky. Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive #951 is shown in its distinctive yellow livery on a private right-of-way, with spectators nearby. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL A yellow Union Pacific E9 locomotive numbered 951 pulls a long passenger train past a railroad crossing with people and cars nearby on a cloudy day. A Union Pacific E9 locomotive numbered 951 leads a passenger train through a grade crossing on a summer day. September 1, 1996 · Int and Elmhurst, Elmhurst, IL Two yellow Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotives, numbered 949 and 963, are parked on parallel tracks in a yard under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive, number 949, is shown in a yard with a matching unit, number 963, in the background. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL A yellow Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive, number 949, is parked at a station platform, with a matching second unit, number 963, visible behind it. A Union Pacific E9 diesel locomotive, number 949, is shown at a station platform with a consist that includes at least one other E9, number 963. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL A Metra train with locomotive 172 and silver BiLevel coaches is stopped at a station platform where passengers are waiting, with a school bus visible in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 172 pulls a train of BiLevel coaches through a station in Elmhurst, Illinois, as passengers wait on the platform. September 1, 1996 · 1st and Addison, Elmhurst, IL A black Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive numbered 2501 sits on tracks in a yard, with a blue locomotive and a red locomotive partially visible beside it, under a cloudy sky. A Norfolk Southern GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 2501, is shown in a railroad yard alongside other locomotives under an overcast sky. January 1997 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL A blue and red Metra diesel locomotive pulling double-decker commuter cars on snow-covered tracks. A Metra F40PH locomotive, number 214, pulls a consist of gallery cars through a snowy, residential grade crossing. January 13, 1997 · Montclare, Chicago, IL A white and red SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 383, is parked next to orange safety fencing with a bridge and construction equipment in the background. SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive number 383 on a main line near a construction zone in Franklin Park, Illinois. February 1997 · Front/Ernst St, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 6608, painted in white and red, on a railroad track with bare trees in the background on an overcast day. A Soo Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive numbered 6608 in its distinctive white and red livery, photographed on a winter day along a railroad main line. March 8, 1997 · York Rd, Bensenville, IL A side view of two red diesel locomotives, one marked SOO LINE 1539 and the other CP 6409, parked behind a chain-link fence in front of a brick dieselhouse building with signs reading CP Rail System and Bensenville Dieselhouse. A red SOO Line EMD GP9 locomotive, number 1539, sits in the Bensenville dieselhouse yard with a CP Rail System locomotive nearby, seen through a chain-link fence on an overcast winter day. March 8, 1997 · Green St, Bensenville, IL Side view of a green and cream Chicago and North Western locomotive, number 4157, coupled to a blue and yellow CSX locomotive in a muddy rail yard under a gray sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 4157, in green and cream livery, is coupled to a CSX locomotive in a rail yard on an overcast winter day. March 8, 1997 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Union Pacific locomotive number 643, a GP9 model, is parked in a rail yard with a red piece of equipment in front and a Dow Chemical building behind it. Union Pacific GP9 locomotive 643 is seen in a yard, framed by a chain-link fence, with the Dow Chemical building in the background. March 17, 1997 · Downing @ Jenks, North Little Rock, AR Front view of a yellow and grey Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 670, parked on tracks behind a chain-link fence with a red fire hydrant and yellow bollards in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive numbered 670 sits in a rail yard, viewed through a chain-link fence. March 17, 1997 · Downing and Jenks, North Little Rock, AR A blue and yellow CSX locomotive numbered 8450 pulls a long line of black freight cars past a small red-roofed station building in Napanee, Indiana, under a cloudy sky. CSX Transportation GP38-2 locomotive 8450 leads a freight train through the Napanee, Indiana station on an overcast spring day. May 27, 1997 · Napanee, IN A blue and yellow CSX diesel locomotive with the number 7532 is stopped at a grade crossing with flashing red lights and lowered gates, surrounded by trees and buildings. A CSX GP40-2 diesel locomotive numbered 7532 crosses a street at a grade crossing on an overcast day. May 27, 1997 · Rte 19 - 1 Block South of Rte 6, Napanee, IN A blue and yellow CSX freight train with locomotive number 8450 passes a brick train station with a red roof in Nappanee, Indiana, on a cloudy day. A CSX GP38-2 locomotive, number 8450, pulls a long freight train past the Nappanee, Indiana station on an overcast spring day. May 27, 1997 · Napanee, IN A SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 6004, leading a train past industrial buildings and a construction vehicle under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive #6004 leads a freight train through an industrial area in Franklin Park, Illinois. July 1997 · Front / Ernst, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a red and white Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive numbered 1202, coupled to a freight car, in a snowy yard under a clear blue sky. Soo Line diesel locomotive number 1202, an EMD SW1200, stands in a snowy yard with a freight car. July 1997 · Front and Ernst St, Franklin Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern locomotive numbered 8986 sits on tracks in a rail yard under a clear sky, with green and yellow and blue locomotives visible behind it. Norfolk Southern GP38-2 8986, with Soo Line and Conrail locomotives in the background, photographed in a yard in July 1997. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL Three Chicago and North Western diesel locomotives, including SD24 number 5508, parked side-by-side in a rail yard under an overcast sky. Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive 5508 in green and yellow livery, photographed alongside locomotives 5509 and 170 in a rail yard. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a diesel locomotive with a red cab and a black hood carrying a large white CN logo, parked between two black locomotives on a yard track under a gray sky. Canadian National 5835, with GTW reporting marks, sits among Norfolk Southern locomotives in a yard. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1729, parked in a rail yard with wildflowers in the foreground. A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 1729, is seen in a freight yard alongside another UP locomotive and a boxcar. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 1707, with other locomotives visible in the background, all sitting on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 1707, is photographed in a rail yard alongside other UP units, including a GP9 and another GP38-2. July 1997 · Mannheim and Lake St, Melrose Park, IL A three-unit consist of red SOO Line diesel locomotives, led by number 748, is coupled to freight cars on a railroad main line under an overcast sky. A SOO Line freight train led by red EMD SD40-2 locomotive 748 on a main line in Franklin Park, Illinois. July 1997 · Front/Ernst St, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a red and white Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 1205, on a snowy track with industrial buildings in the background. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1205, sits on a snow-covered yard track. July 1997 · Front and Ernst St, Franklin Park, IL Two red diesel locomotives, one with the SOO Line logo and number 748, on parallel tracks in a yard under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD SD40-2 locomotive, number 748, leading a freight consist with another red locomotive, number 5905, visible behind it, at a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. July 1997 · Front/Ernst St, Franklin Park, IL