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Side view of two yellow Union Pacific locomotives, numbers 172 and 617, standing on tracks in a yard with green bushes in the foreground and a maroon freight car in the background under an overcast sky. Two Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotives, numbers 172 and 617, are seen in a rail yard. August 1981 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two yellow and green diesel locomotives coupled on a track with a white signal house labeled 'BRYN MAWR' to the right, in a winter landscape. Two Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotives, 6851 and 6826, one in standard livery and the other in Operation Lifesaver special livery, are coupled together on a railroad right-of-way at Bryn Mawr. c. 1982 to 1995 Two yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, numbered 6826 and 6851, are coupled together on a set of railroad tracks in a yard, with freight cars behind them and snow on the ground. Two Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotives, numbers 6826 and 6851, are shown in a yard with a string of freight cars, the lead unit displaying an 'Operation Lifesaver' safety decal. c. 1982 to 1995 A yellow and black diesel locomotive with the number 7773 and LRCX lettering is parked on tracks in a yard with a building and overgrown grass nearby. An EMD B36-7 diesel locomotive, numbered 7773 and lettered for LRCX, is shown in a yard setting. c. 1982 to 2000 A red Soo Line locomotive with the number 6054 is in the foreground, leading a train, while a black Norfolk Southern locomotive with the number 4146 is visible behind it on an overcast day. A Soo Line EMD SD40 locomotive numbered 6054 leads a train past a Norfolk Southern EMD SD40-2 numbered 4146 on a cloudy day. c. 1982 to 1990 A dark blue Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive numbered 4011 is parked in a yard, with a yellow Union Pacific locomotive behind it, under an overcast sky. A Norfolk Southern GP38-2 locomotive, number 4011, stands in a rail yard beside a Union Pacific locomotive. c. 1982 to 1990 A black Norfolk Southern locomotive, number 9239, is traveling on a railroad track beside a bare tree and a grassy embankment under an overcast sky. A Norfolk Southern GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9239, is seen on a private right-of-way during winter. c. 1982 to 1990 A red Grand Trunk Western diesel locomotive numbered 420 is crossing a street at a railroad crossing, with a red car waiting on the side and houses in the background. Grand Trunk Western locomotive 420, a GP9, leads a freight train through a grade crossing in Harvey, Illinois, on an overcast winter day. April 30, 1983 · 151 St, Harvey, IL A long Santa Fe freight train with several blue and yellow diesel locomotives leads a line of freight cars through a dry, shrub-covered landscape with industrial buildings and hills in the background. A Santa Fe freight train led by EMD SD24 locomotive #3429 travels through a desert landscape in California. October 24, 1983 · Monolith, CA Side view of a blue and orange Metra diesel locomotive number 162 on a track next to a sidewalk and utility pole, with a commuter car partially visible behind it. Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotive number 162, painted in blue and orange livery, is shown on a private right-of-way in a suburban setting. c. 1984 to 1995 A red and white Metra locomotive numbered 607 pulls a line of silver passenger cars along snow-covered tracks beside a street and buildings. A Metra GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 607, leads a commuter train through a snow-covered street crossing in Chicago. c. 1984 to 1990 A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 187 pulls a silver passenger car on multiple tracks in a railyard with an industrial building and orange construction equipment in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 187 pulls a gallery car through a railyard on an overcast winter day. c. 1984 to 1995 A blue and red Metra locomotive with the number 165 leads a train of double-decker commuter cars along a track lined with bare trees under an overcast sky. A Metra F40PH diesel locomotive, numbered 165, pulls a train of gallery cars on a private right-of-way during winter. c. 1984 to 2000 A yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5506 leads a consist across an elevated bridge, with a red car and a billboard visible below and to the side. Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotives 5506 and 5503 cross an elevated bridge in Chicago, with a Republic Airlines billboard visible in the background. February 14, 1984 · Cicero, Chicago, IL A yellow and black diesel locomotive numbered 5501 travels over a concrete bridge while cars from the 1980s drive on the road beneath it under a clear sky. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 5501, leads a freight train over an elevated concrete viaduct in Cicero, with 1980s automobiles on the street below. February 14, 1984 · Cicero, Chicago, IL An orange and white Illinois Central diesel locomotive pulls a train on a curved track in front of a large industrial building with 'MEADOW GOLD' lettering. An Illinois Central SW1200 locomotive, number 8101, leads a short freight train past a large building with a 'MEADOW GOLD' sign. July 1, 1984 · 16th and Clark, Chicago, IL A blue and red Metra diesel locomotive with the number 120 and 'City of Woodstock' lettering on its side, pulling silver bi-level passenger cars at a grade crossing on an overcast, winter day. Metra locomotive 120, named 'City of Woodstock', leads a train of Gallery cars on a winter day. c. 1985 to 2005 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A blue and orange Metra diesel locomotive numbered 110 is shown on an elevated track with snow on the ground, buildings in the background, and a sign reading 'Fulton Marina' below. Metra locomotive 110, an EMD GP38-2, travels over an elevated structure near the Fulton Marina in winter. c. 1985 to 2000 Side view of a dark blue diesel road-switcher locomotive lettered K B & S, with number 318 on the cab, on a single track above a snow-dusted ballast bank and dry grass, with flat fields and a hazy sky behind. K B & S diesel locomotive 318 stands on a rural track in winter. c. 1985 to 2005 A silver locomotive with red, white and blue stripes and the number 344 stands in front of tan corrugated metal shop buildings. A tall black skyscraper with two antennas rises behind them under a blue sky, and a road with a guardrail and embedded rails runs across the foreground. Amtrak 344 sits outside the shop buildings of a Chicago yard, with the Sears Tower rising behind them. c. 1985 to 2001 A blue and red Metra locomotive pulling silver bi-level passenger cars along a railroad track with a water tower and smokestack in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive, number 601, pulls a train of gallery cars on a winter day. c. 1985 to 1998 An orange-nosed brown diesel locomotive stands outside a dark, weathered roundhouse with scrap piled nearby, seen across grass-grown tracks under an overcast sky. A cab-unit diesel in Illinois Central brown and orange livery stands outside a weathered roundhouse beyond several weedy yard tracks. c. 1985 to 2005 Two orange South Shore Line diesel locomotives, numbered 2001 and 2000, parked on parallel tracks in a sunny yard. Two South Shore Line EMD F7 locomotives, numbered 2001 and 2000, in orange livery, posed in a yard in 1985. 1985 · Michigan City, IN A blue Chicago and North Western locomotive numbered 6543 moves across an elevated track above a snow-covered embankment and a building with a sign for AMC Jeep-Renault. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6543, travels over an elevated concrete structure on a snowy day. January 16, 1985 · Cicero and Kennedy, Chicago, IL Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes lead a long passenger train on one of several tracks under a clear blue sky, with a pale moon and a pole line overhead. Amtrak 223 and a second locomotive lead a passenger train past a station platform, likely at Oceanside, California. August 25, 1985 · Oceanside, CA A long yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6938, with red lettering and a shield herald, sits on a short display track behind a brown lawn and trimmed shrubs under a cloudy sky. Union Pacific 6938 on static display with a "Union Pacific pulling for United Way" banner on its hood. c. 1986 to 2005 A CSX diesel locomotive numbered 7834 stands on the tracks beside a road, its gray, blue, and yellow livery visible under a cloudy sky. A CSX Transportation GP40-2 diesel locomotive, number 7834, is seen on a railroad main line under an overcast sky. c. 1986 to 2000 A CSX Transportation diesel locomotive numbered 7834, with a gray, blue, and yellow livery, is on a railroad track next to a grassy embankment and a street under a cloudy sky. A CSX Transportation GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 7834, is seen on a railroad main line under an overcast sky. c. 1986 to 2000 A white and blue CSX locomotive with the number 1123 is coupled to a bright orange Amtrak boxcar in a railway yard. A person in a blue hard hat walks on the tracks nearby, with industrial buildings and a clear sky in the background. A CSX EMD SW1200 switcher locomotive, number 1123, coupled to an Amtrak boxcar, number 17121, in a rail yard with a man walking nearby. c. 1986 to 1992 A two-unit diesel locomotive painted in yellow and dark green with the letters CNW on the side moves along a track next to a green, grassy field under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP40 locomotive, number 5512, leads a train through a rural field in its signature yellow and dark green livery. June 7, 1986 · Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL Two green Burlington Northern locomotives pulling a long freight train through a dry, brush-covered landscape with distant mountains under a blue sky with white clouds. Two Burlington Northern GP38-2 locomotives, numbered 8008 and 8022, lead a long freight train through a high desert landscape under a clear sky. June 11, 1986 · N./Trinidad Mp A blue, red and gray Regional Transportation Authority F40PH locomotive numbered 514 pulls a yellow and blue Chicago and North Western passenger car over a concrete viaduct under an overcast sky. An RTA F40PH locomotive #514 leads a train of Chicago and North Western Highliner cars across an elevated structure. September 20, 1986 A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 8086 is pulling a line of freight cars along a curving track, with trees showing autumn colors in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 8086, leads a freight train on a mainline track in autumn. October 11, 1986 · New Carlisle, IN A winter scene in a railroad yard with several locomotives parked on snow-covered tracks, including Canadian Pacific red engines and a yellow GATX engine, with a sign reading 'ENGINES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON SCALE WEIGH-RAILS'. A snowy railroad yard scene featuring Canadian Pacific locomotives 5067 and 4248 next to a GATX GP38-2 and another CP engine. c. 1987 to 1996 A yellow and red Santa Fe Southern locomotive numbered 92 is coupled to a silver passenger car in a train yard with an overcast sky. A Santa Fe Southern SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 92, stands coupled to a stainless steel passenger car in a yard under an overcast sky. c. 1987 to 2000 A line of diesel locomotives from CP Rail and the Soo Line are parked in a gravel yard under an overcast sky, with a beige station wagon in the foreground. A CP Rail GP9 locomotive and a consist of Soo Line locomotives are lined up in a gravel yard on an overcast winter day, with a beige station wagon parked nearby. c. 1987 to 1990 A black Illinois Central switcher numbered 1495, coupled to a second black switcher, stands on a yard track beside a gravel road, with a man photographing it and a gray coil car and a tank car on the tracks at left. Illinois Central switchers 1495 and 15[?]9 in a rail yard on an overcast autumn day. c. 1988 to 2001 Two black Illinois Central diesel locomotives, numbered 6014 and 6252, with Operation Lifesaver logos stand on a yard track beside a covered hopper and orange containers, with several tracks in the foreground. Illinois Central 6014 and 6252 in a rail yard on an overcast day. c. 1988 to 1999 · Midlothian, IL A black diesel switcher numbered 1495 with Illinois Central lettering stands on yard track beside a gravel road, framed by trees with yellowing leaves. Illinois Central 1495, a black switcher, in a yard under autumn trees. c. 1988 to 1999 · Midlothian, IL A blue Conrail diesel locomotive numbered 5031 is seen from a three-quarter front view, pulling two other locomotives on a set of tracks, with a white building and bare trees in the background. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5031, leads a three-unit consist on a railroad main line in a winter scene, with industrial buildings in the background. February 28, 1988 · Archer and Western, Chicago, IL A blue Conrail locomotive numbered 5031 and two matching locomotives are on a set of tracks next to a road with a car, with bare trees and a large brick building in the background under an overcast sky. A Conrail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5031, leads a consist through an industrial area in winter. February 28, 1988 A blue and red Metra locomotive pulls silver passenger cars on tracks beside a grassy slope with graffiti, with city buildings and an elevated train in the background. A Metra GP38-2 locomotive, number 109, pulls a consist of silver Gallery cars along a private right-of-way, with the Chicago skyline and an elevated CTA train in the background. June 7, 1988 · Clark and 19th St., Chicago, IL Side view of a red and white Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 1201, standing on tracks next to a flatcar carrying a semi-trailer, with industrial buildings and utility poles in the background under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #1201 at a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. July 1988 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Seen from above, an Amtrak train of stainless and white passenger cars on the left passes a yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive consist on the right, with a raised steel lift bridge, signals, a brick industrial building and stored boats behind. Union Pacific B4232 leads a locomotive consist past an Amtrak train below a raised vertical-lift bridge in winter. c. 1989 to 2005 Black Illinois Central diesel locomotives numbered 8750 and 8709 parked on a yard track beside piles of ties, with a gravel lot, bare trees and a water tower under an overcast sky. Illinois Central locomotives 8750 and 8709 in a yard beside stacks of railroad ties. c. 1989 to 1999 A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 5958 stands on tracks in a gravel yard with another locomotive behind it, under a gray sky. A Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 5958 is photographed in a rail yard under an overcast sky. April 1989 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL A red and black Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 5958 sits stationary in a rail yard with a gravel foreground and a light pole in the background. A Canadian Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5958, is parked in a yard under an overcast sky. April 1989 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL A Metra train, led by a blue and red F40PH locomotive numbered 100, travels along a set of tracks bordered by trees and utility poles on a clear day. Metra F40PH locomotive #100 leads a consist of Highliner commuter cars through a suburban area on a sunny summer day. May 16, 1989 · Cicero and Montrose, Chicago, IL