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EMD SW1200

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An orange and black Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 is parked on a set of tracks in a rail yard with other equipment in the background. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1204, sits in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. April 1998 · Wolf and Franklin, Franklin Park, IL An orange SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1204 is parked on tracks in a freight yard, surrounded by various freight cars, including a brown Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific boxcar, under a cloudy sky. SOO Line locomotive 1204, an EMD SW1200, sits in a freight yard with a mix of other railroad cars under an overcast sky. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 2064 sits on tracks under an overpass, with a dark brown Burlington Northern freight car nearby in a grassy yard. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 2064 is seen operating on a railroad main line under a concrete overpass, with a Burlington Northern freight car in the background. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL An orange Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive numbered 1204 sits on tracks in a yard, flanked by dark green boxcars from the Chicago and North Western and Milwaukee Road railroads, under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive no. 1204 in its bright orange livery, shown in a yard with C&NW and Milwaukee Road boxcars. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 401, coupled to a red freight car, situated in a multi-track rail yard with a concrete overpass in the background. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 401, is pictured in a rail yard under an overpass, with a CP freight car coupled behind. June 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a Soo Line locomotive numbered 1548, with faded Milwaukee Road lettering, sitting on tracks next to a blue freight car marked MS E 1953, in front of a large industrial silo. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1548 is shown at a rail yard, pulling a boxcar with MS E reporting marks, against an industrial backdrop. July 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black Norfolk Southern diesel locomotive, number 4014, is parked on tracks in a gravel yard with trees and utility poles in the background. A black Norfolk Southern EMD SW1200 switcher locomotive, number 4014, stands in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. July 1998 · FELLERTON / 25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL A red SOO Line locomotive number 1204 stands on multiple tracks in a rail yard, pulling a flatcar with a trailer. Two people are visible on the locomotive. A red SOO Line EMD SW1200 switcher, number 1204, is shown in a rail yard with a TTX flatcar carrying a TIP trailer. August 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and white photo of a SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 2403, pulling a freight car with a trailer, set against an industrial backdrop. SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #2403 in a rail yard, hauling a trailer-on-flatcar in Franklin Park, Illinois. September 1998 · Front / Lincoln, Franklin 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 A red diesel locomotive labeled '1204' and '500' is coupled to a brown container car on multiple tracks in an industrial rail yard, with a station sign reading 'Mannhiem' visible. A red SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1204, is shown in a rail yard at Mannheim, Illinois, pulling a Trailer Train container car on an overcast winter day. November 1998 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A red and yellow Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1435 is parked on railroad tracks in a yard, next to a white freight car, with a bridge and utility poles visible in the background. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1435, is shown in a yard with a TC WR freight car, under overcast skies. November 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Bensenville, 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 Two red Soo Line diesel locomotives, numbered 1201 and 1204, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel rail yard on a sunny day, with a road sign partially visible on the left. Two Soo Line EMD SW1200 switchers, numbers 1201 and 1204, are parked side-by-side in a rail yard under a clear sky. April 1999 · Green and Evergreen, Bensenville, IL Two white and red SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 383 and 1400, are parked on parallel tracks in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a water tower visible in the background. Two SOO Line EMD SW1200 switchers, numbers 383 and 1400, are seen in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a red and grey SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 1400, stopped on a track next to a station sign that reads 'Mannhiem Platform 2'. SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #1400 at the Mannhiem station platform, coupled to a GROX freight car. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 543 is parked on tracks in a rail yard, with industrial buildings in the background under a cloudy sky. Soo Line 543, an EMD SW1200 switcher, sits in a rail yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, under an overcast sky. May 1999 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two diesel locomotives, one black with orange lettering reading 'INDIAN HARBOR 9209' and one dark blue with white lettering reading 'IHB 1505', are coupled in a railroad yard with a pile of gravel and bare trees in the background. An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 9209, is shown in a yard with a pile of ballast in the foreground. December 1999 · FULLERTON/25th AVE, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive, number 9218, sitting on tracks in a gravel yard with bare trees in the background. An Indiana Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 9218, is shown in a yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, wearing the railroad's black and orange livery. December 1999 · Fullerton /25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A blue Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive with the number 1505 and the words BOARD SYSTEM on its side, parked in a gravel yard with bare trees and other locomotives nearby. An Indiana Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1505, sits in a rail yard with other locomotives in the background. December 1999 · Fullerton/25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a yellow and green Chicago and North Western locomotive number 1302 in a gravel rail yard, with a red freight car and a blue and white locomotive in the background. A Chicago and North Western EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1302, is shown in a rail yard. December 1999 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A black Soo Line diesel locomotive pulls freight cars on tracks in a yard covered with snow under a clear blue sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1538 leads a freight train past Illinois Central boxcars in a snowy yard. February 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1538, painted in black and orange with white trim, is shown on a railroad track pulling freight cars in a yard under an overcast sky. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive #1538 leads a freight train in a yard, likely in Franklin Park, Illinois. February 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive number 1535 is parked next to a brown freight car in a yard with a station sign for Mannheim Platform 2 visible in the background. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive number 1535 is shown at Mannheim station in a yard setting. May 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 35, sits on tracks in a large rail yard filled with shipping containers, viewed from an elevated position under a clear blue sky. SOO Line EMD SW1200 #35 switches intermodal containers in a yard under the Mannheim Bridge in Franklin Park, Illinois. May 2000 · Mannheim Bridge and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail diesel locomotive, number 1511, is parked in a rail yard with a caboose. A person stands on the front platform. The ground is bare and gravelly, indicating winter. A CP Rail EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 1511, is shown in a rail yard with a caboose, number 96, during winter. May 2000 · Mannheim and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 1422 sits on multiple tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1422, is shown in a rail yard on an overcast day. August 2000 · Ernst and Front, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive numbered 1422 sits on railroad tracks next to a freight car, with industrial buildings in the background. A Canadian Pacific EMD SW1200 locomotive numbered 1422 leads a freight car in a rail yard. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange diesel locomotive with the words Indian Harbor Belt and number 8817 on its side, pulling a line of freight cars in a yard under an overcast sky with bare trees. An Indian Harbor Belt EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 8817, in black and orange livery, is pictured in a yard with a short string of BNSF freight cars on a winter day. December 2000 · State and Gostlin, IL A black and red Soo Line locomotive numbered 1553 stands on tracks at Mannheim station, with a worker in high-visibility vest nearby and several freight cars, including a white boxcar and a red boxcar, in the background under an overcast sky. Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive 1553 in a freight yard at Mannheim, Illinois, with a worker nearby and freight cars in the background. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 2026, painted orange and black, coupled to a flatcar hauling a white trailer with 'EMP' on its side, set against an industrial backdrop with grain silos. SOO Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive #2026, in orange and black livery, is shown in a freight yard pulling a flatcar with an EMP trailer. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 2026, pulling a white freight car with an EMP logo, on a set of railroad tracks. Soo Line diesel locomotive 2026, an EMD SW1200, is shown pulling a freight train with an EMP intermodal container on a flatcar. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and red Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 1553, is stopped at a station with several freight cars in the background. A person in a safety vest walks alongside the tracks. A blue station sign reads 'Mannheim To Chicago Platform 2'. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1553, is pictured at Mannheim station in Illinois, with Milwaukee Road and HI freight cars nearby. May 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A silver NICO 1000 EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive is parked on railroad tracks in a yard, with yellow and white freight cars nearby under an overcast sky. A NICO 1000 EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive is shown in a yard setting, with freight cars in the background. July 5, 2004 · Braunard St