Flag Stop 4,614 transit photos from Chicago and beyond, mostly 1940s–2000s
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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 red and white interurban car with the number 2001 on an elevated steel trestle, with a boxcar train and city buildings behind it. Chicago Terminal Railroad Interurban car 2001 on an elevated structure in a rail yard, with a B&O freight train in the background. 1949 An orange electric locomotive numbered 11008 with a pantograph, pulling a long line of matching orange boxcars in a railroad yard under overhead wires. Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad E-1 electric locomotive 11008 in orange livery, pulling a consist of matching orange freight cars in a yard with overhead wires. 1949 · Michigan City, IN A black steam locomotive with the number 1984 on its front, emitting white smoke, is shown pulling a long line of freight cars along multiple tracks next to a station platform under a blue sky with bare trees nearby. A Chicago and North Western steam locomotive, number 1984, pulls a long freight train past a station platform on a clear winter day in 1949. 1949 · Hinsdale, IL Two bright orange CA&E electric locomotives lead a freight train on multiple tracks under overhead wires on a sunny day. Two CA&E electric boxcab locomotives, 2001 and 2002, lead a freight train through Hillside, Illinois, under the overhead wires of their private right-of-way. 1954 · Hillside, Hillside, IL Two stripped green-and-cream streetcars with their windows removed sit among scrap metal behind a black Frisco gondola and rail tracks, with six smokestacks against an overcast sky. Stripped PCC streetcars, likely of the Chicago Transit Authority and including car 706[?], stand behind St. Louis-San Francisco Railway gondola 61[...]496, likely in St. Louis. February 27, 1956 · St. Louis A vintage orange and maroon interurban railcar, numbered 24 and lettered for the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, is parked on tracks in a sunny yard with a damaged roof. An orange and maroon Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad interurban car numbered 24, showing roof damage, sits on tracks in a yard on a clear day. c. 1960 to 1970 A black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive, number 3802, pulls a freight train with Southern Pacific and ACF Industries cars on a snowy day. An Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 locomotive, number 3802, leads a freight train through a snowy landscape, with Southern Pacific and ACF Industries freight cars in tow. January 1961 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL Three dark gray New York Central diesel locomotives with a shark-shaped nose and white stripes pull a long line of boxcars along the top of a brushy embankment under a blue sky. A New York Central freight led by three gray diesel units, the lead one numbered 38[?][?], climbs an embankment, likely near Avon Yard, Indiana. February 1963 · Avon Yards, IN A dark New York Central diesel locomotive with white striped nose and lit headlight leads two more units and a freight train under a steel signal bridge with searchlight signals on an overcast day. New York Central diesel 1828 leads a three-unit freight under a signal bridge, likely near Cleveland, Ohio. November 1963 · Cleveland, OH A white and dark-colored rapid transit car, numbered 2003, sits on a flatcar in a rail yard, surrounded by several men observing and working on it. A CTA 2000-series rapid transit car, number 2003, is being unloaded from a flatcar in a rail yard. 1964 · Skokie, IL A silver and red Chicago Burlington and Quincy F7 diesel locomotive numbered 9991 pulls a line of freight cars past a brick signal tower with a sign reading 'DUPLA NVILLE' under an overcast sky. Chicago Burlington and Quincy EMD F7 diesel locomotive 9991 leads a freight train past the DuPlainville signal tower on a winter day. 1965 · Dupainville, IL Two diesel locomotives and passenger cars on multiple tracks with city buildings and overpasses in the background. A Chicago Burlington and Quincy F3 locomotive, number 243, pulls a passenger train through a rail yard in Chicago, with another CB&Q unit and freight cars nearby. 1965 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL A dark green diesel locomotive with a white stripe and a CENTRAL herald on its nose leads a line of units and cars along a double-track line past a black ACY hopper car, with a white grain elevator and a pole line under a gray sky. New York Central 4057 leads a passenger train past Akron, Canton and Youngstown hopper 7306, likely at Fort Wayne, Indiana. September 1965 · Fort Wayne, IN Two locomotives, one Southern Pacific and one Louisville and Nashville, pull a line of freight cars through a yard with mountains in the distance. Two EMD GP40 diesel locomotives, one from Southern Pacific and one from Louisville and Nashville, lead a freight train through a yard with snow-capped mountains in the background. c. 1966 to 1970 · Colton, CA A gray streamlined diesel locomotive with a CENTRAL herald on its nose and a booster unit behind it pulls a line of express cars along multiple tracks past brick freight houses. New York Central diesel locomotive 400[?] leads a head-end train near Roosevelt Road in Chicago. 1966 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL Two dark gray New York Central diesel passenger locomotives with a white side stripe, 4010 leading with its headlight on, pull a long passenger train past empty tracks under an overcast sky. New York Central diesel locomotives 4010 and 4054 head a passenger train beside a signal mast, probably in Toledo, Ohio. September 1966 · Toledo, OH A diesel locomotive numbered 260, painted in Chicago Burlington and Quincy livery, leads a freight train through a snow-covered scene next to a blue Ford pickup truck. A Chicago Burlington and Quincy EMD F7 locomotive, number 260, pulls a line of freight cars through a snowy yard in Mendota, Illinois, as a blue Ford pickup waits at the crossing. January 27, 1967 · Mendota, IL A dark diesel locomotive with a light stripe and an oval herald on its nose, its headlight lit, leads more units and a long line of boxcars past a pole line and a row of small frame buildings under a gray sky. New York Central 4022 leads a multi-unit diesel set and a long freight train along a multi-track main line. June 1967 · Northeast, PA A line of freight cars on a railroad track, including two red Western Pacific boxcars and a yellow TTX flatcar, with bare trees and overhead wires in the background. A Western Pacific freight train with 40-foot wood boxcars and a TTX bulkhead flatcar on a clear winter day. December 8, 1967 · Lincoln Ave, Dolton, IL A black diesel locomotive with a white nose stripe and an oval New York Central herald leads a second unit and a long line of boxcars along a main line, with brick buildings and parked cars at left and dry grass and telegraph poles at right. New York Central F-unit [?]750 leads a Penn Central-era freight train on a multiple-track main line, likely at North East, Pennsylvania. March 8, 1969 · Northeast, PA Two green Burlington Northern SD40-2 diesel locomotives, numbers 7105 and 3149, pull a freight train across a grade crossing on a cloudy day. Burlington Northern SD40-2 locomotives 7105 and 3149 lead a freight train through a grade crossing in the 1970s. c. 1970 to 1980 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 red, white, and blue diesel locomotive numbered 534 sits beside a black tank car on a snowy track in an open yard under an overcast sky. A Blue Ribbon Coach Chicago SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 534, is shown in a snowy yard, coupled to a NATX tank car. c. 1970 to 1990 A blue Wisconsin Calumet Railroad locomotive numbered 617 is parked in a grassy yard next to an Amtrak passenger car and a gray boxcar under an overcast sky. A Wisconsin Calumet Railroad GP9 locomotive numbered 617 sits on a track next to an Amtrak passenger car at a yard on an overcast summer day. c. 1971 to 1987 A side view of a Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive with red and black paint, numbered 6096, pulling a gray freight car with DM&E lettering, in a grassy rail yard with utility poles and overcast skies. A Canadian Pacific EMD SD40 locomotive, number 6096, leads a freight car in a rail yard under an overcast sky. c. 1971 to 1980 A red and white diesel locomotive with 'Bloomer' lettering and the number 7549, parked on tracks in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A red and white Bloomer GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 7549, is parked in a rail yard. c. 1972 to 2000 A white and orange Chicago & North Western EMD F7 locomotive, numbered 127, pulls a train through a multi-track rail yard with industrial buildings in the foggy background. A Chicago & North Western EMD F7 locomotive, number 127, leads a freight train through a busy rail yard on an overcast winter day. May 1972 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A yellow Chicago and North Western freight car and a brown Missouri Pacific car with blue graffiti sit on railroad tracks beside a road with grass and utility poles under a cloudy sky. A Chicago and North Western yellow boxcar and a Missouri Pacific boxcar with graffiti stand on a railroad main line beside a street under an overcast sky. c. 1975 to 1985 A yellow and green diesel locomotive, number 6826, pulls a line of freight cars on a railroad track, with a chain-link fence and industrial tanks in the background. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 6826, leads a freight train through a yard on an overcast day. c. 1975 to 1994 A blue Conrail locomotive with the number 6842 is pulling a line of freight cars along a snow-covered track with a large building in the background. A Conrail train led by SD40-2 locomotive 6842, with 812 in tow, pulls a line of tank cars on a snowy day. c. 1976 to 1980 A red and white SOO Line locomotive numbered 6020 pulls a freight train of boxcars and hoppers along a railroad track, with telephone poles and green bushes in the foreground. SOO Line diesel locomotive 6020 leads a freight train past a grade crossing, surrounded by overhead utility lines and green summer vegetation. c. 1977 to 1985 A dark blue diesel road switcher lettered K B & S and numbered 301 stands on a track behind a bank of tall dry grass, with a white gabled building and the end of a rust-red freight car on the right. Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern diesel locomotive 301 in dark blue, seen beyond dry winter grass beside a white wooden building. c. 1977 to 2000 A side view of a silver CTA 2400 series rapid transit car with red, white and blue stripes, numbered 2446, sitting on a flatcar marked MTTX 92177. A Chicago Transit Authority 2400 series rapid transit car, number 2446, is being transported on an MTTX flatcar at a yard. June 1977 · Conrisly, PA A yellow Union Pacific SD24 locomotive, number 409, is parked on tracks at a train station with a red brick building and a mountain in the background. A Union Pacific SD24 locomotive numbered 409 stands at a terminal with freight and passenger cars in the background. October 4, 1977 · Salt Lake City A side view of a Soo Line diesel locomotive with the number 4443, pulling a freight car and an Amtrak passenger car, parked on tracks next to a grassy roadside on an overcast day. A Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4443, stands with a mix of freight and Amtrak passenger cars on a private right-of-way on an overcast summer day. c. 1978 to 1984 Side view of a Soo Line freight train with two locomotives, numbers 6027 and 737, on a railroad track beside a road with bare trees in the background. A Soo Line freight train with SD40-2 #6027 leading GP38-2 #737 on a winter day. c. 1978 to 1985 A Southern Pacific GP35 diesel locomotive, number 6564, pulls a freight train on a sunny day with snow-capped mountains in the background. Southern Pacific GP35 #6564 leads a freight train through a yard in Colton, California, with snow-capped mountains in the background. February 19, 1978 · Colton, CA 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 red and black Soo Line diesel locomotive sits on tracks in a yard under a bridge, with a yellow school bus driving above and freight cars nearby. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1553, is seen in a railyard under a concrete overpass with freight cars and a school bus passing overhead. c. 1980 to 1990 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a dark green M&S STI freight car, number 70351, featuring an 'EMPLOYEE OWNED NORTHWESTERN' herald, parked in a weedy yard. A dark green M&S STI freight car, number 70351, with an 'EMPLOYEE OWNED NORTHWESTERN' herald, sits in a overgrown yard under an overcast sky. c. 1980 to 2000 A yellow and green Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 6826, with 'Operation Lifesaver' lettering, leads a short train of freight cars on a snowy day. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 locomotive numbered 6826, painted in Operation Lifesaver livery, leads a short freight consist in a winter yard setting. c. 1980 to 1995 A yellow and green Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 1645, pulling a long line of freight cars through a rail yard with multiple tracks and a fence separating the tracks. A Chicago and North Western GP9 locomotive, number 1645, leads a freight train through a rail yard on an overcast summer day. May 18, 1980 · Ridgeland Ave., Oak Park, IL A red and white Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 4648 pulls freight cars on a railroad track beneath a concrete highway overpass on a sunny day. Soo Line GP38-2 #4648 leads a freight train under a highway overpass on a clear summer day. June 1, 1980 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 455, is shown pulling freight cars through a grade crossing with signals and a billboard in the background. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive #455 leads a freight train past a CTC signal at a grade crossing in Cicero Montrose. May 8, 1981 · Cicero Montrose A yellow and blue Santa Fe locomotive numbered 2601 is coupled to several freight cars in a gravel rail yard on a clear day. Santa Fe EMD SD24 locomotive number 2601 stands in a rail yard with a string of freight cars. June 13, 1981 · Fullerton, CA 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 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