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Freight Car

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A red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 8025, travels down a railroad track with a line of freight cars, viewed from a three-quarter front angle on an overcast autumn day. SOO Line SD40-2 locomotive 8025 leads a freight train through Elmwood Park, Illinois, in the fall. November 27, 1995 · 73rd Ave, Elmwood Park, IL A red and white Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6042 pulls a line of freight cars along a railroad track in a winter industrial landscape. A Canadian Pacific EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 6042, leads a freight train through an industrial area of Galewood, Chicago, in winter. December 16, 1995 · Galewood, Chicago, IL A white Amtrak switcher numbered 794 and a striped Amtrak car with graffiti seen through the riveted diagonal members of a rusted truss bridge, with moored boats and ducks on the river below. Amtrak switcher 794 moving Amtrak car 1422 across a rusted steel truss bridge over a river where pleasure boats are moored. c. 1996 to 2005 A green and white Norfolk and Western locomotive numbered 8054 pulls a long freight train on multiple tracks in a grassy, hilly area under a cloudy sky. A Norfolk and Western GP38-2 locomotive, number 8054, leads a freight train on a main line in Cicero, Illinois, flanked by a second locomotive and a long line of freight cars under an overcast sky. June 8, 1996 · 31st St, Cicero, 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 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 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 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 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 A white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 383 is coupled to a black tank car on parallel railroad tracks in a yard under a clear blue sky. A Soo Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 383, pulls a black ACFX tank car on a clear day in a railroad yard. July 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of SOO Line diesel locomotive 1556, showing faded Milwaukee Road lettering on the hood, parked on a railroad track with a white tank car behind and industrial buildings in the background. SOO Line SW1200 locomotive 1556, still in faded Milwaukee Road livery, stands on a yard track with a tank car nearby. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two SOO Line diesel locomotives, numbered 6240 and 6241, are coupled together, pulling a train of freight cars under a highway overpass on a sunny day. SOO Line SD40-2 locomotives 6240 and 6241 lead a freight train under an overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, 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 black, orange and white Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 1556 is shown in a three-quarter front view, pulling a silver tank car under a bridge in a rail yard on a sunny day. Soo Line EMD SW1200 locomotive #1556 moves a tank car under a concrete overpass in a rail yard. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 383 sits on a set of tracks in a yard, with a freight car labeled CNW visible to the right. Soo Line EMD SW1200 #383 in its original livery, photographed in a railroad yard in Franklin Park, Illinois. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln St, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a black and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive numbered 532, pulling red boxcars, on a sunny day with multiple tracks and an overpass in the background. Soo Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive 532, painted in black and orange, leads a train of red boxcars on a railroad main line in Franklin Park, Illinois, under a clear blue sky in the 1980s. September 1997 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a red and white SOO Line diesel switcher locomotive, number 1205, on a railroad track next to a large industrial facility, with a dark brown boxcar labeled 'TIPHOOK' behind it. A SOO Line EMD SW1200 switcher, number 1205, is positioned at an industrial loading facility in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a TIPHOOK freight car behind it. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and orange SOO Line diesel locomotive, number 383, coupled to a dark brown Canadian National freight car in a rail yard with multiple tracks and a warehouse in the background. A SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive, number 383, is shown in a rail yard with a Canadian National freight car. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln St, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a white and red Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 383, coupled to a black tank car in a rail yard with multiple tracks. A Soo Line EMD SW1200 diesel locomotive numbered 383 is shown in a rail yard, coupled to an ACF tank car, under a clear sky. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red diesel locomotive with the number 5024 and 'P Rail' lettering is pulling a line of dark freight cars under a concrete bridge, with one person standing on the gravel beside the tracks. A red CP Rail GP38-2 locomotive, number 5024, pulls a freight train under a concrete overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a worker in a hard hat nearby. September 1997 · Front St/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red diesel locomotive with the number 5024 and CP Rail lettering is pulling a long line of dark freight cars under a large concrete bridge. One person in a hard hat stands near the tracks in the foreground. A red CP Rail GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5024, pulls a freight train under a concrete overpass with a worker standing nearby. September 1997 · Front St/Lincoln A red diesel locomotive numbered 534 is parked on a railroad track next to a white tank car, with a person standing on its side and an industrial silo behind. A red Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 534, stands in a yard next to a white GATX tank car, with an industrial structure in the background. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red CP Rail locomotive number 534, with a person standing on its side, is parked in a multi-track rail yard next to a white tank car, with an overpass visible in the background. A CP Rail System GP9 diesel locomotive, number 534, is shown in a rail yard with a tank car, under a clear sky. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and white Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 5024 is on railroad tracks near a construction site with workers and equipment, under a large concrete overpass. A Canadian Pacific EMD GP38-2 locomotive, number 5024, is seen at a construction site under a concrete overpass. September 1997 · Front St / Lincoln, Franklin Pk, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive numbered 8171 is parked on the tracks next to a freight car in a railyard with snow on the ground. A Union Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 8171, idles on the tracks at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, on an overcast winter day. November 27, 1997 · Mannheim / Lake St, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a faded yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6317 on a yard track, a gray locomotive with a red nose numbered 9263 coupled behind it, under an overcast sky with dry weeds in the foreground. Union Pacific 6317 stands in the yard beside Southern Pacific 9263, likely at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. December 7, 1997 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL A green and yellow Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 5520 is parked on tracks in a rail yard under an overcast sky, with another similar locomotive visible behind it. Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive number 5520 in green and yellow livery, standing on a track in a yard. December 7, 1997 · Mannheim / Lake, Melrose Park, IL A white and red Soo Line locomotive numbered 4419 sits on tracks in a snow-dusted yard with an industrial building in the background. A Soo Line EMD SD40 diesel locomotive, number 4419, is shown in a railroad yard during winter. December 7, 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a red and white SOO Line diesel locomotive numbered 383 on railroad tracks, with a concrete bridge overhead and a freight car behind it. A SOO Line EMD SW1200 locomotive numbered 383 pulls a freight car under a concrete bridge on a cloudy winter day. December 21, 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Two black end-cab switcher locomotives with orange stripes and HARBOR lettering, numbered 9002 and 9003, parked cab to cab across several snow-covered yard tracks, with a yellow air compressor in front and freight cars behind. Indiana Harbor Belt switchers 9002 and 9003 stand cab to cab in a snowy yard at 25th and Fullerton, Franklin Park, Illinois. December 25, 1997 · 25th and Fullerton, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a white and orange Soo Line diesel locomotive, number 4410, parked in a rail yard next to a freight car. Soo Line GP38-2 locomotive number 4410 in a rail yard, photographed in April 1998. c. 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red tandem-axle truck with a large red knuckle-boom crane stands on gravel beside yard tracks. A worker in a yellow hard hat sits at the crane controls, and its grapple rests on a load of black crossties. A blue boxcar with an EP herald is at the right. A Wisconsin & Southern grapple-crane truck handles crossties beside boxcar WSOR 503173 in a rail yard, August 1998. c. 1998 · Janesville, WI A black end-cab switcher with orange HARBOR lettering and the number 9210 stands on a snowy yard track, with a brown Canadian National boxcar behind it and dry brown bushes in the foreground. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 9210 in the snow at what the note calls Proviso Yard, Melrose Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue diesel locomotive numbered 4002 and two black-and-orange switchers lettered HARBOR stand in a snow-covered yard, with a van and two pickup trucks parked in front and a red boxcar at right. Indiana Harbor Belt locomotives 4002, [...]2 and 920[?] sit in a snowy yard with parked trucks in front, likely at Franklin Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a weathered silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 324, with red, white and blue stripes, sitting on a yard track with another striped Amtrak unit behind it and freight cars at the left. Amtrak 324 sits in a yard, likely Proviso Yard at Melrose Park, Illinois. January 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 5722, is parked on a snowy railroad track, with another locomotive and freight cars visible behind it. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 5722, in its red and black livery, is shown in a snowy yard, with another CP locomotive trailing behind. January 1998 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a black diesel switcher with an orange stripe, lettered HARBOR and numbered 9214, on a track beyond snowy ground and dry weeds, under an overcast sky. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 9214 sits in a snowy yard, with a second IHB switcher and autorack cars behind it. January 24, 1998 · Fullerton and 25th Ave, Franklin Park, IL A yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1704 is parked on snowy tracks, with one person standing on its steps and freight cars loaded with pipes in the background. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive numbered 1704 stands in a snowy yard, with a man on its steps and a freight train behind it. January 24, 1998 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive number 1707 with a gray hood, parked on tracks in a gravel rail yard with an overcast sky. Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive number 1707, painted in yellow and gray livery, stands in a rail yard on an overcast day. February 1998 · Lake / Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a grey and red SOO Line locomotive numbered 6008, pulling a dark freight car, stopped on multiple tracks next to a utility box labeled Scott Street under an overcast sky. SOO Line locomotive 6008, an EMD SD40-2, leads a freight train past a Scott Street utility box in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a second SOO locomotive visible behind it. February 1998 · Scott and Pacific, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 3078, on tracks in a rail yard with boxcars behind it, under an overcast sky. A Union Pacific GP9 locomotive numbered 3078 is pictured in a winter yard scene alongside Chicago and North Western freight cars. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 5078 is parked on railroad tracks next to brown Conrail freight cars in a yard on a cloudy winter day. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5078, is shown in a rail yard alongside Conrail freight cars under an overcast sky. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a blue and yellow CSX diesel locomotive, number 8450, on tracks next to a yellow CNW freight car in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A CSX GP40-2 diesel locomotive, number 8450, in a railroad yard with a Chicago and North Western boxcar behind it. February 1998 · Lake/Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red CP Rail System diesel locomotive, number 5737, is shown on a railroad main line, pulling a brown freight car, with utility poles and an overcast sky in the background. A CP Rail System GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 5737, leads a freight train on a cloudy day. February 1, 1998 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black and orange locomotive lettered HARBOR and numbered 2923 stands behind two parked minivans in a gravel yard lot. A gray locomotive, a red-nosed SP unit and two black and orange switchers are farther back, and a dark sports car is parked in the foreground. Indiana Harbor Belt 2923 at the IHB yard in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a gray locomotive, a Southern Pacific unit and IHB switchers beyond. February 8, 1998 · Fullerton and 25th (IHB Yard), Franklin Park, IL A yellow and black Union Pacific locomotive, number 1722, stands in a dark rail yard next to a brown freight car marked with the number 7. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1722, is pictured at night in a rail yard. March 1998 · Chicago River and Kinzie St, Chicago, IL A white and red SOO Line locomotive numbered 414 is visible behind a chain-link fence, with a freight car and industrial building in the background under an overcast sky. A SOO Line EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 414, is parked in a yard behind a chain-link fence in Bensenville, Illinois. March 8, 1998 · Green St, Bensenville, IL