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A side view of two SOO Line cabooses, 63 and 94, coupled to a Southern Railway boxcar, on tracks under a concrete overpass on a clear day. Two SOO Line bay window cabooses, numbered 63 and 94, are coupled behind a Southern Railway boxcar on a sunny day under a concrete overpass. August 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific locomotive number 1428 pulling white and green freight cars on a set of tracks with a concrete overpass in the background under a cloudy sky. Canadian Pacific EMD SD40 diesel locomotive #1428 leads a freight train on a main line under an overpass in Franklin Park, Illinois. August 2000 · Ernst and Front, Franklin Park, IL A CSX locomotive numbered 8445 is parked on tracks in a yard, with an HLCX freight car visible behind it and an industrial building in the background under a cloudy sky. CSX Transportation GP38-2 locomotive 8445 in a yard with an HLCX covered hopper car 6506 in the background. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A side view of a rusty, graffiti-covered red caboose numbered 93 on railroad tracks, with a white semi-trailer on a flatcar beside it under a partly cloudy sky. A weathered SOO Line caboose numbered 93, covered in graffiti, sits on a railroad main line next to a flatcar carrying a semi-trailer in Franklin Park, Illinois. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A Union Pacific diesel locomotive with the number 8550 is parked on a set of railroad tracks next to a brown freight car, with bushes in the foreground and a clear sky above. A Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive, number 8550, is shown in side profile at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with freight cars visible behind it. September 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two freight cars on a railroad track: a red Burlington Northern hopper followed by a black Elgin Joliet and Eastern gondola, with a clear sky and grassy ground in the foreground. A red Burlington Northern covered hopper, BN SF 400321, coupled to a black Elgin Joliet and Eastern gondola, EJ&E 4231, on a mainline track in a yard setting. September 2000 · Front and Mannheim, Franklin Park, IL A red Canadian Pacific SW1200 locomotive numbered 1429 is pulling a black GATX tank car on a set of railroad tracks in a yard. A Canadian Pacific SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 1429, is seen pulling a GATX tank car in a yard under an overcast sky. September 2000 · Front and Lincoln, 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 side view of a Union Pacific yellow and black GP9 diesel locomotive, number 3694, parked in a railroad yard next to other cars and a second locomotive. Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive 3694 at Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow Union Pacific locomotive with the number 5552 on its side is parked on tracks in a yard, with a bare tree in the foreground. Union Pacific GP38-2 locomotive number 5552 sits idle in a rail yard, its yellow livery prominent against a backdrop of bare trees. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a dark green and orange Soo Line locomotive numbered 4512 on a set of tracks, pulling a dark brown Canadian Pacific boxcar, with industrial buildings and a 'Mannhiem' station sign in the background. Soo Line diesel locomotive 4512 leads a train past the Mannhiem station in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a Canadian Pacific boxcar behind it. October 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL Side view of a train with an Algoma Central locomotive and two Wisconsin Central locomotives at a grade crossing, with a white pickup truck on the road in front and autumn trees in the background. An Algoma Central EMD F7A locomotive numbered 1753 leads a train past a Wisconsin Central GP9 numbered 587 at a grade crossing in autumn, with a white pickup truck in the foreground. October 2000 · Hwy 94, Manistique, MI A side view of a white and black UTLX tank car with the number 300584 and OMYA branding, sitting on railroad tracks under an overcast sky with trees in the background. A UTLX tank car numbered 300584, carrying limestone slurry for OMYA, is parked on a railroad main line in a yard with overcast skies. October 2000 · Lincoln Ave, Dolton, IL A yellow and red Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 3020, sits on tracks next to a red freight car, viewed from the side in a sunny yard. A Union Pacific SD40-2 locomotive, number 3020, is photographed in siding at a yard with a red gondola car in tow. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a Union Pacific locomotive numbered 1742, painted in orange with black and red trim, parked on tracks in a rail yard with a second locomotive and freight car nearby. A Union Pacific GP9 diesel locomotive, number 1742, is shown in a rail yard under overcast skies, with another similar locomotive and a freight car visible in the background. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a grey, blue, and yellow CSX diesel locomotive numbered 8026, moving through a railyard with freight cars behind it, under an overcast sky with green bushes in the foreground. A CSX Transportation GP40-2 diesel locomotive, number 8026, is shown in the Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, pulling a line of freight cars on a cloudy day. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue and yellow CSX locomotive numbered 8026 is shown in profile, hauling freight cars on railroad tracks near some bushes. A CSX GP38-2 diesel locomotive numbered 8026 leads a freight train through a yard under an overcast sky. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow and black Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive, numbered 6811, pulling a freight car on a railroad main line under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western SD24 locomotive, number 6811, is shown in its yellow and black livery, pulling a freight car in what appears to be Proviso Yard. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow and black Chicago and North Western diesel locomotive numbered 6811 is shown on a railroad track with freight cars, under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP9 diesel locomotive, number 6811, pulling a freight train on a main line. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Two yellow diesel locomotives, one Chicago and North Western #4703 and one Union Pacific #1984, are parked side by side in a gravel yard under an overcast sky. A Chicago and North Western GP38-2 #4703 in yellow and black livery is parked in a yard next to a Union Pacific locomotive. October 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a yellow and gray Union Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 6827 standing on a yard track, with freight cars behind it and a snow-covered field with dry weeds in the foreground under an overcast sky. Union Pacific 6827 sits among freight cars in a snowy yard, likely Proviso Yard near Mannheim Road and Lake Street in Melrose Park, Illinois. November 2000 · Mannheim and Lake, Melrose Park, IL Two black and orange diesel switchers lettered HARBOR, numbered 8821 and 8830, stand cab to cab on a yard track behind a weedy embankment, with a gray covered hopper on the right and a tank car on the left. Indiana Harbor Belt switchers 8821 and 8830 stand back to back in a yard at dusk. November 2000 · Chicago, IL Side view of a black-and-orange end-cab diesel switcher numbered 8830 and lettered Harbor, standing on a yard track behind tall weeds, with a grey covered hopper and another switcher's cab nearby under an overcast evening sky. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 8830 in a yard at dusk, with a covered hopper behind it. November 2000 · Chicago, IL Side view of a black diesel locomotive with orange stripes and HARBOR lettering, coupled to a bulkhead flatcar on a track across several rail lines from the camera, with industrial buildings behind. Indiana Harbor Belt 2923 next to a bulkhead flatcar in Franklin Park, Illinois. November 2000 · Lincoln and Front, Franklin Park, IL A side view of an orange CP Rail diesel locomotive numbered 5727, standing in a rail yard at dusk with a black Norfolk Southern freight car and a yellow locomotive in the background. CP Rail locomotive 5727, an EMD GP38-2, is seen in a rail yard at dusk, with a Norfolk Southern freight car and another locomotive nearby. November 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of a dark green and orange Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad diesel locomotive, number 8830, in a railroad yard at dusk next to a grey freight car. An Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 8830, stands in a yard at dusk with a freight car behind it. November 2000 · Chicago, IL A side view of a red CP Rail System locomotive numbered 9522, with a second locomotive and a freight car behind it, on a railroad track in a yard at dusk. Two CP Rail System GP38-2 diesel locomotives, 9522 and 9671, are shown in a yard at dusk in Franklin Park, Illinois, with a freight car marked HLMX. December 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A black diesel switcher with a faded orange stripe, lettered HARBOR and numbered 8817, stands on a track beside a gravel lot. A brown BNSF gondola loaded with steel and a line of tank cars are coupled behind it, under an overcast sky with bare trees. Indiana Harbor Belt switcher 8817 coupled to BNSF gondola 517968, likely in Hammond, Indiana. December 2000 · State and Gostlin, Hammond, IN A CSX freight train with three locomotives, including number 7659 and 5020, passes a railroad crossing on an overcast autumn day. CSX GP38-2 locomotives 7659 and 5020 lead a freight train through a grade crossing in autumn 2000. December 2000 · 130th and Ellis, Chicago, IL Side view of two dark brown CP Rail System diesel locomotives with red cabs, numbered 9522 and 9671, coupled together on railroad tracks next to a green freight car marked HLMX, with industrial buildings in the background under a clear evening sky. CP Rail System GP38-2 locomotives 9522 and 9671 are seen in a yard at dusk, pulling a freight car with HLMX reporting mark. December 2000 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive, number 9671, is parked on railroad tracks at dusk, featuring a special 'Carnaval de la GRC' decal on its side, with a concrete bridge in the background. Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive 9671, adorned with a 'Carnaval de la GRC' decal, is pictured at dusk in a rail yard near Franklin Park, Illinois. December 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 side view of a yellow and red Union Pacific locomotive numbered 9668 in a snow-covered railroad yard, with other trains visible in the background. A Union Pacific SD40-2 diesel locomotive, number 9668, stands in a snowy yard, likely Proviso Yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with another UP locomotive and a Canadian National freight car behind it. December 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A side view of a yellow Union Pacific locomotive numbered 9668, situated in a snow-covered yard, with other railcars nearby. A Union Pacific GP38-2 diesel locomotive, number 9668, is shown in a snowy yard with another UP unit and a Canadian National freight car in the background. December 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL Side view of two yellow Union Pacific diesel locomotives, one marked 3645, on a snowy railroad track, with a Canadian National freight car behind them. A Union Pacific diesel locomotive, number 3645, and another lead a train through a snowy yard in Melrose Park, Illinois, with a Canadian National freight car visible behind them. December 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A blue CSX locomotive pulls a freight train including a white boxcar and an orange tank car through a gravel yard next to a chain-link fence under an overcast sky. A CSX GP40-2 locomotive numbered A11 leads a freight train through a yard in Riverdale, Illinois, with a CSX boxcar and an RP tank car visible. December 2000 · Riverdale, IL A long freight train with CSX locomotives and freight cars running through a fenced yard at dusk. A CSX freight train with SD40-2 locomotives and boxcars and tank cars in a yard in Riverdale, Illinois. December 2000 · Riverdale, IL A CSX freight train led by a yellow and blue GP38-2 and a green and black SD40-2 locomotive passes a railroad crossing on an overcast day. A CSX freight train with a GP38-2 and an SD40-2 locomotive at a grade crossing in late 2000. December 2000 · 130 th and ELLIS, Chicago, IL Several boxcars, including Illinois Central 504673 and WL O 528107, are parked on parallel tracks in a gravel yard, with industrial buildings in the background. A line of freight cars, including Illinois Central car 504673, in a railroad yard under an overcast sky in 2001. 2001 · Front and Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A red and a gray Santa Fe GP9 diesel locomotive side by side in a snowy train yard, with freight cars behind and snow on the ground. Two Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway GP9 diesel locomotives, numbered 836 and 333, are coupled together in a snowy yard in Dolton, Illinois, with a freight car behind them. January 2001 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL A black diesel locomotive with an orange stripe and HARBOR lettering, number 3802, headlights on, passes snowy ground beside a line of red and gray enclosed autorack cars. Indiana Harbor Belt 3802 leads a second Harbor unit past a train of Southern Pacific autoracks in winter at Dolton, Illinois. January 2001 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL A black and orange Indiana Harbor Belt diesel locomotive, number 3802, coupled to a low cabless unit numbered PB5, in front of autoracks and a gray covered hopper on a snowy, overcast day. Indiana Harbor Belt 3802 and cabless unit PB5 in the snow at Dolton, Illinois. January 2001 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL A blue Electro-Motive Leasing diesel locomotive numbered 6345 pulls a beige CSX hopper car past a railroad crossing with warning lights and signs, set against a snowy landscape with bare trees. An Electro-Motive Leasing GP38-2 locomotive, number 6345, leads a CSX freight train past a four-track railroad crossing in winter. January 2001 · 142nd and Jackson, Dolton, IL Two diesel locomotives, one gray with red lettering and the other red with yellow stripes, sit coupled to a red freight car on railroad tracks with snow on the ground. A Santa Fe EMD SD24 locomotive numbered 333, painted in gray and red, stands coupled to a red GP9 numbered 836 and a freight car in a yard during winter. January 2001 · Park and Lincoln, Dolton, IL Side view of a black Illinois Central switcher numbered 1504 on a yard track, with a white herald on the cab, a bare tree in the foreground, a red-orange locomotive at the left and a white covered hopper at the right. Illinois Central switcher 1504 in black paint stands in a yard, likely at Thornton, Illinois, in winter. February 2001 · Thornton, IL A black Illinois Central end-cab diesel switcher numbered 1500 stands in a snowy rail yard beside a second black switcher, with a red locomotive numbered 5435 in the distance. Illinois Central switcher 1500, coupled to Illinois Central 1504, in a yard at Thornton, Illinois, with Canadian National 5435 in the background. February 2001 · Thornton, IL Side view of a black diesel switcher lettered Illinois Central and numbered 1504, with a second black switcher behind it, a white tank car at right and the red-orange nose of another locomotive at left. Illinois Central 1504 and a second black switcher in a yard at Thornton, Illinois. February 2001 · Thornton, IL A red, black and white striped Canadian National diesel locomotive numbered 5435 on a yard track in snow, with a maroon and gold locomotive behind it and a white autorack beyond. Canadian National 5435 sits in a snowy yard with Wisconsin Central 6607 behind it, likely at Thornton, Illinois. February 2001 · Thornton, IL