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Vehicles

Work Equipment

24 photographs
A red and cream streetcar marked 'LAKE' and number 1758 is stopped on a city street with a red work vehicle beside it and two men on its roof, with tall buildings in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines Birney streetcar, number 1758, on the Lake route, is attended by a work vehicle and two workers on its roof on a city street in the late 1940s. 1950 · Franklin and Randolph, Chicago, IL A vintage electric work car with the number W 205 on its front, parked on a snow-covered track in a rail yard with overhead wires and other cars in the background. A Chicago Surface Lines electric work car, number W 205, stands in a snow-covered yard, its dual control cabs and flatcar body clearly visible under overhead wires. January 1951 · 77th and Vincennes, Chicago, IL Two dark green and cream rapid transit cars travel on an elevated steel trestle above a street scene with a large black steam crane and several vintage automobiles. A Chicago Rapid Transit Company 4000-series rapid transit car on an elevated structure above street-level construction featuring an American Bridge Company steam crane, likely in the late 1930s or early 1940s. April 28, 1951 · Lake Market A black and white photograph of a street scene with a CTA PCC streetcar, a bus, a C&NW truck, and a Pontiac car, surrounded by people on a sunny day. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar and a bus share a street with a Chicago and North Western maintenance truck and a 1950s Pontiac, surrounded by onlookers near a Standard Oil station in the late 1950s. April 1960 · Central Park and Belmont, Chicago, IL A red Canadian Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 8540 is shown on a railroad track with bare trees in the background. A Canadian Pacific GP9 locomotive, number 8540, leads a consist on a mainline track during winter. August 1964 · York and Irving Park, Chicago, IL A yellow locomotive and a black Illinois Central locomotive numbered 8747 sit on parallel tracks in a snowy yard, with a white maintenance vehicle nearby. Illinois Central SD40 locomotives and a maintenance vehicle in a snow-covered rail yard. February 1, 1970 · Harvey, IL Three orange track maintenance vehicles on a set of train tracks under an elevated highway, with construction equipment and a few people in the background. A consist of three orange Chicago Transit Authority Harsco tampers on a private right-of-way under an elevated structure, with construction equipment visible in the background. April 1994 · Lake and Dearborn, Canal and The River, Chicago, IL A yellow railroad work car labeled BUC 1 and CNWX 2001 is coupled to a red gondola with CNW 743002 and a flatcar with L 53 6, stationary at a station platform on a cloudy day. A yellow Chicago and North Western work car, CNWX 2001, is coupled to a red gondola and a flatcar at a station platform. May 14, 1994 · Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A side view of a rusted Chicago and North Western freight car next to a work train with a yellow crane on a sunny day at a station platform. A Chicago and North Western freight car, number 14300, is coupled to a work train with a yellow crane at a station platform in Des Plaines, Illinois, in the late 1990s. May 14, 1994 · Miner ST., Des Plaines, IL A gray freight car marked CNW X2 51112 is on the tracks beside a station platform, with several workers in hard hats on the tracks and a yellow maintenance vehicle nearby. A Chicago and North Western boxcar sits on a private right-of-way at a station platform while workers perform track maintenance nearby. May 14, 1994 · Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A yellow railroad crane mounted on a flatcar sits at a street-level railroad crossing, with a bank building visible in the background under an overcast sky. A Metra Suburban Division flatcar (MSTL X 1248) with a Bucyrus-Erie railroad crane at a grade crossing in Des Plaines, Illinois, with a PlainsBank of Illinois building in the background. May 22, 1994 · Miner St, Des Plaines, IL A red rotary snowplow with 'O.S.L.' and number '762' lettered on its side sits on railroad tracks in a sunny yard with trees in the background. A red O.S.L. rotary snowplow, number 762, is parked on a museum or heritage railroad yard. August 21, 1995 · North Freedom, WI A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 109 pulls a line of silver commuter cars along a set of tracks next to a road, with industrial buildings and smokestacks in the background under a clear sky. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 109 leads a train of commuter cars through an industrial area in Chicago, with speed limit signs visible at a grade crossing. November 6, 1995 · Galewood, Chicago, IL A yellow track maintenance machine labeled CP Rail System 7211-07 is positioned on multiple railroad tracks in a yard with two crew members visible, industrial buildings and an overpass in the background. A CP Rail System track maintenance machine, number 7211-07, at work in a railyard with crew on board. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A yellow railroad maintenance vehicle with a plow and ballast regulator is on the tracks in the Franklin Park yard, with containers and an overpass in the background. A Chicago and North Western track maintenance vehicle, number 7211-10, operates in the Franklin Park yard under an overpass. September 1997 · Front/Lincoln, Franklin Park, IL A white CTA snowplow truck with number 325 is clearing a street covered in snow and slush, with snow-covered trees and houses in the background and an elevated structure overhead. A Chicago Transit Authority snowplow truck, number 325, clears a snow-covered street under an elevated structure in winter. March 9, 1998 · Harlem/Algins, Chicago, IL A red truck with a tall red hydraulic crane arm and a dangling black grapple stands next to dark stacks of railroad ties; a worker sits at the crane controls, and a red water tank, a low brick building and a silver passenger car appear in the background under a gray sky. A worker in a hard hat runs a truck-mounted knuckle-boom crane with a grapple beside stacks of crossties in a railroad yard. August 1998 A faded red railroad snow plow with a wedge blade sits on a track in front of a long white shingle-roofed building, with the end of a dark locomotive at the left and tall dry grass in front. A weathered red wedge snow plow stands on a siding in front of a long white frame building, with dry winter prairie grass in the foreground. December 1998 An orange railroad snowplow with a large black wedge blade packed with snow stands on a single track, with a snowy embankment in the foreground and flat fields and an overcast sky behind it. An orange wedge snowplow, with snow packed against its blade, sits on a single track through snow-covered farm fields. February 1999 · Between Donavan/Iriquois R. A large white Metra work machine with the number PST 23288 sits on railroad tracks beside a chain-link fence, with dense trees in the background. A Metra track maintenance vehicle, numbered PST 23288, on a private right-of-way in a wooded area. June 2000 · Elston, Chicago, IL An overcast day in a rail yard features a yellow American work unit, numbered 9500 250114, coupled to a red and white SOO caboose, with an elevated highway bridge in the background. A yellow American work unit with fleet numbers 9500 and 250114 is coupled to a red and white SOO caboose in a rail yard under an elevated highway bridge on an overcast day. June 12, 2000 · 500 Yard, Milwaukee, WI A yellow track maintenance machine labeled 'Fairmont Tamper MK IV' is parked on railroad tracks in a yard, with a CSX freight car visible behind it under a clear sky. A yellow Fairmont Tamper MK IV work machine sits on the tracks in a CSX yard, with a boxcar bearing the CSX reporting mark in the background. September 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A yellow rail tamper machine marked 'MK IV' and 'Fairmont Tamper' sits on tracks beside a dark CSX boxcar under a clear sky. A yellow Fairmont Tamper MK IV work machine is parked on a track in a yard with CSX boxcars in the background. September 2000 · Lake and Mannheim, Melrose Park, IL A red CP Rail System locomotive numbered 9554 is pictured on a railroad track, with a white and red work vehicle marked 6038 nearby, in a rail yard with multiple tracks and a signal bridge in the background. A red CP Rail System GP38-2 diesel locomotive, numbered 9554, is shown on a main line rail yard alongside a white and red work vehicle, numbered 6038, under overcast skies in summer. October 2002 · Lincoln Ave, Dalton, IL