A Chicago & North Western coal train meets some Indiana Harbor Belt locomotives at the north end of C&NW’s Proviso Yard near Grand Avenue in Northlake on December 5, 1987.

A Conrail autorack train, led by CR GE C40-8W No. 6098, approaches Chicago & North Western’s Proviso Yard at Northlake, Illinois, on February 9, 1992. On the left, C&NW EMD SD38-2 No. 6654 switc... (more)

Paul Meyer photo.

UP SD40N locomotives stand by in the sun as they wait for clearance on the south end of Northlake yard before continuing their switching duties.

UP 1111 rests at Global II in Northlake, Illinois as a firework show takes place in the background.

UP 1111 lays over on display through the night in UP Global II in Northlake, IL.

UP 1111 rests in Proviso Yard.

UP units in storage in Northlake Yard.

Union Pacific sure put a show in place outside the yard office to Global 2. In the very last rays of daylight displayed an unreal sunset for this machine of history.

UP 4141 and UP 1943 on display in UPs Proviso Yard. The firey midwest sunset made this picture pop out. Rest in Peace George H. W. Bush.

UP 4141, the George H.W Bush units, sits with UP 1943, the Spirit unit at Proviso Yard. The 4141 recently pulled a funeral train for the late president and looks great in golden light. Special tha... (more)

Patriotic Pair

When I landed at O’Hare today to spend a few days on a work assignment in Chicago, I checked my phone and saw that UP 4141 was on display at Proviso. I arrived to ... (more)

An assortment of power lays over at Proviso on a foggy autumn evening.

RailPower Gensets are now a common sight on UP's Proviso hump jobs, as are the SD40's these units were rebuilt from. UPY 889 (ex-UP SD40-2 3359) and UPY 888 (ex-UP SD40-2 3331) work the hump on a ... (more)