Soo Line, Milwaukee Road and Conrail EMD locomotives gather at Soo’s former Milwaukee Bensenville Yard locomotive facility at Bensenville, Illinois, on February 7, 1987. Ghostly Soo Line SD40 No... (more)

The cab of a former BN E9AM, MARC 91, which was originally built as a CB&Q E8A. It now rests away abandoned coupled onto an abandoned bi-level at an industrial park in Bensenville, in horrible con... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific EMD's lead a local as it skirts Chicago O'Hare International Airport and crosses over Irving Park Road in Bensenville, Illinois and heads towards Proviso Yard. In the backg... (more)

Several Soo Line and Milwaukee Road units rest outside the illuminated enginehouse at the locomotive facility at Bensenville Yard in Bensenville, Illinois, on the night of December 5, 1987.

SOO 742 & 743 show off their newer Candy Apple Red colors while sister SD40 no. 747 wears its as delivered scheme at the former Milwaukee Road yard in Bensenville, IL. The original scheme was desi... (more)

Sitting in Canadian Pacific’s Bensenville Yard are two I&M Rail Link (IMRL) SD45s. The I&M Rail Link, owned by the Washington Companies, operated 1,385 miles of trackage in the states of Illino... (more)

Milwaukee Road FM H16-44s 404 and 406 are at the road's Bensenville yard in the winter of 1975. The fresh paint is a bit of a surprise as these units were retired soon.

A former BN E9AM, MARC 91, which was originally built as a CB&Q E8A, rests away abandoned coupled onto an abandoned coach car at an industrial park in Bensenville under the moon, planes landing at... (more)

ILSX 942 rests away in the fading sun at “The PRI Group“ Industry in Bensenville.

Tom Golden photo.

Getting a bath
Late in the day of September 17, 1989, CP Rail EMD SD40 No. 5404 and a Soo Line SD40-2 are run through the wash building at Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road Bensenville... (more)

Milwaukee Road, Soo Line and Helm Leasing locomotives sit alongside the enginehouse at Soo Line’s Bensenville Yard locomotive facility, along Green Street in Bensenville, Illinois, on September ... (more)

SOO 4203 shows off its fresh paint job at Bensenville, IL. The unit was rebuilt by CP at their Angus Shops from CR 7349, and was originally built in January 1956 as NYC 5949. It was retired by CP... (more)

Two SOO SD60s and a GP9 mate up at Bensenville, IL at the diesel facilities on a rainy April day. The trio display three versions of SOO red and white schemes with the Geep still wearing the 1961 ... (more)

CP and SOO power mix it up a bit at Bensenville diesel shops outside of Chicago near O' Hare airport. At this time the facility was not much changed from MILW ownership, but in the coming years CP... (more)