Melrose Park, Illinois, USA. The Union Pacific Railroad's Proviso Yard located in the near western suburbs of Chicago.

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The Union Pacific Railroad's Proviso Yard located in the near western suburbs of Chicago. The yard is the railway's major classification facility in Chicago. Within the yard arriving freight trains are processed with freight cars being sorted, classified and readied for further transport on departing trains. The yard handles a large volume of rail freight traffic. In the background, at left, are a string of locomotive being stored when not in use.

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Size: 5250px × 3477px
Location: Melrose Park, Illinois, USA
Photo credit: © Bruce Leighty / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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