Mendota, Illinois, USA. A brakeman dropping down from the steps of a locomotive while working at the outer region of a freight yard.

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A brakeman dropping down from the steps of one of two Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotives working at the outer region of a yard in Mendota, Illinois. After returning to the ground, the brakeman would manually throw switches allowing the engineer to make car movements in the yard. In the background are serveral concrete grain elevators.

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Size: 5568px × 3712px
Location: Mendota, IL, USA
Photo credit: © Bruce Leighty / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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