Conrail and Burlington Northern diesel locomotives at the BN Clyde Yard engine terminal. Cicero illinois USA. November 1987.

I took this photo on a sunny afternoon, in November of 1987. Seen here in the engine terminal alongside west 31st street, are diesel locomotives from Conrail and Burlington Northern. The blue Conrail engine toward the center of the photo, is an early 1960's era EMD model GP-30 roadswitcher. The Conrail EMD GP-30's were rolling out their final miles in revenue service and would soon be retired. The green and black Burlington Northern locomotive in the background, is a 1950's era EMD Model -SD -9 high hood roadswitcher. The Burlington Northern used these locomotives in heavy yard switching and transfer trains untill the 1995 merger that created todays BNSF Railway. Conrail was bought out in a merger with Norfolk Southern and CSX transportation in 1999.