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Yard 9, on the Northern tip of the massive Proviso rail yard. Yard 9 usually handles inbound trains from out west arriving off the Geneva sub, , though it also is where some foreign railroad transfers are assembled (so it's not unusual to see CN, NS, and CSX power here). It also tends to be used for maintenance of way staging, provides access to the various businesses between the yard and I-294 (using the "hole" tracks which are about twenty feet below the yard level), and sometimes handles cars for Wisconsin side trains. One of the oldest, though recently renovated sections of Proviso, the road bridges here still date to well before the war!
As for this glut of big six axle locomotives, I don't know why they are being squirreled away up here. My best guess is they are awaiting rebuilding and upgrading to the Tier III or whatever EPA emissions program is called now. There was at least one yellow submarine (three part windshield SD60), some older SD70s, maybe a few SD90s, and a LOT of older GE's (think i saw an ex C&NW unit, but it was hard to get a decent shot without getting in the way of the yard job off to the right). Proviso Yard 9, Northlake IL 8-12-12

Description
Yard 9, on the Northern tip of the massive Proviso rail yard. Yard 9 usually handles inbound trains from out west arriving off the Geneva sub, , though it also is where some foreign railroad transfers are assembled (so it's not unusual to see CN, NS, and CSX power here). It also tends to be used for maintenance of way staging, provides access to the various businesses between the yard and I-294 (using the "hole" tracks which are about twenty feet below the yard level), and sometimes handles cars for Wisconsin side trains. One of the oldest, though recently renovated sections of Proviso, the road bridges here still date to well before the war!
As for this glut of big six axle locomotives, I don't know why they are being squirreled away up here. My best guess is they are awaiting rebuilding and upgrading to the Tier III or whatever EPA emissions program is called now. There was at least one yellow submarine (three part windshield SD60), some older SD70s, maybe a few SD90s, and a LOT of older GE's (think i saw an ex C&NW unit, but it was hard to get a decent shot without getting in the way of the yard job off to the right). Proviso Yard 9, Northlake IL 8-12-12