Two Hump Units Humping  Contributor's Pick!       
Humping a train out of Proviso Yard 9 and over the hump, which is still many car lengths to the right, where they are uncoupled and roll through the retarders into the classification yard. The tall signals in the picture tell the engineers what to do, e.g., proceed at hump speed, back up, and stop. The caboose was probably part of the inbound train, which must have been very heavy to require that much hump power.
Date: 6/6/1966 Location: Melrose Park, IL   Map Show Melrose Park on a rail map Views: 1977 Collection Of:   Marty Bernard
Locomotives: CNW 1532(GP7) CNW BU3(Yard Slug) CNW 1548(GP7) CNW BU2(Yard Slug)   Rolling Stock: CNW 11044 (Caboose) Author:  Marty Bernard
Two Hump Units Humping
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Railfan44's UP and pre-UP Roads
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Ron Moraca General Fabulous photo, Marty! Awesome position! 1/13/2009 1:03:28 AM

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