Article updated: 12/2/2011 3:38 PM

Look inside Union Pacific West Chicago Auto Facility

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Workers prepare a rail car for unloading at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.

photos by Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Facility Ramp Manager Robert Holmes drives a car out of a tri-level rail car at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Rows and rows of new cars wait in the vehicle parking bays for auto haulers to pick them up and deliver them to local and regional dealerships.

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New cars are lined up in the auto load lines at the Union Pacific Auto Facility.

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A worker removes a wheel chuck as he prepares a rail car for unloading.

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Auto hauler drivers retrieve vehicles from the vehicle parking bays at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.

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Behind the scenes at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago where a team of drivers choreograph the unloading of approximately 150,000 vehicles each year from incoming trains, to be loaded onto car carriers for transport.

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