Images: Behind the scenes at the Union Pacific Auto Facility
Automobiles are ready to be unloaded 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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Holmes walks between two of the four rows of auto carrier rail cars at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.
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Rows and rows of new cars wait in the vehicle parking bays for auto haulers to pick them up.
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Auto carrier rail cars are staged to be unloaded at the Union Pacific West Chicago Auto Facility.
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Auto hauler drivers retrieve vehicles from the vehicle parking bays.
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Workers prepare a rail car for unloading at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.
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Auto hauler drivers retrieve vehicles from the vehicle parking bays.
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Auto haulers are lined up as the drivers retrieve vehicles from the vehicle parking bays.
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A new car is driven into the vehicle parking bays area while an auto hauler waits to exit the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago. For safety and security purposes, no private vehicles are allowed in or out of the facility while automobiles are being transferred.
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New cars are driven over a specially designed bridge from the auto load lines to the vehicle parking bays at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.
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A car is driven out of one of the rail cars at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago.
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Every car at the Union Pacific Auto Facility in West Chicago is parked on the left yellow parking space line. Parking all the vehicles that way prevents dinging the door of the car next to it.
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