Randy Knaub is getting the shot of another ubiquitous Chicago and North Western commuter train about to hit the MILW diamonds at Mayfair in 1976.

An empty coal train is seen on the Union Pacific at Fremont, NE. During this era, the Union Pacific in eastern Nebraska seemed more like a Chicago and North Western RR as most SPRB coal trains and... (more)

A C&NW train hauling another load of Wyoming dirt is climbing up the hill from Reno Junction, WY.

Train NPCSV with a colorful consist of standard EMD cabs is topping the hill at Arcadia. This town sits on the divide between the Mississippi and Missouri River watersheds.

CNW 1674 prepares to enter N. Fond du Lac yard in February of 1974. Fran Weiner image from my collection.

Running left-handed like a C&NW locomotive should, a Canal Street (Chgo.)-Oakland Z train is smoking out the Sidney Sub. At this time the railroad was handling about 75 daily trains, and this was ... (more)

CNW 934 and 932 idle away at Altoona, WI in March 1968, only a month or so after delivery to the railroad. The GE U30Cs numbered 930-936 and were a treat to see on the EMD dominated railroad, at l... (more)

CNW 1385, an R-1 4-6-0, was nicely restored and in operating condition at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum back in August 1973.

CNW's CK Tower in Winona, MN in July of 1987. This tower guarded the CNW/MILW (SOO) crossing and was taken out of service in 1989. It was torn down soon thereafter.

Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490403 has just been rebuilt at Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, and awaits stripping of its old paint in the sandblasting bay of the pai... (more)

The cab end view of freshly painted CNW 1280 is seen at the Wisconsin Great Northern facilities at Trego, WI. The CNW victory striped Route of the 400 scheme had to be one of the better schemes of... (more)

Freshly painted CNW 1280 is seen at the Wisconsin Great Northern facilities at Trego, WI. My understanding is this was debuted as a surprise for the CNW Ry. Historical Society meeting held here in... (more)

CNW SD40 880 (and a MP15) have made a set-out just north of St. Francis tower and will head down the Old Line to pick up some empty hoppers at the Oak Creek power plant in December of 1985. This s... (more)

CNW SW1200 no. 1216 mates up with slug no. BU 8 to handle switching on a cool January afternoon at Cedar Lake Yard in Minneapolis. Slug BU 8 was rebuilt in October 1964 from SW1 no. 1209. CNW rebu... (more)

A Westbound drops down Archer Hill into Cheyenne.