CNW 1689 stands at the focal point of a CNW night photo session among a CNW crane and a pair of high-hood GP units.

CNW bay window caboose 11134 rests in the North Fond Du Lac, WI yard with 7 mates in March of 1968. Bob Ferge original from my collection.

A pair of Chicago & North Western Geeps that could really use a bath have a westbound freight in tow west of Waukesha, WI, on the C&NW's Milwaukee-Madison branch. The GP7/GP9 duo and their crew pr... (more)

A Chicago & North Western SD40-2 duo marches west on the mainline through suburbia at Elmhurst, IL, with mixed freight out of Chicago. The C&NW liked those nose-mounted bells!

Chicago and North Western NORX coal empties cross the famous Kate Shelley Bridge over the Des Moines River west of Boone, Iowa, on April 15, 1995. Lightning-stripe GE C44-9Ws Nos. 8676 and 8679 po... (more)

Merger partners: CNW 8684 leads an SP and a DRGW SD40T-2 with a westbound manifest through the control point at CPW 322 on the 226 mile crew district between North Platte and Cheyenne.

CNW SD40-2 6847 rests at IRM.

CNW 5084 is about to depart Proviso Yard in August of 1988. The CNW water tower adds a nice touch.

CNW 6829 crosses the Escanaba River in Escanaba, MI in the waning daylight of a beautiful day in May of 1988. The E&LS tracks are in the foreground and the bridge piers from the long gone interurb... (more)

Busy times at Converse Junction
A Chicago & North Western coal train led by GE AC4400CW No. 8803 has just about finished loading at Antelope Mine at Converse Junction, Wyoming, on May 12... (more)

CNW 868 does a decent Alco imitation as it charges up the hill at Fonda, just east of the CNW terminal at Butler, WI in March of 1986.

Return of the 400
On August 10, 1985, Streamline Excursions, Inc. sponsored the “Return of the 400,” a round-trip excursion between Amtrak's St. Paul-Minneapolis Midway Station to Ea... (more)

With a new crew on-board, the 8817 West is ready to power up for the trip to North Platte. The second unit, SP 8668, was originally a CB&Q unit that eventually found its way to the Espee and was r... (more)

CNW 6855 leads a loaded ore train south of Humbird, WI in March of 1990. These seasonal trains from the Minnesota ore range were delivered to the EJ&E near Chicago. This scene is now dominated by ... (more)

In the days before triple-tracking, the double mains here were virtually always hot rail. C&NW 8513 storms through Kearney, NE with westbound empties returning to the Powder River from the Pleasan... (more)