These handsome CNW SD38-2s were among my favorite motive power on the railroad. Trouble was they were specifically ordered for hump and transfer duties in Chicago, so did not normally ventured ver... (more)

CNW's Malone depot is part of the Co-op in Malone, WI in June of 1992. Originally built by the Sheboygan and Fond Du Lac RR, it later became part of the CNW. The line here was abandoned in the 195... (more)

A Chicago and North Western coal train has just finished loading at Antelope Mine, with the loading crew heading out in a van, while another C&NW coal train rumbles by on the main line at Converse... (more)

CNW 4246 was built in July 1961 as New York Central 8034, and became Conrail 2034 in 1976. By 1980 CNW had acquired 10 former Conrail RS-32s. This photo was taken at Huron, SD, but by the mid-1980... (more)

Lots of history in one photo...The last Chicago and NorthWestern painted SD40-2 pulls a string of cabooses consisting of CB&Q, CGW, MILW, and UP. Also the old EJ&E spaulding tower that at one poin... (more)

CNW 5515 brings a freight past the CNW depot in Oak Creek, WI in February of 1991. The train is on CNW's Old Line, which was the passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee.

The southbound Swift RoadRailer is led by a CNW Dash 9 in spring 1999. After UP acquired SP, CNW power was common on Shasta Route intermodal trains.

CNW 6805 splits the semaphores near Knapp, WI in March of 1990. I wish I could have cut the pole down!

For alittle while in early 2000's the UP went thru an era where they were using alot of small 4 axle units on the branchlines in Iowa. Eagle Grove was the hideout for UP B23-7's, SP B23-7's, and C... (more)

One of the 2 remaining CNW units on the Union Pacific Locomotive Roster makes a rare appearance in the KC Metro Area heading UP Train MDMFW 29 out of Des Moines, IA on the Spine Line.

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CNW 883 leads an SD45 and CR SD40-2 south on train 406 out of Spooner towards Altoona, WI. It's a beautiful fall day and the SD40 represents one of the early CNW orders which did not have the trad... (more)

It looks like the CNW but it's actually the FRVR. CNW 5529 leads a FRVR train past the wig-wags on Hwy NN near West Bend, WI in January of 1989.

CNW caboose #10907 and a mate bring up the rear of a westbound freight passing thru Sussex, WI in December of 1984.

CNW 8029 has limestone loads on the head end as it leads an otherwise empty ore train across the Escanaba River in July of 1990. The CNW is gone, the bridge has been replaced, and the ore business... (more)

CNW 205 was built in March 1948 as Chicago Great Western 108C. Merged into CNW in July 1968, the F had an elongated life as traffic growth kept CNW scrambling during the 1970s. This view was taken... (more)