I remember being taken aback when first I saw these. No dynamics, no subtlety there, unique spotting feature of the C&NW. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

What an unlikely combination. A Chicago & North Western C44-9W and a red and yellow Santa Fe C30-7 running around together in 1994. This is for all you modeler's out there. You can run CNW lightni... (more)

Photographer unknown, from my collection.

When they were the pride of the fleet. New C44-9W's 8712, 8698, and 8718 have an empty coal train to be loaded out of the Wyoming Powder River coal fields. Tom Ellis photo.

The Chicago & North Western ore yard at Escanaba, Michigan, seems to have been divided int a load arrival yard on the left, and an empty departure yard on the right, The C628 on the left has just ... (more)

An ore train has pulled through the yard at Escanaba, Michigan, and the crew is about to cut off the power. Later, another crew will board the three 628’s to take a train of empty ore jennies to... (more)

A trainload of ore from Ishpeming, Michigan is working its way through the yard at Escanaba. The green cab on the lead C628 makes it a more attractive unit than its sisters.

Arriving at Escanaba, Michigan, three Chicago & North Western C628’s have a trainload of iron ore from Ishpeming. Here the ore will be transloaded to an ore boat on Lake Michigan.

CNW 5096 brings a Falcon past the soon to be torn down Dixon, IL depot on a brutally cold day in January of 1985.

CNW 8652, 6845, 7017, 8515 have a loaded train near the Antelope coal mine.

My dad loved the Wyoming coal fields. Here he captured some variety. CNW C40-8 8570, with a CNW SD40-2, Union Pacific SD60M 6183, C40-8 9360. Tom Ellis photo.

The Illinois Railway Museum "Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience" included former Chicago & North Western SD40-2 6847 and a small train lead by Lake Superior & Ishpeming ... (more)

The Illinois Railway Museum "Happy Holiday Railway: The Holiday Light Experience" included former Chicago & North Western SD40-2 6847. With the cooperation of the museum, photography of ... (more)

Winters in the Upper Midwest of the U.S. frequently gets fog to accompany snowy weather, as seen here at Rochelle, Illinois, as two Chicago & North Western freight trains meet at the Burlington No... (more)

CNW 6855 is about to duck under I-94 as it leads a loaded ore train near Warrens, WI in March of 1990. These seasonal trains from the Minnesota ore range were delivered to the EJ&E near Chicago. ... (more)