Three fairly clean CNW C628's pass the Rock station with 109 loads on the last day of September 1979. The 6723, 6716, 6720 have everything under control as they head for Escanaba. The busted knuck... (more)

In the spring of 1994 CNW landed a few all rail ore movements from Empire Mine to CR at Chicago. The CR ore cars came up behind 8600 series GE's from Proviso. While the CR trains were loading the ... (more)

While the Groveland Mine north of Iron Mountain was operating the CNW ran a daily train from Escanaba to interchange with the Milwaukee Road at Iron Mountain. This job, the Antoine Turn normally h... (more)

Kind of a rare visitor to the CNW ore line was this job, both in power and car type. During the spring of 94 a couple train loads of ore were all-railed in these Ex PRR ore cars. Power ran through... (more)

The CNW lines in western SD were powered by a large group of GP35's for quite a few years. Near the end of the 35's reign I shot this westbound departing Rapid City. Power was 861, 862, 4531, 852,... (more)

In summer of 1984 this classy little ten wheeler and train tour the CNW system. Here it is steaming hard out of Waukegan with bell and whistle for a work group to my 6 near the eastside of Oakwood... (more)

It is harvest time in Iowa and farmers are hard at work in the fields as this westbound stack train rolls thru the countryside in central Iowa. This consist has something for everyone, CNW 8683, U... (more)

In 1979, C&NW acquired 35 GP38-2s that Rock Island had ordered before the shutdown. Here three of them climb out of Albert Lea with a southbound Spine Line freight.

Illinois RR Museum's CNW 411 sits in the sun as the other engines behind it enjoy a smoke bath.

A pair of big Alcos frame a sister at the "new" engine facility in Escanaba as the Alco era in the UP winds down.

A trio of "Baby Trainmasters" [1683-1698-1904; all with different builder dates] are easily handling the task of getting a loaded ore train out of Iron Mountain. The fireman or head brakeman is gi... (more)

As the snow begins to fall, CNW 8701 creeps west past the Geneva metra depot. It took this train two hours to get from Proviso to here!

CNW8828 leads a coal load past the water tank at Lusk, WY.

Head Cold- CNW 6908 looks like it's a little under the weather. Feeling blue, she sits under an ice cold sky and blanket of show, waiting mechanical attention.

For some reason unknown to John, Amtrak's Quincy Zephyr is detouring to Chicago over ATSF, instead of making the run via Mendota on the BN as usual. The train utilized CNW equipment at this point... (more)