CNW 4101,4549 head west with 28 cars at Rapid City. The 4101 was Ex RI while the 4549 was an original CNW unit rebuilt in 1980 at Oelwein shops. The CNW had placed some welded rail through Rapid C... (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)
CNW 856,851,815,4116,4148,4506 have arrived at Rapid City and await a new crew to move on toward Chadron. The 815 is pouring out some bluish-white smoke even at idle. It has been a stormy, windy d... (more)
CNW had quite a group of GP35's assigned to it's western area. The ones with large fuel tanks and top mounted air tanks were real common on the lines that radiated out of Chadron NE. This eastboun... (more)