CNW 6812 leads a westbound freight towards Rodell, WI, location of a passing siding east of Fall Creek. It will head into the siding for a meet before finishing its trip into Altoona, about 10 mil... (more)

CNW R-1 no. 1385 provides a tender view at the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum at North Freedom, WI in August 1973. The engine was operable at this time.

Hoarfrost covers an abandoned CNW switch stand north of Clyman Junction, WI in February of 1990. It is on the line that used to run north to Fond Du Lac., WI.

C&NW AC4400CW 8803, SP AC4400CW 120 and UP AC6000CW 7006 leads a coal train through Parsons, Kansas.

A grab shot in Green Bay captured a vintage FM H-16-66 handling switching chores as it was about to cross a street at the south end of the yard at North Green Bay. The vintage Loewy designed unit ... (more)

C&NW C40-8 8575 became the last of it's kind and seemed far out of place leading CSX Q617 from Atlanta to Mobile. The train is seen passing through Union City, Georgia in September 2005. (Slide Sc... (more)

The CNW had 2 bridges over the KK river in Milwaukee, WI. Both were double tracked at one time and saw a lot of trains. Traffic had declined significantly on both bridges when I took this image of... (more)

Starting in late 1979, C&NW took delivery from EMD of 35 GP38-2s that Rock Island had ordered, then cancelled. Three are shown here in a typical application - heading up the former M&StL to Alber... (more)

Randy Knaub is getting the shot of another ubiquitous Chicago and North Western commuter train about to hit the MILW diamonds at Mayfair in 1976.

An empty coal train is seen on the Union Pacific at Fremont, NE. During this era, the Union Pacific in eastern Nebraska seemed more like a Chicago and North Western RR as most SPRB coal trains and... (more)

A C&NW train hauling another load of Wyoming dirt is climbing up the hill from Reno Junction, WY.

Train NPCSV with a colorful consist of standard EMD cabs is topping the hill at Arcadia. This town sits on the divide between the Mississippi and Missouri River watersheds.

CNW 1674 prepares to enter N. Fond du Lac yard in February of 1974. Fran Weiner image from my collection.

Running left-handed like a C&NW locomotive should, a Canal Street (Chgo.)-Oakland Z train is smoking out the Sidney Sub. At this time the railroad was handling about 75 daily trains, and this was ... (more)

CNW 934 and 932 idle away at Altoona, WI in March 1968, only a month or so after delivery to the railroad. The GE U30Cs numbered 930-936 and were a treat to see on the EMD dominated railroad, at l... (more)