Hubbard Woods is a depot on what is today's Metra UP North Line out of Chicago. The railroad itself is built below grade here so it is difficult to get a picture of the depot with a train, unless ... (more)

A southbound Chicago & North Western freight passes under a signal bridge approaching the crew change alongside the yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in August 1984. Behind lead EMD SD40-2 No. 6815 is on... (more)

CNW's Neenah-Menasha depot appears to be a busy place in August of 1966. This depot still survives today. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

CNW 8009 has stopped with a seasonal ore train in the siding north of Cameron, WI. in November of 1990. The units will quickly cut off and run around the train so they can back thru the WC crossin... (more)

C&NW 6847 and BN-3 rest outside the diesel shops at the IRM.

Running light, Chicago & North Western GP7 4207 pauses at the station at Marinette, Wisconsin.

After train activity diminished in the Green Bay area for the day, we took a side trip to Stiles Junction Ohio, where an ex-MILW RSC2 was reportedly being kept. When we got there, the Alco was now... (more)

Chicago & North Western C628 6716 rolls Escanaba - Green Bay train ESGB-A through the back alleys of Oconto, Wisconsin.

Our chase of a southbound Chicago & North Western local suffered a brief interruption due to a track inspection. Here a friend of mine waits impatiently for the contract crew to get the inspection... (more)

CNW 5536 waits for a passing Wisconsin Electric coal train to pass before it can proceed thru the St. Francis interlocking in Milwaukee, WI in November of 1986.

Chicago & North Western Escanaba – Green Bay train ESGB-A passes the grain silos at Little Suamico, Wisconsin. This train usually rated a C628 given a temporary day off from its usual ore train ... (more)

CNW 6889 waits for a northbound train at the appropriately named Airport Siding as an inbound jet is ready to land at Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, WI in January of 1990. These seasonal ore trains ... (more)

CNW 6916 skirts the shores of Goose Lake near Marquette, MI on a beautiful day in June of 1988. Alco's pulled these ore trains just a few years earlier, but the SD40-2's were nice in their own rig... (more)

The depot in Sussex, WI stands guard over CNW's Adams Line mainline in April of 1974. An International MOW vehicle keeps an eye on things as well. The depot was moved off-site in 1978, and has mov... (more)

CNW 6847 basks in the hot Illinois sun.