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.
CNW repowered Baldwin 1501 pauses as it switches Kaukauna, WI in February of 1975. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.
The wonders of working for the railroad in winter is when you have to get on and off icy equipment to throw a switch, only to find out that you have to clean out the points before you can do so. A... (more)
An eastbound (southbound) military train arrives at Butler yard the middle of a Wisconsin snowstorm on December 3, 1990. The train, led by EMD GP40 No. 5526, is full of equipment headed for deploy... (more)
A Plymouth Switcher of unknown heritage an a CNW caboose outside the museum in Clinton, Iowa.
CNW 8003 has a ore train in tow as it parallels Highway M35 near Rock, MI in June of 1987. Unfortunately, little ore goes this way anymore.
A Chicago & North Western freight approaches Santa Fe Junction near the state line at Kansas City, Missouri, on September 15, 1990. C&NW EMD SD40-2 Nos. 6845 and 6908 power the westbound train tha... (more)
A new crew walks over to their westbound train from the Butler yard office in the middle of a Wisconsin snowstorm on December 3, 1990. The arriving crew made a setout with PRGBA (Proviso to Green ... (more)
CMO 150 (CNW) rests in the CNW yard in Butler, WI in June of 1972. This engine is from the first body style of the Baby Trainmasters. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.
An eastbound coal train cruises through Vroman, Nebraska, at mile 252.9 on Union Pacific’s Kearney Subdivision on May 6, 1995. Powering the train is a all-Chicago & North Western locomotive cons... (more)
CNW 1057 awaits its next assignment at the Butler (Milwaukee), WI engine house in April of 1972. These FM units were built nearby in Beloit, WI an were known for being able to pull the entire yard... (more)
A pair of EMD SD40-2s led by Chicago & North Western No. 6871 thunders westbound under the concrete coaling tower that still spans the main line at Nelson, Illinois, on May 6, 1995.
Led by a CNW SD40-2, an eastbound manifest freight is seen leaving the IHB's Blue Island Yard Tom Golden photo.
A new CNW GP50 and UP C30-7 are seen moving lite power through the IHB's Blue Island Yard as they work their way to their outbound train. Tom Golden photo.
A long string of locomotives is switched around the servicing tracks leading to the enginehouse at Chicago & North Western’s Butler yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in August 1984.
Chicago & North Western #8541 in the Zito yellow scheme leads a pair of Union Pacific engines on a loaded coal train.
