A pair of new C&NW SD50's head west out of Clinton, IA.

A CNW SD40-2 and UP SD40-2 head south through Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Running long-hood forward, a pair of CNW EMDs bring a manifest train west along the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

CNW 7001 leads an eastbound freight past Mitchell Yard in Milwaukee, WI in February of 1987. Today, the yards sits mostly empty due to a lack of business in the area.

Bright yellow F unit faces greet a dismal looking day in March in Minneapolis back in 1973. F units still ruled on CNW's lines south out of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Here a former CGW F3 shares space ... (more)

It's a cold and windy winter day as a loaded Nipsco coal train rolls east on UP's Overland Route in Nebraska near CP Best. During the early 1990's C&NW power was seen on the point between North Pl... (more)

While doing some exploring around the storage tracks in Paducah, I was given permission to take a closer look at some of the locomotives in storage. This C&NW unit made for a fascinating find as w... (more)

Demonstrator! CNW 1520, one of the original 3 GP7 demonstrator units, passes by the West Bend, WI depot in February of 1967. Note the GBW reefer and the Texas Chief boxcar. Robert Bullermann Kodac... (more)

CNW 1563 tiptoes across CNW's Chippewa River bridge with the Cornell local out of Altoona. It was slow going with the main running at about 25 mph and the Cornell branch at 10 mph. By 1973 CNW lai... (more)

CNW 6706 and 6705 looking good in their new yellow and green scheme ready a train to head east out of Altoona Yard on a cool January day. At this time eastbound trains 406 and 408 came here from S... (more)

A CNW SD40-2 leads a string of former Family Lines and Chessie System EMDs south on a lite engine move bound for CSX's Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Chicago & North Western C44-9W 8630 with CNW SD60 8036 westbound at Helendale, California on the ATSF Cajon Subdivision.

CNW SW1200 1217 gets added tractive effort from BU10 while handling switching chores at Cedar Lake Yard, Minneapolis, MN. BU10 started life as CNW 1266, an Alco S-3 switch engine.

CNW 974 is in the round house at Altoona, WI for servicing in January 1974. The SD45 pretty much took up the whole stall compared to older Geeps and F units as well as smaller steam locomotives th... (more)

CNW SD40-2 no. 6915 almost looks out of place in its own yard with all the UP power hanging around. Four years before the merger, it looks like UP already owns the operation. This unit features a ... (more)