CNW's Oak Creek, WI depot is unused and in disrepair in September of 1986. Located on CNW's Old Line (the Milwaukee-Chicago passenger mainline), this was a busy location at one time with several l... (more)

Ghost in the night
Chicago & North Western Alco C628 sits under a ghostly coaling tower on a foggy night in Escanaba, Michigan, in October 1984.

The one and only.... CNW's one-of-a-kind SD-Cat #6000 leads a train across the Manitowoc River bridge in Manitowoc, WI in February of 1988. While the weather was not the greatest, chasing a rare b... (more)

In a scene all too familiar, CNW's Oconto, WI depot sits derelict and abandoned in June of 1997. Despite efforts to save the depot, it was torn down shortly after this photo was taken. This is the... (more)

Could it be? CNW 6819 leads a westbound freight under Whitnall Avenue in Milwaukee, WI in December of 1986. My dad might have been the salesman for the P&H Harnischfeger overhead crane that is on ... (more)

CNW GP40 5500 leads train PRGBA under Hwy R, north of Francis Creek, WI in August of 1988. The train is on CNW's Shoreline, which is a bike trail today.

CNW 222, formerly 4052A was an FP9AM rebuilt from an FT. It handled the Twin Cities 400 and other CNW passenger trains before going into freight service. It sits at Cedar Lake engine facilities be... (more)

Weather in Minneapolis is still pretty wintery as a CNW crew handles some switching with a vintage NW2 switch engine of Minneapolis & St. Louis origin. CNW had an NW1 and a couple TR2 sets, but NW... (more)

CNW 8503 leads a loaded coal train south of Bill, WY in June of 1991.

CNW semaphores guard the junction at St. Francis on a foggy day in October of 1984. The freight mainline to Butler is on the right, while the wye leading to Milwaukee is on the left. The passenger... (more)

Green and Yellow Foliage and Diesels

On a pleasant August afternoon, a Union Pacific automobile train heads west behind Chicago & North Western GP50 5074, UP SD40 3052 and C&NW SD40-... (more)

Heading south up Logan Hill, a loaded Chicago & North Western coal train heads for Bill, Wyoming, on May 12, 1995. Powering the heavy train of Powder River Basin coal is C&NW GE AC4400CW No. 8828 ... (more)

CNW 4194 has finished switching the downtown Milwaukee area and is heading back to Mitchell Yard in November of 1995. They have just finished crossing the KK River Bridge and it is being returned ... (more)

An eastbound Chicago and North Western inspection train approaches Bakertown Road grade crossing west of Helenville, Wisconsin, in October 1983. C&NW EMD F7s Nos. 401 and 402 power the short three... (more)

Back in 1968 it was pretty exciting when CNW purchased 7 GE U30C locomotives. These units were assigned to the former Omaha (Twin Cities Division), so it was common to spot them around Eau Claire ... (more)