C&NW 411 rolls westbound towards the West Union Depot during the Illinois Railway Museum's Cabin Fever winter event.
CNW 6905 rolls thru Watkins, IA in May of 1987. Watkins still has a Post Office, but it has moved to a more modern building not visible trackside.
Commuter unit. Photo by unknown. From my collection.
CNW 4487 leads a local out of Appleton, WI in August of 1984. This area generated an amazing amount of business when all the paper mills were still open.
Heading west on the Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line out of Milwaukee is a Chicago & North Western unit coal train at Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on September 6, 1994. Powering the train is C... (more)
Changing of the guard......CNW 8521 and UP 9294 (both GE C40-8's) rest at the Butler, WI engine house in October of 1995. The UP acquisition is only a few months old at this time so there is still... (more)
A westbound Union Pacific freight, led by UP SD40-2 3376, waits as it meets an eastbound Union Pacific freight with Chicago & North Western GP50 5091 on the headend, on UP’s busy Kearney Sub. (... (more)
IRM's newest addition, former CNW SD50 7009, rests outside the diesel shop during the first night of Happy Holiday Railway 2022.
Alco Heaven! Two CNW ore trains meet in Little Lake, MI. in May of 1986. 6706 leads a empty train heading to Empire mine while the crew of the loaded train is enjoying beans at a local restaurant.... (more)
Former Burlington Northern, now CNW 6567, idles with Conrail and old Penn Central engines, and CNW 4540 in the Council Bluffs yard.
Almost home...... Proviso Yard is only a few miles away as CNW 5071 leads 3 UP units thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. This version of CNW yellow looked OK when new, but quickly faded to a pal... (more)
Two of the vintage engines that were transported to Silvas, Illinois from Cheyenne, Wyoming include CNW 401 (a F7A built in 1949) and UP B966, a B unit locomotive built for passenger service. ... (more)
Halloween is only a few days away so what could be better than a ghost-like image of one of CNW's unique semaphores controlling the junction at St. Francis WI. in October of 1984? The approaching ... (more)
Bound for St. Louis, a southbound Chicago & North Western freight train departs the crew change point and yard at South Pekin, Illinois, on the cold winter day of January 26, 1985.
CNW 8702 leads an eastbound UP freight as it thunders out of Caliente.
CNW 6721 brings train ESGBA across the Peshtigo River in Peshtigo, WI. in May of 1986. Peshtigo was the site of the worst wildfire in US history in October of 1871. The fire claimed more than 1200... (more)
At 12:07 p.m. on March 31, 1997, an eastbound Union Pacific freight approaches Rochelle, Illinois, led by an out of the ordinary EMD locomotive consist. Home-road C&NW SD40-2 No. 6817 is followed ... (more)
A pair of classic CNW GP7's, led by 4378, roll thru St. Francis, WI in March of 1986. The train is heading to the Florida St. TOFC ramp near downtown Milwaukee. The TOFC business is long gone, as ... (more)
The AAPRCO excursion train, lead by Metra's C&NW heritage unit, is paced by IRM's C&NW 411 and the bilevel set as they cross Seemann Road.
AAPRCO held their annual convention in Chicago this year, one of the excursions was a trip to IRM. Here the excursion train, lead by Metra's C&NW heritage unit, is paced by IRM's C&NW 411 and the ... (more)
A Chicago & North Western freight arrives at the yard in Butler, Wisconsin, amid a winter flurry on February 20, 1986. C&NW EMD SD40-2 No. 6860 leads a SD45 still in Cascade green BN colors and a ... (more)
Chicago & Northern Western’s freight from Janesville is eastbound at Clinton, Wisconsin, passing the abandoned 1912 depot on the morning of August 12, 1995. This station at Clinton Junction stoo... (more)
CNW's Wyoming Centennial unit 8542 leads an empty coal train as it meets a loaded train led by BN 5065 near Bill, WY in May of 1991. It's amazing how much traffic moved on this line considering it... (more)
A trio of Chicago & North Western coal trains are led by new C&NW EMD SD60s at the railroad’s remote yard at Bill, Wyoming, on July 4, 1989.
It’s officially Union Pacific, but this westbound unit train of gons still looks its heritage, powered by a quartet of Chicago & North Western locomotives. In a little storm light, the train cli... (more)
CNW 5062 brings a westbound under the Hwy 30 bridge near Westside, IA in May of 1987. This train was a little underpowered as they had a hard time maintaining 40 mph for most of their trip.
Chicago and North Western 401 is an F7(A) unit built in 1949. It served the CNW for 47 years before being retired in 1996. It now sits in the yard at the Union Pacific's roundhouse in Cheyenne, ... (more)
CNW 4104 works the small yard near Continental Grain in Bay View, WI in December of 1994. The Milwaukee skyline looms in the background.
CNW 6890 brings the first cut of steaming taconite pellets thru Empire Junction in Negaunee, MI in October of 1988. The ore came from the Empire Mine, which is now closed.
Outbound commuters.
