CNW caboose #11223 brings up the rear of an ore train at Empire Junction in May of 1986. The train is heading to the Empire Mine for loading. Unfortunately, the CNW is gone, the caboose is no long... (more)

CNW 8027 leads a coal train thru Crescent, IA in May of 1987. Omaha, NE looms in the distant background.

Remember the caboose? There are 2 of them trailing a military train as it heads east thru St. Francis Junction in March of 1987.

CNW 402 is off the rails at the engine facility in Marshalltown, IA in May of 1985. See photo 594929 for the companion photo of the engine being re-railed.

An eastbound freight from Minneapolis climbs the grade out of the Chippewa and Eau Claire River valley as it heads into Altoona yard. GP50 no. 5099 is brand new having been built earlier this mont... (more)

CNW 8647 is making a set-out at Mitchell Yard in Milwaukee in this photo taken in January of 1995. This was a very attractive scheme for the CNW.

CNW 8007 is just starting its' journey to Escanaba with a train of taconite as it ducks under Hwy M35 near Marquette in July of 1987. The engineer gives a friendly wave as he passes.

A pair of yellow and green six-axle EMDs lead a former VMV rebuilt Geep as they head east along the Indiana Harbor Belt. Tom Golden photo.

The Clinton, WI depot awaits a dismal fate in March of 1989. This depot was at the crossing of the CNW line from Chicago to Janesville and the MILW from Sturtevant to Beloit.

A westbound stacker crosses the Elkhorn River Bridge on the Blair Cutoff a few miles east of Fremont.

SD40 CNW 883, SD45 CNW 955 and CR SD40-2 6509 have the Duluth/Superior-Chicago train 406 in tow south of Spooner, WI near Sarona. The train is about to go under the old Hwy. 53 overpass as it head... (more)

CNW 943, an SD45 and SD40-2 CNW 6815 pair up to handle an eastbound train 472 into Eau Claire from East Minneapolis, MN. The train is crossing the Chippewa River bridge with Old Wells Road bridge ... (more)

CNW 54, formerly Chicago Great Western, RS-2 idles in Huron , SD in early October 1980. At this time, the no. 54 was the last RS-2 active on CNW, assigned to Huron which was headquarters for most ... (more)

Running long-hood forward just like it did under its previous owner, a former high-hood Southern SD45 is seen now sporting CNW markings as it leads a GP50 west on the Indiana Harbor Belt mainline.... (more)

Visible evidence of the recent UP-CNW merger could be found at North Yard in Salt Lake City on Nov. 10, 1995. CNW SD60 No. 8003 leads a Yermo, California to Hinkle, Oregon manifest freight on Main... (more)