The CN&W use their Oelwein Shops til May 31, 1994. The line from Oelwein from Marshalltown was severed in 1987-88 due to the construction of the highway thru Waterloo. The CNW then used the IANR t... (more)

CNW 8528 basks in some late evening light as it brings a loaded coal train past MP 107 (East Walker, WY.) on the joint CNW/BN coal line in May 0f 1991.

CNW 4467 brings the Eden Turn thru West Bend, WI in March of 1988. The train is on the CNW Air Line. The FRVR would acquire this line later in the year. The WC took over in 1993 and abandoned the ... (more)

When Chicago & North Western placed their order for C44-9W's. They decided to save a little money by ordering them without air conditioning. So soon as the temperatures got warm in the coal Fields... (more)

8711 leads UP SD60 6034.

The other Altoona.....CNW 6926 arrives at the yard in Altoona, WI. in March of 1990. We would spend the rest of the day chasing the outbound train that is ready to depart.

Westbound on the Harriman Cutoff, near Dale Junction. Trailing units are SP SD40T-2 8246 and UP SD40-2 3677.

CNW 6805 leads train ALSSA thru Roberts, WI on a beautiful day in March of 1990.

CNW 4138 leads short a freight past one of their unique semaphores at St. Francis, WI in September of 1986.

CNW 6867 leads a freight across Pike Creek near Somers, WI in January of 1989. The train is on CNW's New Line.

Amtrak’s Empire Builder quickly passes a westbound Chicago & North Western coal train at the end of double track on Canadian Pacific/Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line west of Milwauke... (more)

CNW 7012 glides thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. Proviso Yard is only a few miles away. CNW's safety yellow (also unaffectionately known as Zito yellow) looked good when new but faded badly a... (more)

CNW SD50 7009 sits decorated at IRM for the Happy Holiday Railway event.

CNW 6721 prepares to do some work at Powers, MI. in May of 1986. Once finished they will head south to Green Bay, WI. with train ESGBA.

Chicago & North Western EMD SD40-2 Nos. 6907 and 6901, running through on the Conrail main line to Elkhart Yard in Indiana, power eastbound CR ELPR through the long curves at New Carlisle, Indiana... (more)