RailPictures.Net Photo: CNW 8646 Chicago & North Western Railroad GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW) at Wheaton, Illinois by Stephen Schmidt

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» Chicago & North Western Railroad (more..)
» GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW) (more..)

» UP Geneva Subdivision
» Wheaton, Illinois, USA (more..)
» May 10, 2014

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Speeding through the curve at Wheaton, Illinois with a manifest bound for Council Bluffs, Iowa is CNW 8646, one of the last two untouched Chicago and Northwestern locomotives on Union Pacific's roster.

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