CNW 910 leads a trio of six axle power north through Bloomer on train 415 on its run from Altoona to Spooner and Superior, WI. CNW was starting to install recycled mainline rail from the old CGW t... (more)

CNW 1280, SW600 and SW1 1278, SW1 are parked near the CNW station and freight house at Eau Claire Yard just east of the Putnam St. crossing. This was their regular home in between switching assign... (more)

CNW 6852 leads an empty Oak Creek coal train thru Caledonia, WI in February of 1996. The train is on UP's (ex-CNW) Old Line, the former passenger mainline between Chicago and Milwaukee. The Conrai... (more)

CNW 889 slows to leave the eastbound main at the Altoona depot and will park its train in a siding to the right of the switch engine which is waiting on the eastbound main to complete switching an... (more)

CNW 889 tops the grade up from the Eau Claire River as it arrives in Altoona with an eastbound freight. The track going left from the switch serves the TOFC ramp. The train will be switched and ch... (more)

CNW 8003 is on the move after stopping to fix some sticking brakes near Brampton, MI in June of 1987. We had just alerted the crew to smoke coming from one of the ore cars at the back of the train... (more)

I always loved C&NW's GP7 and GP9 museum. Were there any two exactly alike? Orphans were gathered on the cheap from all over, this one coming from NYC/PC/CR 5657 via PNC. And check out that hor... (more)

I've had this slide for years. Definitely one of the oldest in my collection. I looked at it today and decided I could do something with it. Photographer unknown, from the Tom Smart collection... (more)

I looked to see if I had posted this before and found 869 at the same spot. No photographer noted on the slide. From my collection.

Chicago & North Western SD40-02 6847 is one of several preserved C&NW locomotives at the Illinois Railway Museum. It is photographed here alongside C&NW RSD-5 1689 and Burlington Northern F9A BN-... (more)

At the time it was typical to see power combinations such as this - a CNW Dash8-40C and UP and SP AC44CWs. The trio lead yet another train of empty hoppers back toward the Powder River on a Februa... (more)

ormer C & NW commuter cars carry passengers for IRM Holiday train.

Passengers wait to load late run of IRM CNW holiday train.

CNW 8646,8701, 1689 outside IRM barn.

At the time new addition CNW RSD-5 sits with other CNW units in front of barn.