Just Ahead Of The Storm. CNW 1518, IT 1605 and CRIP 4506 are in charge of the final train of Saturday's edition of Diesel Days. As they approach Seeman Road, a severe storm is on the appro... (more)
Only At IRM. CNW 1518, IT 1605 and CRIP 4506 are on the approach to Seeman Road with the 15:20 coach train. All three units are high hood GP7's and they would make two runs during the after... (more)
This was C&NW Weekend at the Illinois Railway Museum, where all the C&NW locomotives on museum property were given a chance to run trains on the mainline. The museum also hosted the C&NW Historica... (more)
Smell That Paint! Very freshly painted CNW 1518, CNW 411 and CNW 1689 pose out front of Barn 2 during the Diesel Days 2022 night shoot.
The original GP7. CNW 1518, the original GP7, has been restored to its hi-hood status and is on display in Council Bluffs for the CNWHS convention being held there in 1987.
For a special Rail Expo held in Duluth during the fall of 1988 C&NW borrowed (from IRM) the first GP7 built and an overhauled SD45 for display. Made for a neat photo.