Rock Island E8A 652 and E6A 630, now owned by the Manly Junction Railway Museum/Iowa Northern Railway, make their public debut at the Hub City Heritage Corp. Railway Museum's 2017 Railroad Days ev... (more)

Rock Island E8A 652 and E6A 630, now owned by Iowa Northern Railway, make their public debut at the Hub City Heritage Corp. Railway Museum's 2017 Railroad Days event.

Rock Island E8A 652 and E6A 630, now owned by Iowa Northern Railway, make their public debut at the Hub City Heritage Corp. Railway Museum's 2017 Railroad Days event.

A quintet of EMD 567 V-16 diesel engines all fit nicely on a 50 ft. CNW flat car, pictured at the Oelwein, Iowa diesel shops, once the heart of the Chicago Great Western Railroad. During this peri... (more)

An unidentified F-unit awaits its fate in the dead line in Oelwein in May of 1985.

A pair of re-manufactured Baldwins rest behind the Oelwein diesel shop in July 1979. The locomotive classification does not account for the 2 axle trucks shown under the unit at this time. When fi... (more)

Oelwein was a major locomotive over hall and rebuild center for CNW after the 1968 merger with Chicago Great Western. It was also a place where locos would end their career. Fortunately for CNW 44... (more)

A slew of Conrail SD45's sit in the C&NW yard in Oelwein in May of 1985. Most would serve on the C&NW, with the 6208 becoming CNW 6532.

Looking more like a modeler's workbench than a railroad, CNW chop-nose fabricated windshield/head light panels are stored outside their Oelwein diesel shop awaiting installation on one of their GP... (more)

CNW 4480 is in the process of being kitbashed from CNW 1659, a May 1953 GP7 into a chopped nose GP7R, at Oelwein, IA. Oelwein was the Chicago Great Western's main locomotive shop, acquired by CNW ... (more)

The C&NW dead line at Oelwein as taken from the roof of a GP30. This unit may have had a second life on the FRVR.

The maroon motor in Oelwein. Hub City Heritage Corporation Railroad Museum

Ready for a 2030 departure... Recently repainted display unit was fired up for the first time in 30 years! Not ready for excursions yet, a lot more work to be done, including getting from tractio... (more)

Ex-MKT unit (via PNC) leading a great looking set of power on what was then a rather decrepid railroad.

Chicago Great Western Railroad with 5 month old EMD F3A-B-A #112C in original paint scheme. 'The Corn Belt Route' served Kansas City, Council Bluffs-Omaha, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Des Moines and... (more)