The brutal winter of '78 kept the spreader busy, and another work train is seen heading north from the Janesville terminal to work the cuts north of Madison.

Ableman Curve in the Baraboo Bluffs was a favorite publicity-shot locale for the CNW. Mike Nelson photo.

The first CNW GP9 to enter the Oelwein rebuild program was #1720, it emerged in 11/71 as the CNW 4301 seen here at Wyeville with 88 cars.

This view from the shanty above a CNW switch move came at the invite of the bridgetender at KK.

Mike Nelson captured the Flambeau 400 departing Milwaukee, today's train has 2 engines and 5 cars. This was in the era of combined operation of CNW & MILW at the Milwaukee Road depot, the arrivin... (more)

The Fast Mail, with 3 engines and 21 cars, pauses at Milwaukee in front of Mike Nelson's camera before heading west into the Wisconsin night.

Mike Nelson snapped this shot of the R1 1385 on CNW rails, crossing Lake Wisconsin westbound with a company train as part of a hugely successful statewide tour.

Action at the Altoona yard office on the CNW as train #488 has throttled up and begins to head east on the main while SD40-2 power is tied up in the yard off an inbound.

B&LE power could be found on ore trains over the CNW Wisconsin Division in the '70s. 839 and 823 assist the 836 with 144 cars, 92 are ore empties on this westbound move.

Always on the lookout for a good deal on the used equipment market, the CNW restencils hoppers after acquiring them from the Rock Island equipment trustee.

At the suggestion of 1st trick Operator Sam Armstrong, Mike Nelson climbed the signal bridge and got this view of a westbound. "It'll make a better picture!", Sam surmised. 110C has 91 loads and... (more)

The "ridge runner" has 1 load and 18 empties, lead by a bicentennial CNW geep, and seen crossing a wooden bridge headed west near Verona, WI. The ridge runner is a bike path today.

A barley train with 54 loads is headed for Ladish Malt in Jefferson Jct. It's passing the abandoned depot in Union Center.

The Nelson's have done some rock climbing at Devils Nose to get this vantage point of a CNW eastbound. 977 is the highest numbered CNW SD45 of the 40 in the fleet.

The Penninsula 400 passes Grand Ave. tower.