CNW 934 and 932 idle away at Altoona, WI in March 1968, only a month or so after delivery to the railroad. The GE U30Cs numbered 930-936 and were a treat to see on the EMD dominated railroad, at l... (more)

CNW 1385, an R-1 4-6-0, was nicely restored and in operating condition at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum back in August 1973.

CNW's CK Tower in Winona, MN in July of 1987. This tower guarded the CNW/MILW (SOO) crossing and was taken out of service in 1989. It was torn down soon thereafter.

Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490403 has just been rebuilt at Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, and awaits stripping of its old paint in the sandblasting bay of the pai... (more)

The cab end view of freshly painted CNW 1280 is seen at the Wisconsin Great Northern facilities at Trego, WI. The CNW victory striped Route of the 400 scheme had to be one of the better schemes of... (more)

Freshly painted CNW 1280 is seen at the Wisconsin Great Northern facilities at Trego, WI. My understanding is this was debuted as a surprise for the CNW Ry. Historical Society meeting held here in... (more)

CNW SD40 880 (and a MP15) have made a set-out just north of St. Francis tower and will head down the Old Line to pick up some empty hoppers at the Oak Creek power plant in December of 1985. This s... (more)

CNW SW1200 no. 1216 mates up with slug no. BU 8 to handle switching on a cool January afternoon at Cedar Lake Yard in Minneapolis. Slug BU 8 was rebuilt in October 1964 from SW1 no. 1209. CNW rebu... (more)

A Westbound drops down Archer Hill into Cheyenne.

CNW 411 leads the bilevel train west past the semaphores at Olson Rd.

CNW 6703 brings a loaded ore train thru Little Lake, MI as an empty ore train waits in the siding to depart for Empire Mine in May of 1986. Seeing 6 of the big Alco's at once was an impressive sig... (more)

A crewman is flagging Broadway Street in Sheboygan Falls, WI so CNW can 4287 can continue its' journey west on a gloomy December day in 1986. Much of this line was removed, including the iconic wi... (more)

Former Chicago Great Western NW2s 1025 and 1017 get ready for duty at Oelwein, IA. Oelwein was the hub of Chicago Great Western, and remained an important yard for CNW into the early 1980s. The di... (more)

CNW 6719 mixes with a UP U30C and other power on a gray snowy day at Proviso Yard located in Berkeley, IL, just east of suburban Elmhurst. Proviso was CNW's only hump yard, de-commissioned by UP t... (more)

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad hosted a night photo session at Trego, Wisconsin on Saturday, 26 October 2019. Just released restored paint scheme SW600 1280 was painted as part of a Chicago & ... (more)