Chicago & North Western GE C44-9W No. 8625 leads a westbound Union Pacific manifest freight approaching Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on May 2, 1998.

CNW 6704 approaches Butler Yard with train GBPRA in December of 1985. The big Alco's would occasionally depart from their usual iron ore duty in the UP of Michigan and venture to Milwaukee or Chic... (more)

Chicago & North Western EMD GP15-1 No. 4417 switches a train at Butler yard in Butler, Wisconsin, after the passing of a quick moving storm toward the end of a day in June 1984.

CNW 6834 leads a colorful consist thru Oak Creek, WI in November of 1991. The freshly painted unit is on the ex-passenger mainline, commonly known as the "Old Line". The herald on the no... (more)

A water tower, wig-wags, and bacon. What could be better as CNW 6861 brings a train past the Patrick Cudahy plant in Cudahy, WI in October of 1993.

CNW 6826 leads a freight westward through mist, haze, and fog at South Burns Harbor, on the former Michigan Central Porter Branch in 1984.

C&NW 411 sits quietly, staged for the next days operations at the Illinois Railway Museum.

A CNW E8 crosses Scott Street in Fond Du Lac, WI with what is probably train #153. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

Thick exhaust hangs in the air as the C&NW 411 pulls forward during a Illinois Railway Museum night shoot.

CNW 821 is on Milwaukee Road tracks as it passes thru Sparta, WI at dusk in April of 1976. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

CNW 936 and 917 arrive at the North Fond Du Lac, WI yard in May of 1978. The CNW only had 7 of the U-Boats, and most went to Mexico after only 10 years of service. Fran Wiener Kodachrome from my c... (more)

CNW 934 and 933 wait to depart CNW's Butler, WI yard in April of 1974. The CNW only had 7 of the units, and they only lasted 10 years on the CNW before going to Mexico. 934 was wrecked however and... (more)

CNW 5099, the last GP50 delivered to C&NW is in showroom condition brightening up an otherwise dreary day at Altoona, WI on an eastbound train. With a builder's date of September 1980, this could ... (more)

Empty coal buckets with an SD50 leading an SD60 are approaching Missouri Valley, IA on the single track in 1989.

I never tire of seeing SD45s, having grown up with these C&NW behemoths. These were probably my favorite as the flares really stuck out with no dynamic brakes. Later that would cause an earlier th... (more)