CNW 4559 approaches the junction at St. Francis WI. with the Marsh Job in November of 1988. The train will take the west leg of the wye and head north to serve customers along the old passenger ma... (more)

Westbound at Maywood

CNW 6916 brings a loaded ore train thru Maple Ridge, MI in June of 1988. The train will soon finish its journey at the ore dock in Escanaba, MI. Alcos were the power on these trains only a few yea... (more)

CNW 8535 approaches Bill, Wyoming with an empty coal train on a beautiful day in May of 1991. CNW's GE's looked good when new, but quickly faded to a pale yellow. Train crews could outnumber the p... (more)

CNW Freight and Commuter WB at River Forest

CNW 1575 leads a evening freight out of CNW's North Fond du Lac yard in March of 1973. Only the CNW could do a consist like this, a GP7, 2 rebuilt ex-Katy Baldwins, and a FM H16-66 Baby Trainmaste... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

CNW 1385 is seen bringing the circus train through Duval. Tom Golden photo.

The "Zito Yellow" was first introduced on the CNW 5500s in 1981. Due to the poor paint in Pantone 102C yellow, a lot of units faded or changed colors. The first two orders of C40s came i... (more)

A westbound hopper train approaches Nevada on the CNW double main line through Iowa. The train is less than 25 miles from the next crew change point at Boone, Iowa. The Zito yellow Dash 8 trailing... (more)

A loaded coal train just left the mainline at Nevada and now is a few miles into the travels up the Spineline. The train will pass under the mainline right behind me as they work to Mason City and... (more)

A pair of CNW Dash 8s rolls coal east for Chicago. The train is about 60 miles west of Clinton as they approach Mechanicsville. Note the westbound main still has stick rail in it. The CNW bought t... (more)

I got a few photos of this K-line stacker in the afternoon across Iowa in the early 90s. This must have been somewhat of a normal train in the CNW days. Here the stacker cuts the yard in half as t... (more)

Spent many days as a young man down at Beverly watching the CNW. The days of left-hand running and running like hell are long gone. Back in 1991, the sun came out for a couple of westbounds. Here ... (more)

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow 8.6-mile trek through downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days on the once orig... (more)