Based on looking at a CNW diesel roster, this odd ball unit started out as a 6 axle Baldwin road switcher about 1951. It was re-engined be EMD in the late 50s, receiving what appears to be a GP18 ... (more)

A nice CNW caboose brings up the rear of the 6am local at Norma.

After a wait at Pine Junction, westbound CSXT Q191-20 is on the move as it makes its way towards the destination of Global 4 in Joliet. UP 6706 leads the way, which is the last patched CNW unit on... (more)

CNW 4144 passes Richardson Lumber as it departs Sheboygan Falls in July of 1985. Riding on rail dating to the late 1800's, the train has 2 cars for the Kraft Cheese plant in Plymouth, WI. Service ... (more)

C&NW Alco #6720 is entering home rails at Empire Junction as it brings the first cut of cars out of Empire mine. They will return to the mine for a second cut of cars before they reassemble their ... (more)

CNW SD38-2s 6655 and 6659 team up on the hump at Proviso Yard, C&NW's only hump yard at Bellwood, IL on Chicago's west side. This photo was taken from the main tower. The railroad ordered 10 SD38-... (more)

A CNW freight heads south near Haugen, WI with a bit of help from a Conrail unit. This train, 406 (DWPRA), handled mainly traffic from the CN at Duluth to Chicago connections. This piece of track ... (more)

All was not well with CNW in 1971. Ben Heineman was still running the show, but would soon dump the railroad on its employees. Fortunately, the railroad blossomed under that change and made it unt... (more)

CNW 8651, UP 9187, CNW 8727 head north with an empty coal train. Another CNW train heads south with a loaded train. The coal field a re a busy place. The CNW C44-9W's were bought with out air cond... (more)

The 1689 retains her stream generator details from its early days in commuter service. The 1689 is viewed here in yard 3 at IRM.

CNW 4195 switches the Water Street Terminal in Milwaukee, WI in October of 1984. Coupling cars could be a challenge on the tight curve here.

In the summer of 1983 train 406 was now known as DWPRA (DWP-Proviso manifest), and pretty much originated in Symington Yard at Winnipeg, MB on CN. Soon CN through GTW would make a go for the bankr... (more)

A pair of Chicago & North Western EMD SD40-2s cross the long bridge over Little Lake Butte Des Morts at Menasha, Wisconsin, on June 27, 1993. This is officially a Fox River Valley Railroad train u... (more)

CNW 8677 and 8729 are sandwiching 8549 the Wyoming Centennial unit, a C40-8. A friendly engineer hangs out the cab, anxious to get his picture take. As his train hauls another load of coal out of ... (more)

A westbound Chicago & North Western coal train changes crews at Butler, Wisconsin, late in the afternoon of April 20, 1985. This is the first time I saw locomotives from all three of southeastern ... (more)