On loan from the Mid Continent Railway Museum, Ten Wheeler #1385 leads a special west across the CNW mainline in Iowa.

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

CNW R-1 no. 1385 provides a tender view at the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum at North Freedom, WI in August 1973. The engine was operable at this time.

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.

1385 crests the hill at a MCRY weekend event in the summer of 1974. Soon she'll return to the high iron with 21st century renovation.

CNW 1385 departs the Butler, WI yard with a trainload of passengers attending Butler RR days in June of 1984. The steam engine is slowly being rebuilt and will hopefully see action again.

CNW 1385 has a short, good looking train in tow as it rolls thru the countryside near Eden, WI in the Summer of 1985.

CNW 1385 is the only example of their R-1 class engine surviving. Built in March 1907 it was one of 325 R-1s acquired between 1901-1908. Retired in 1956, it was purchased by the Historical Society... (more)

Chicago and North Western 4-6-0 No. 1385 powers a “Butler Railroad Days” passenger extra at West Allis, Wisconsin, in June 1984. The train consists of 1385 protected by EMD F7A No. 402, pullin... (more)

Tom Golden photo

CNW ten-wheeler 1385 roamed the system for a number of years. Like any later day steam, it tended to draw big crowds wherever it went. Here I caught it during a quiet moment mingling with the Alco... (more)

In summer of 1984 this classy little ten wheeler and train tour the CNW system. Here it is steaming hard out of Waukegan with bell and whistle for a work group to my 6 near the eastside of Oakwood... (more)

"Kate Shelley Express" making excursion runs across the old Kate Shelley high bridge over the Des Moines River a few miles west of Boone, Iowa as part of the first annual Pufferbilly Days celebrat... (more)

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.