Heading for a crew change at South Pekin, a Chicago & North Western freight skirts Peoria, Illinois, and crosses Kickapoo Creek in March 1984. The southbound train is powered by venerable EMD GP9R... (more)

Rebuilt at C&NW Shops Oelwein, Iowa, GP9R 4532 first number 1729 acquired a chopped short hood. Clinton, Iowa, October 10, 1986. Sold to Fox River Valley Railroad on 12 January 1989. Mike Bledsoe... (more)

A pair of "torpedo-boat" GP-9R's enjoy their brief stint of mainline running on this rebuilt section of the Cowboy Line as they head East with a 7 car local East of Lusk.