UP 6706 leads UP MPRNL at Tuscola,IL

After working UP’s Global II in Proviso, UP 6706, the last active C&NW patch locomotive, drags stacks east for NS’s Ashland Ave. yard. Seen here, in River Forest.

After going missing in action for nearly two years, for PTC and other miscellaneous upgrades, the sole Chicago & NorthWestern painted locomotive left on a class one railroad, heads point on an int... (more)

UP 6706 formerly CNW 8804 sits on the point of a Seattle to Tacoma Transfer as they wait for an inbound BNSF Z train at Boeing.

A second section San Antonio to LATC Z train switches East LA with an ex-CNW leader.

Wearing this week’s number and one from years ago, this grizzled veteran still relieves the monotony of yellow,

With storms behind them, and a new crew on board. The UP 6706 sits with the golden sun glaring on the nose of their unit as the IDILB awaits the dispatchers go-ahead to leave!

Railfan history! The last known CNW patched locomotive and one of the last active SP patched locomotives meet in the middle of the New Mexico desert as they both respectively lead their own trains... (more)

The last remaining patched CNW AC44 leads a Long Beach-Houston intermodal east down the Sunset Route.

UP 6706 with 1996 on the Phoenix to Tucson manifest glides through Red Rock

The last patched CNW unit on the UP roster leads ICOG4 south past the historic C&A depot in Lemont.

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)

UP 6706 is one of few units left in the whole country that bear CNW paint, let alone the UP railroad where you could count them on a single hand. Here it leads CSX Q191 west on the Garrett Sub at ... (more)

An eastbound intermodal train conforms to the curves approaching Sherman, Wyoming and the 8015' summit of Sherman Hill. UP 6706 on the point began life as Chicago & Northwestern 8804, reporting fo... (more)