A pair of Milwaukee Road trains meet in the morning light on the Milwaukee trackage that ran alongside the CNW at the depot in Janesville. F7A's 79A and 76C with a freight heads west out of the 5... (more)

At the suggestion of 1st trick Operator Sam Armstrong, Mike Nelson climbed the signal bridge and got this view of a westbound. "It'll make a better picture!", Sam surmised. 110C has 91 loads and... (more)

CNW train #576, with 5 loads and 46 empties (left) readies for departure to Proviso from South Janesville yard on a Sunday afternoon. It is viewed from atop a loaded autorack of 1970 Camaros. It... (more)

Seen from the bluffs above the placid Mississippi backwaters on a July morning, a CGW eastbound will soon crossover and duck into Winston Tunnel onto home rails. With 4 loads and 142 empties, thi... (more)

Hustle Muscle pulls muscle cars. CNW train #483 was a Janesville-Twin Cities manifest, seen here from the top floor of the old CNW depot with what appear to be Chevy Novas fresh from the Janesvil... (more)

Its late at night and 3rd trick Operator Clarence Nelson, father of Mark and Mike Nelson, taps back the orders he's just copied on his Form 19 pad, confirming the Dispatcher's intent. These were ... (more)

Mike Nelson captured the Flambeau 400 departing Milwaukee, today's train has 2 engines and 5 cars. This was in the era of combined operation of CNW & MILW at the Milwaukee Road depot, the arrivin... (more)

Being stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood in the 70's meant close access to one of the Rock's more obscure main lines. Here eastbound tonnage moves past the old depot at Meta, which by this time had lo... (more)

Eastbound tonnage pops out of the tunnel at Winston into the glorious October colors. From the Nelson notepad: #107C is the trailing unit, #192 is the symbol, 6 units, 138 cars.

Milwaukee Road's Afternoon Hiawatha exits the tunnel westbound. To compare this view to other eras, click on "Tunnel City" (above) for other shots in the railpictures.net archive. Engine 100C we... (more)

A Baby Trainmaster gets ready to pull 1 load and 8 empties up CNW's original Wisconsin trackage, between Janesville and Fond du Lac. 32 miles of the path today is known as the Wild Goose Trail, s... (more)

CNW intercity passenger bilevels head south with 2 motors and 6 cars. The lead covered wagon was preserved by the Lake Shore Railway Assn. as Lorain & West Virginia #101.

#576 throttles up as it pulls at South Janesville past an inbound with open racks. As evidenced, CNW didn't budget much for vegetation control. To get a better view of those new Camaros, click <... (more)

The Penninsula 400 passes Grand Ave. tower.

It's crew change time at rural Eldon, MO., division point on the Rock's obscure StL-KC main. Eastbound #74 has 3 motors and 81 cars on this Ides of March day. #4719 rounded out the 1970 order of... (more)