A westbound Chicago & North Western freight departs Butler Yard in Wisconsin in July 1984. Powering the train is C&NW EMD SD40-2 No. 6824, Union Pacific EMD SD40-2 No. 3756 and a C&NW EMD GP7.

A front end loader clears some snow while a pair of EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Chicago & North Western’s yard at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993. In the ... (more)

Chicago & North Western RS2 54 is in home territory as it idles next to the former CGW station in Faribault, Minnesota circa 1973/1974. At this point 54 has been owned by the CNW for several year... (more)

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New General Electric C44-9Ws are lined up at Bill, Wyoming, ready to haul Chicago & North Western coal trains on the Orin Line in Powder River Basin on July 7, 1994. The unique... (more)

a pair of Northwestern SD40-2's lead a transfer train past the old C&WI 40th Street tower in Chicago Illinois

CNW 6885 is crossing the KK River and about to duck under 16th street on Milwaukee's south side in February of 1993.

On a raw late winter afternoon on the plains, CNW 8649 brings a westbound double-stack train through Lodgepole, NE with a GP60 and SD60M trailing. A combination of CNW, SP and UP locomotives was c... (more)

A trio of GE C40-8s power an empty Chicago & North Western unit coal train through Walker, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 25, 1992. The train is headed back to load at one of the mines in Powde... (more)

Chicago & North Western EMD SD40-2 No. 6837 leads a westbound C&NW freight train under the Burlington Northern’s Third Subdivision main line running from Galesburg to Plum River (Savanna) betwee... (more)

A rare sight in these parts, a pair of GP35s rests on the Antigo line at Eland, WI in June of 1975. In all likelihood this is the power for train 471/472 and contains more locomotives in the lash... (more)

A trio of GP30s and an AS-16m lead eastbound train 472 into Pulaski on a snowy and probably cold March day in 1976. The East Minneapolis to Green Bay train is still running on the old Merrillan-G... (more)

Biting off a tip of Colorado on its way across Nebraska, CNW 8629 leads soda ash empties for Green River, WY past Julesburg, CO while the Sterling Local shuffles cars by the elevator.

An eastbound departs Fremont, NE on its way to Chicago one autumn afternoon. Power in color schemes from the merged railroads was prevalent - in this case a pair of Rio Grande units - an SD40T-2 a... (more)

An eastbound departs Fremont, NE on its way to Chicago one autumn afternoon. Power in color schemes from the merged railroads was prevalent - in this case a GP40 and SD45T-2. For awhile, until rec... (more)

CNW 6919 leads North Platte to Proviso symbol MNPPRB-22 eastward through Valley, NE. It was still predominantly the era of DC power as evidenced here.