CNW 4487 leads a local out of Appleton, WI in August of 1984. This area generated an amazing amount of business when all the paper mills were still open.

Heading west on the Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road main line out of Milwaukee is a Chicago & North Western unit coal train at Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on September 6, 1994. Powering the train is C... (more)

Alco Heaven! Two CNW ore trains meet in Little Lake, MI. in May of 1986. 6706 leads a empty train heading to Empire mine while the crew of the loaded train is enjoying beans at a local restaurant.... (more)

Almost home...... Proviso Yard is only a few miles away as CNW 5071 leads 3 UP units thru Elmhurst, IL in October of 1990. This version of CNW yellow looked OK when new, but quickly faded to a pal... (more)

CNW 6721 brings train ESGBA across the Peshtigo River in Peshtigo, WI. in May of 1986. Peshtigo was the site of the worst wildfire in US history in October of 1871. The fire claimed more than 1200... (more)

A pair of classic CNW GP7's, led by 4378, roll thru St. Francis, WI in March of 1986. The train is heading to the Florida St. TOFC ramp near downtown Milwaukee. The TOFC business is long gone, as ... (more)

A trio of Chicago & North Western coal trains are led by new C&NW EMD SD60s at the railroad’s remote yard at Bill, Wyoming, on July 4, 1989.

CNW 5062 brings a westbound under the Hwy 30 bridge near Westside, IA in May of 1987. This train was a little underpowered as they had a hard time maintaining 40 mph for most of their trip.

CNW 6890 brings the first cut of steaming taconite pellets thru Empire Junction in Negaunee, MI in October of 1988. The ore came from the Empire Mine, which is now closed.

A Chicago & North Western freight is southbound on the Burlington Northern’s former Great Northern bridge over the Nemadji River just south of Boylston, Wisconsin, on October 19, 1985. A trio of... (more)

Doing what Alco's do best, CNW 6710 smokes it up as it departs Brampton, MI in May of 1986 after meeting an empty ore train heading north. Not much ore traffic remains on this line since Empire mi... (more)

Loaded with “Pink Lady” quartz ballast from the company-owned Rock Springs quarry, a Chicago & North Western ballast train departs Janesville, Wisconsin, on the morning of July 8, 1995. The ea... (more)

CNW Alco Rs11 4251 and C425 402 wait for there next job on a sunny morning in the summer of 1981. This was Alco country on the North Western. the 4251 was CNWs only High nose RS11

A pair of Chicago & North Western EMD GP7s takes a break from switching chores at Butler in a Wisconsin snowstorm on January 10, 1993, as C&NW’s Proviso to Itasca freight finishes up making a pi... (more)

An empty Chicago & North Western unit coal train rolls past milepost 110 through Walker, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 25, 1992. The train is headed back to load at one of the mines in Powder ... (more)