The CNW twins, back from 16 months of storage at the Illinois Railway Museum, lead IG2G2 east into Elburn.

What do you do with a somewhat problematic SD24. Take the turbo out and paint it up real pretty and use it effectively for several years. I like this one.

A nice mix of power featuring an SD45, SD40-2, GP7 and X-SOU SD24 head up westbound train 483 at Altoona. This priority train operated daily between Chicago and East Minneapolis via Milwaukee, Ada... (more)

CNW train 472 from East Minneapolis to Green Bay, WI rolls through Eau Claire, WI on its way to a crew change and some switching in Altoona. At this time there was still a short stretch of double ... (more)

CNW 6704 brings a freight into Butler, WI on a snowy day in December of 1985. The big Alco's would occasionally make the trip from Green Bay to Butler, but were usually used north of Green Bay.

On a frosty Wisconsin morning, a tired looking CNW SD40-2 departs with Pleasant Prairie hopper empties which will head west to the Powder River Basin for another coal load.

It may be a dreary day in February of 1988, but you tend to ignore that when CNW 6000 is your prey. It's the one and only SD-CAT on the roster, a SD45 rebuilt with a Caterpillar prime mover. CNW 6... (more)

A Chicago and North Western coal train has just finished loading at Antelope Mine, with the loading crew heading out in a van, while another C&NW coal train rumbles by on the main line at Converse... (more)

Lots of history in one photo...The last Chicago and NorthWestern painted SD40-2 pulls a string of cabooses consisting of CB&Q, CGW, MILW, and UP. Also the old EJ&E spaulding tower that at one poin... (more)

CNW 8029 has limestone loads on the head end as it leads an otherwise empty ore train across the Escanaba River in July of 1990. The CNW is gone, the bridge has been replaced, and the ore business... (more)

CNW 205 was built in March 1948 as Chicago Great Western 108C. Merged into CNW in July 1968, the F had an elongated life as traffic growth kept CNW scrambling during the 1970s. This view was taken... (more)

CNW Alco S2 no. 1098 is parked at the CNW passenger station in Green Bay. The unit was used to switch passenger cars around as needed, handling the remaining CNW passenger service into and through... (more)

A crew has a conversation at Chicago & North Western’s yard in Boone, Iowa, on April 16, 1995. In a little over a week, Union Pacific will officially merge the C&NW into its system, a possible a... (more)

A southbound sits in the siding at Sheffield after bucking drifts out of Mason City. Sheffield is the 1st siding out of Mason City on the UP Spineline. This is the ex-Rock Island route from St. Pa... (more)

A colorful combination of CNW SD40s are parked at the sand tower near the Altoona, WI roundhouse for servicing between assignments. SD40 891 is in its as delivered scheme, part of the first order ... (more)