Led by Chicago & North Western EMD SD50 No. 7020 and Union Pacific GE C40-8 No. 9201, an eastbound grain train works past a field of summer flowers between Rochelle and Creston, Illinois, on Augus... (more)
Not long after UP swallowed up CNW, a pair of flashy North Western GEs climb Encina Hill in Eastern Oregon with a Z train.
Winter in northern Illinois doesn’t always mean lots of snow, but it can bring fog and freezing drizzle. On the first day of winter in 1991, a westbound Chicago & North Western freight bangs ove... (more)
Tom Golden photo.
A pair of C&NW's classic semaphores guard the former Route Of The 400 mainline near Baldwin, WI, as the last rays of light make for a beautiful sunset in May of 1990.
CNW RS-1 1068 waits for a rail train to pass before continuing with its work in January of 1974. Both trains are on CNW's New Line in St. Francis. The Island Job has a group of piggyback cars that... (more)
CNW GP40 5529 and 5512
CNW 8623 leads Union Pacific 9397, 9387, and a SD60M at Converse Junction by the Antelope mine. You don't have to look to hard to realize Union Pacific's interest in the CNW's stake in the coal fi... (more)
CNW SD40-2 6927 in Zito Yellow.
CNW 8515 heads towards the Antelope Mine under threatening skies in May of 1991.
A trio of CNW open top hoppers have derailed on the west end of the IHB's Gibson Yard. Tom Golden photo.
Photographer unknown. From my collection.
