Chicago & North Western GE C44-9W No. 8663 belches thick black smoke as it passes the old Clinton, Iowa, depot while leading a westbound coal train on April 14, 1995.

CNW 6847 sits on display all decked out for Christmas.

Paul Meyer photo.

Tom Golden photo.

A trio of CNW C628s has delivered a train full of taconite to the Northwest Indiana steel mills and is seen headed west on the B&OCT toward home rails in Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

With a full train of coal from Consolidated Coal’s Bailey Mine trailing, three 40-series EMD’s pass through West Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela Railway. The train is consigned to... (more)

CNW 4140 leads a northbound freight across Second Street Road near Watertown, WI in July of 1991. The train is heading to Clyman Jct. on CNW's Adams Line, where it will make a setout/pick up and r... (more)

A CNW GP50 leads a trio of Conrail EMDs on an eastbound APL stack train on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

There is plenty of action on the IHB in Blue Island as a southbound CNW freight passes by a northbound manifest. Tom Golden photo.

With a RTA scoot approaching, the CNW 1385 steam special rolls through West Chicago with a business car on the rear. Tom Golden photo.

CNW Alco C628 6723 rests in the roads Escanaba yard waiting for its next job in the summer of 1981. These were former Norfolk and Western units. Alco Built 135 of these units for U.S.A roads and... (more)

Conrail Train PXPI takes an alternate route via the Youngstown Line. Normally this train traverses the Cleveland and Fort Wayne lines.

Three Chicago & North Western coal empties, all led by EMD SD60s, wait to depart Bill, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 4, 1989. Coal used to flow out of Wyoming like nothing ever seen before. Bu... (more)

A pair of CNW EMDs is seen departing the east end of the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.