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.

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.

Metra’s Newest Chicago & Northwestern Commemorative Locomotive cruises over the Fox River in Geneva on a beautiful Monday morning.

Tom Golden photo.

A "Z" train aproaches Missouri Valley shortly after the second main track was added after the C&NW was acquired by Union Pacific.

A westbound crosses the BNSF diamonds at Rochelle, IL.

Easing along, an interesting consist. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler. Note that Manufacturers Railway insulated boxcar in the background. It proves that it’s okay to raise the roof if it means you ... (more)

Whose railroad is it anyways? CNW 7008 leads a SP stack train thru Beverly, Iowa late in the evening of July 29th, 1993. The yard switcher watches the passage of this train that is detouring off t... (more)

In Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, a southbound Burlington Northern coal train recedes in the distance moments after meeting a Chicago & North Western train at Antelope siding on July 4, 1989. Thr... (more)

CNW 8540 is about to duck under one of the "suicide" bridges in St. Francis in January of 1995. The train has a "PR" look to it as it starts the journey to Proviso on CNW's New... (more)

Chicago and Northwestern SD40-2 6816 leads a transfer from the DWP back to Itasca Yard in downtown Superior May 1975. The Soo Line Depot still stands today complete with it's neon Dollar Sign Logo... (more)

A pair of CNW GP50s leads a westbound mixed freight on the IHB through Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

CNW 401 brings an eastbound (compass south) business train thru Caledonia, WI in June of 1989 on CNW's Old Line. Double track was living on borrowed time when I shot this.

Executive train with all C&NW equipment at Portola.