Chicago & North Western locomotives await assignment at the railroad’s engine facility at Proviso, Illinois, on September 13, 1987. C&NW’s Proviso Yard was the railroad’s major yard in the C... (more)
CNW 6827 brings a freight under an unused signal bridge in Wyeville, WI in September of 1987. This cantilever signal bridge was somewhat unusual on the CNW. In addition to semaphores that used to ... (more)
Hoarfrost! CNW 6827 leads a grain train near Clyman, WI on a frosty morning in February of 1990.
Southbound (railroad east) iron ore loads.....
Merrillan, Wisconsin was known for the GB&W Alco's that passed through town every day, but the C&NW crossed the GB&W at grade just south of the depot. The C&NW line was a fair amount busier as it ... (more)