Spent many days as a young man down at Beverly watching the CNW. The days of left-hand running and running like hell are long gone. Back in 1991, the sun came out for a couple of westbounds. Here ... (more)

Back in 1993, the Cedar River flooded out the CNW mainline around Cedar Rapids. Mainline trains ended up making the slow trek thru downtown Cedar Rapids for a few days. Later this day, the trains ... (more)

Storming out of Boone
With thunderstorms moving east, a westbound Chicago and North Western freight storms out of Boone, Iowa, during the last rays of sunlight.

CNW SD40-2 6902, UP U28C 2803, and UP U30C 2827 are pulling an eastbound train out of Fremont, Nebraska, in August of 1978.