A nice mix of power featuring an SD45, SD40-2, GP7 and X-SOU SD24 head up westbound train 483 at Altoona. This priority train operated daily between Chicago and East Minneapolis via Milwaukee, Ada... (more)

CNW 972 leads a westbound train 483 through farm and forest land west of Elk Mound, WI on its way to East Minneapolis from Altoona. The train was a regularly scheduled Chicago-Twin Cities hotshot ... (more)

CNW 972 leads an SD40-2 and GP7 around a curve just east of Elk Mound, WI with train 483, a Chicago-Twin Cities time freight. At this time the train was scheduled in CNW's operating timetable as a... (more)

Train 483 behind SD45 901 has a good roll on it as the train heads west through Rusk, WI en route to Minneapolis, MN. The World War II era rails still posted a 60 mph speed limit in the early 70s,... (more)

CNW 972 splits the semaphores on a curve east of Knapp, WI as its train heads west from Altoona, WI to East Minneapolis, MN. This formerly double track mainline was single tracked with the ending ... (more)

CNW 972 leads a westbound freight across the Chippewa River bridge as it leaves Eau Claire, WI after switching and a crew change in Altoona. Its headed for East Minneapolis and connections with BN... (more)

CNW 972 leads an SD45/C628/SD45/C628/GP7 consist up out of the Chippewa River valley at Chippewa Falls, WI on a late afternoon in February 1973. This train was 188 cars in length, featuring 88 40... (more)

CNW was power hungry in 1973, not having bought a new locomotive since 1969. They leased 30 N&W Alco C628s and 6 C630s in the winter of 1973. Here No. 972 has a nice mix of SD45s and Alcos, along ... (more)