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This repowered-EMD Baldwin switcher is seen in Council Bluffs, IA on May 27, 1973.

A Chicago bound commuter is seen arriving at the Irving Park suburban station along the Kennedy Expressway on Nov. 25, 1978.

A C&NW commuter train is seen arriving at Northwestern Station in Chicago on Jun 16, 1979.

A freight is seen on the Kansas City Terminal track east of the station in Kansas City, MO in June 1974.

Another commuter train is seen arriving at Irving Park station in suburban Chicago on Nov. 25, 1978.

A commuter train from downtown is seen arriving at the suburban Irving Park station on Nov. 28, 1978.

This FP7 is seen on a commuter train at Northwestern Station in Chicago on Jun 16, 1979.

A commuter train is seen leaving Northwestern Station in Chicago on June 16, 1979.

This commuter train is led by one of the former E8-B units which had been rebuilt with a cab and "strange looking nose".

This E8 is parked at the "engine terminal " area of Northwestern Station on June 16, 1979.

This E8 is seen pushing a commuter train as it leaves the station at Irving Park, IL on Nov. 25, 1978.

This C&NW GP30 is seen as the trailing unit of a Conrail freight in Mortimer, OH on Nov. 23, 1977.

This SD45 was part of the only order for this model which did not include dynamic brakes. This unit is seen in Council Bluffs, IA on May 27, 1973.

Another SD45 is seen in the engine terminal outside of the roundhouse in Council Bluffs, IA on May 27, 1973.

This C&NW SD45 is seen in the MILW yard at Bensonville, IL on June 17, 1979.

Yet another C&NW SD45 is seen in the MILW Bensonville, IL yard on June 17, 1979.

A switcher is pushing a commuter train into the station as another commuter train arrives and a CTA train passes over the scene at Northwestern Station on June 16, 1979.

AC&NW freight is seen on the causeway from across Monona Bay in Madison, WI on July 20, 1994.

This steamer was once a prime example of engines pulling specials. Here it is being rebuilt for futher service on June 13, 1994.

This C&NW GP7 is seen on a freight passing the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL in June 1974.

This GP9 is seen arriving at the ATSF hump yard in Argentine, KS with a interchange train of cars in June 1974.

This FP9 is seen in the former CGW yard in Kansas City, KS on May 2, 1970.

This GP7 is seen at Northwestern Station in Chicago on Aug. 19, 1995.

This GP7 is seen at Northwestern Station in Chicago, IL on July 31, 1994.

This GP7 is seen in the UP engine terminal in the former MoPac hump yard at North Little Rock, AR on Aug. 4, 1996.

This C&NW GP9 is seen in the engine terminal in North Little Rock, AR on Aug. 4, 1996.

This GP38 is seen in the "bottoms" of Kansas City, MO on Aug. 8, 1988.

This commuter train is seen leaving Northwestern Station in Chicago on Aug. 24, 1969.

This GP50 is seen in the engine terminal at North Little Rock, AR in Aug. 1993.

This pair is also seen in the engine terminal at North Little Rock, AR in Aug. 1993.

Yet another GP50 is also in North Little Rock, AR on Aug. 4, 1991.

This GP50 leads a string of UP units in North Little Rock, AR in Oct. 1993.

The GP50s were very popular in North Little Rock, AR on July 8, 1995

This GP50 leads a freight past the yard where passenger cars were undergoing rebuild on Feb. 27, 1988.

This freight is seen near Elmhurst, IL on June 17, 1979.

This southbound freight is seen approaching and then crossing the causeway that separates Lake Monona and Monona Bay in Madison, WI on June 25, 1994.
And finally looking down the former MILW, now Wisconsin & Southern, line that crossed the C&NW in the middle of the causeway.

This caboose hop is in hte "bottoms" of Kansas City, MO in Aug. 1984.

This SD40-2 is seen as the trailing unit of an westbound freight in Memphis, TN on July 23, 1995.

This transfer run is entering the receiving yard of the ATSF in Argentine, Ks in Aug. 1984.

These units pulled the Circus Train from Baraboo, WI to Madison on July 11, 1994 where the Wisconsin & Southern picked it up to forward to Milwaukee. The dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol is seen to the right of the tree.
This last shot shows the locos beyond the crossing of the W&S tracks in the middle of the causeway.

This freight is northbound through the station at Elmhurst, IL on July 31, 1994.

These units are seen at Santa Fe Jct of Kansas City, MO on Aug. 8, 1988.

These units are then seen in the "bottoms" of Kansas City, MO on Aug. 8, 1988.

This unit is seen in the engine terminal at North Little Rock, AR on July 8, 1995.

This loco is seen in the engine terminal in North Little Rock, AR on Sept. 4, 1994.

This mixture of locos is seen in the engine terminal in North Little Rock, AR in July 1996.

This SD unit is the trailing unit in a consist on a unit coal train in Memphis on Sept. 3, 1995.

This C&NW unit was not alone as a foreign unit in North Little Rock, AR in Nov. 1996.

This GE is the trailing unit of an eastbound freight arriving in Memphis on Sept. 3, 1995. Note in the distance cars of the Kansas Ave Railfans.

This C&NW GE is among other foreign units in the engine terminal in North Little Rock, AR on July 8, 1995.

A C&NW transfer is seen about to cross the Kansas River on the double deck railroad bridge in Kansas City, KS.

These units are at engine servicing area of Northwestern Station in Chicago on Aug. 19, 1995.

 
 

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