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The Chicago and North Western (reporting mark CNW) was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States.It was also known as the "North Western".The railroad operated more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over 12,000 miles (19,000 km) of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s.
After the year 1900, railroad traffic in the United States was constantly growing, and existing locomotive rosters and rail infrastructures were becoming inadequate. [2] By that time, the Chicago and North Western Railroad (C&NW) experimented with various firebox designs on steam locomotives to meet the demand for greater motive power. [2]
Chicago and North Western 1385 is an R-1 class 4-6-0 "ten-wheeler" steam locomotive owned by the Mid-Continent Railway Museum (MCRM). Built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in March 1907, the locomotive was one of 325 R-1s to be built for the Chicago and North Western Railroad (C&NW) throughout the 1900s. No. 1385 was mainly used to ...
It was incorporated in 1880 as a consolidation of the Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis Railway and the North Wisconsin Railway. [1] The Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW) gained control in 1882. [2] The C&NW leased the Omaha Road in 1957 [3] and merged the company into itself in 1972. [4]
Chicago and North Western 175 is a preserved R-1 class 4-6-0 "Ten-Wheeler" steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in December 1908. The locomotive was used for pulling various passenger and freight trains throughout Wisconsin , until the Chicago and North Western (C&NW) Railroad ended revenue steam operations in 1956.
The Chicago and North Western Class E-4 was a class of nine streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" steam locomotives built in 1937 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO).. The nine E-4's were almost identical in specification and purpose to the Milwaukee Road's six class F7 locomotives, and they were built by the same builder at the same time, yet their streamlined designs were different.
Pages in category "Passenger trains of the Chicago and North Western Railway" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pioneer is the first railroad locomotive to operate in Chicago, Illinois.It was built in 1837 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Utica and Schenectady Railroad (U&S) in New York, then purchased used by William B. Ogden for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU, the oldest predecessor of Chicago and North Western Railway).