I have long thought the yelow and green of the C&NW was one of the smartest paint schemes out there.
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-Kevin
Living the dream.
Just bought two Scaletrains -9's and set them to work pulling 36 2970 covered hoppers . The ruling grade at the top of my helix is 3.2% with 30"r. These things can pull. I did have two -8_40BW and an SD70ace Walthers mainline on the point.
Cheers Les
If you're interested in the Chicago and North Western, I earnestly suggest you join the C&NW Historical Society.
Then contribute articles to the online Chicago and North Western Modeler magazine, of which I am the new editor.
Disclaimer: This post may contain humor, sarcasm, and/or flatulence.
Michael Mornard
Bringing the North Woods to South Dakota!
Sorry guys I linked the wrong way I guess. I have tried again
Really glad to see this thread pop up for a newbie like me. I'll go back through and read what I've missed.
I spent about half my youth in a townhouse complex adjacent to the CNW trackage in West Chicago, IL. I could watch the trains from my bedroom window. I'm not being particularly prototypical but I'm slowly acquiring CNW equipment for the 80's/90's layout which is very inspired by my youth in "West Chicago" and my last dozen years living on the West side of Chicago.
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OK, I see it, I guess I missed it. The Chrysler link.
Mike.
My You Tube
mbinsewiI just watched his video, is there something else he posted other than the video?
He's tried to post 2 pics in different threads, one about 8 posts above this one and all we see is a circle with a horizontal like through it as in do not enter.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I just watched his video, is there something else he posted other than the video?
Les, with a layout like that, we need to teach you how to post pictures in this forum.
We can't see pictures at anyplace where we need to sign in, that means Google and Facebook don't work.
There is a sticky on how to post photos, like DCC, nothing about it is intuitive, you have to follow the directions. Briefly that means you have to upload the pics to a site like Flickr or Imgur and figure out which link to use.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/249194.aspx
https://youtu.be/OmYfW8SqUBE Some video done New years with my tablet of the layout.
Les
I've been on the forum for about 10 years and never saw this thread. I have always been a fan of the CNW. I grew up in Appleton, WI about a block away from the line that went up to Green Bay. This past month I've dismantled my previous layout and have about half of the basic benchwork up for my N scale 1950's era CNW Madison Division. I'll be modelling the line between Harvard, IL and Elroy, WI. Phase I will be Merrimac to Elroy that will encompass one half of the basement. Phase II will start when my kids are grown and some of the larger toys are thinned out. That will be in the other half of the basement.
Scott
I bet you can still see a couple of UP patched C&NW dash 9's in their original paint. I used to see some while working in Pleasant Prairie not long ago.
I've always been a fan of C&NW. I have a couple of those Athearn BB locos, and one Spectrum. Might just have to dig'em out.
I'm still here and still modeling the C&NW. Still a member of the C&NW Historical Society too. What a pity that so many prior posters used a photo hosting site that kicked them out when they didn't pay up.
Dave Nelson
WEUSANDCORR Any C&NW fans still out there. Long tme since I posted. I've now got a bigger layout modeing the area from Proviso[Berkeley metra] to Rockford via Elgin and Belvidere[Chysler car plant]
Any C&NW fans still out there. Long tme since I posted. I've now got a bigger layout modeing the area from Proviso[Berkeley metra] to Rockford via Elgin and Belvidere[Chysler car plant]
Rich
Alton Junction
Did this slight modification to a GP50, when Falcon Service was new. This was before the Athearn SE set. Never have gotten around to removing the extra logos....
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William
Ouch! - A Crandall-cab E unit! At one point the North Western needed more power for the Chicago commuter trains, so it bought some B units from the UP and added cabs. The result wasn't exactly aesthetically pleasing . . .
Thanks for reading MR,
Terry (a former C&NW employee)
I hope This Might shed some light on anything heres a thread i found.
http://www.carrtracks.com/ilcnw76cnw5054.htm
And a od ball picture ive never seen before
richhotrain ac4400fan: I Was wondering if theres alot of us out there ,or,far and between,if so we can make this our C&NW Spot........... Carl" /> Do I qualify? Born and raised in Chicago, had an American Flyer set with a C&NW Baldwin Diesel as a kid. The C&NW now dominates my HO layout. Rich
ac4400fan: I Was wondering if theres alot of us out there ,or,far and between,if so we can make this our C&NW Spot........... Carl" />
Do I qualify?
Born and raised in Chicago, had an American Flyer set with a C&NW Baldwin Diesel as a kid.
The C&NW now dominates my HO layout.
No Not at all Rich I bow to you Nice Layout!
Carl.
ChevelleSSguy There appears to be a lot of CNW fans in this thread. Can someone tell me what CNW's "Falcon Service" was a designation for? I have 2 Athearn SD40-2's that have the Falcon Service designation on them. I cant come up with any decent pictures of units with this slogan painted on it. I can only find a few poor pictures. If this is the designation for thier piggyback service which what I can come up with in a search. Ill be continuing that livery with my planned CNW intermodal equipment. Maybe a few Gevo units with Falcon Service on them and perhaps a few container cars with falcon service logos on the sides.
There appears to be a lot of CNW fans in this thread. Can someone tell me what CNW's "Falcon Service" was a designation for? I have 2 Athearn SD40-2's that have the Falcon Service designation on them. I cant come up with any decent pictures of units with this slogan painted on it. I can only find a few poor pictures. If this is the designation for thier piggyback service which what I can come up with in a search. Ill be continuing that livery with my planned CNW intermodal equipment. Maybe a few Gevo units with Falcon Service on them and perhaps a few container cars with falcon service logos on the sides.
Falcon Service was a piggyback service the C&NW promoted in the 1970s, and possibly into the early 1980s. I don't recall ever hearing about Falcon Service in the later 1980s, and seems to have been long gone by the time of the UP merger.
That's about all I know. You might try contacting the Chicago and North Western Historical Society for further information. There might have been an article in a back issue of North Western Lines.
Dan
ac4400fanI Was wondering if theres alot of us out there ,or,far and between,if so we can make this our C&NW Spot........... Carl" />
Wow, I cant belive I missed this thread either. I just spent the last hour going through every page of this thread. CNW has been one of my all time favority RRs. I cant stand UP for taking my favorite RR away from me. Not that it would guarantee CNW would have survived on thier own today though. I model BNSF and CNW in current era. So I plan to custom paint Gevos and any modern era equipment in CNW colors so at least they are still alive under my roof. Its fun to try to come up with new paint jobs that never really existed. I plan to do intermodal equipment as well in CNW decorations. I also plan to build a UP1995 unit without any of the UP designations on it. Im thinking it might be a nice current paint scheme for modern CNW units. Ill just change the numbers from 1995 and come up with my own series of numbers for the new SD70Ace units I plan to do. I like the large logo on the sides of the hood instead of the cab.
ac4400fan But 2 days ago i took off the plastic cleaned my C&NW AC4400's engines and track, And well she purred like a kitten. Carl...
But 2 days ago i took off the plastic cleaned my C&NW AC4400's engines and track, And well she purred like a kitten.
Carl...
Last year I impulse bought an AC4400......I should get around to weathering it one of these days....
Modeling the C&NW in northcentral Wisconsin, late summer 1976
paugustHi John, Are you familiar with the Palatine, Lake Zurich & Wauconda? The PLZ&W met the C&NW at the Palatine Depot, and headed out thru Lake Zurich and ended at Wauconda. Died off in the Depression, but there is still a ROW in certain places. Paul August
Hi!
Thought it was about time I put my words in here...............
I was born in Chicago (1944) and lived there until I was 21. Ten years of my childhood were spent on the northwest side (Diversey/California) near the C&NW racetrack. I spent many days roaming near trackside, and was fortunate enough to see first hand all those steam powered commuter trains. Yup, give me an RC cola and a bag of chips and I could literally spend hours watching those trains.
Sadly, when they began building the NW (Kennedy?) expressway, my vantage spots began to disappear, and the motor bikes, high school (Lane Tech 62), cars and girls began to take up my time.
In hindsight, sitting in a tree near the tracks on a warm summer day watching trains was about as good as it gets......................
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Wow. I've been a member here for a long time and never saw this thread. I was born and raised in Des Plaines, IL. My dad would take my brother and I to the hobby store in downtown Des Plaines every week. The hobby store faced the CNW commuter line that went to Chicago. I fondly remember the yellow and green F7's that rumbled by every time.
I have alot of CNW motive power and cars on my layout, and routinely "hunt down" the real things hiding in yards and riding the rails here in Wisconsin. I post some pics when I get a chance.
Thank You so much for reviving this thread. I haven't been on in awhile do to working, and family issues.
needless to say my layout has been on hold as well covered with plastic, But 2 days ago i took off the plastic cleaned my C&NW AC4400's engines and track, And well she purred like a kitten. So im doing some scenery work today, And will post some on the WPF Thread.
I have a 30X60 layout and one of my "branch lines" is modeled after the CNW line into the Powder River basin in Wyoming. I have a large selection of CNW road and switcher power and often run them in my through freights on the main line. I have a special place in my heart for the CNW. I work for the UP and I really think they should have renamed it the CNW after the 1995 merger LOL! Modeling your favorite railroad is one of the best parts of this hobby!!!
Well, I'm glad you revived this "dead thread". I don't model the Chicago Northwestern but I lived a block from the old mainline in Lake Forest, Illinois in the late 90s early 00s. UP now, but riding the line south into Chicago and biking along the old Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee RoW which paralleled it north to Waukegan definitely kindled an interest in the CNW for me. So it was interesting reading!
Sean
HO Scale CSX Modeler