Chicago Missouri and Western?

[CShaveRR]

Actually it was the Alton line later operated by the SP. I don't have all of the details right here, but ICG sold it to the CM&W, which eventually went bankrupt.

[gabe]

Does anyone know anything about this railroad? I found pictures of their locomotives recently, and don't know anything about it. I am told it is an ICG spinoff of an old Alton line? As this is the very heart of my railfanning interest, I am very disappointed in myself for not knowing anything about this.

Which Alton line did it take? I know the SP bought the St. Louis - Chicago Alton line from the IC and Gateway Western bought the Chicago - Kansas City Alton spinoff of the IC. So what does that leave?

I feel like I did last week when I thought an SD-45 was an SD-40-2, who knew there were SD-45 without flared ends? I should have payed more attention to the short porch though.

Gabe