The Chicago & North Western Wall of Memories

[chicagorails]

i remember cnw 1955, nelson and sterling,and dixon illinois. gramps worked 46 years west chicago to clinton iowa, the busiest of the whole main line. remember the 18 stall round house and the 3 story hotel slash resturant at south yard. both towers, and the landmark coal tower still there.
nelson will be known as global 3 and a half when the edelstein connection is opened this fall,oct for stackers hey hey.
nelson has more freights than any other place on the sytem of old cnw. and that will grow by 6 to 12 a day after oct.
the railside resturant in nelson has the best fi***his old boy has ever ate. there are cnw ho passenger trains inside that run around the place.
nelson is between dixon and sterling ill. and at north side of tracks youall can watch photograph 50 to 70 trains in 24 hrs.

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Lord Atmo

Zito honestly doesnt look too bad. i like the look of it on the HO scale CNW locomotives.

That would make you one of the few! [xx(]

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by gacuster

CN main line runs by the depot and is pretty busy so you may get lucky and see a freight to go with your beer.

Oh! That sounds like a little slice of heaven! [:D]

[zardoz]

And if I can help anyone with questions about the Wisconsin Division (Proviso to Madison, Proviso to Adams, Proviso to Fond du Lac), or the suburban operations, just let me know.

[Lord Atmo]

i heard "canary yellow". not positive though what it is. Zito honestly doesnt look too bad. i like the look of it on the HO scale CNW locomotives.

yeah. in addition to cabooses, there's plenty of other CNW rolling stock out there. the yellow cylindrical hoppers with the ball and bar on them. that's always nice to see. plenty of CNW. shame there arent any classics of CNW left like steam locomotives or carbody diesels. are there any passenger cars still around that are displayed or used in excursion trains? i'd SO ride in one of those any day

DUDE, I WAS AT THAT RESTAURANT! that was FUN! the trains shooting by like that. i heard from someone in the GB railroad museum that it's every hour. is it more random or frequent now? i heard this when the trak was still good ol' Wisconsin Central.

it's great to see so much CNW stuff left over that will never become memories.

[gacuster]

The old CNW brick depot is still standing in Green Bay, WI and being used as a restaurant/brewpub called Titletown Brewing. Very interesting old (1900) building and during the summer you can dine on the platform. CN main line runs by the depot and is pretty busy so you may get lucky and see a freight to go with your beer.

[nanaimo73]

What were the official names for the green and yellow paint ?
I heard it was "English Stagecoach" for the yellow.

[fuzzybroken]

Well, good thing for those of us who are C&NW fans, there are still a number of CNW cabooses out there. Most of them are getting to be in pretty bad shape, but still retain some form of CNW paint! The only exception I've found was one in Janesville that looked like it had received a very bad UP paint job. No gloss, no logo, just paint and a reporting mark... [V]

[Lord Atmo]

the most famous railroad in Wisconsin, yes even more famous than the Wisconsin Central, is and has been a memory for over a decade now. discuss it and help keep it a preserved memory here