Category: Other Books

An all-color 48 page book looking at the C&NW from the mid 60’s to the UP merger. Includes 80 color photos showcasing a wide range…

By James Kinkaid. The cars that made the money! Box cars, gondolas, coil cars, covered hoppers, flat cars, hoppers, ore jennies, reefer and stock cars.…

For 14 years, a small fleet of Chicago & North Western E8 series of passenger locomotives served on the Chicago area commuter rail system now…

Authored by James Lewnard With the assistance of several well-known railroad photographers, the second volume of the Chicago & North Western Peninsula Division book focuses…

Chicago & North Western Power 1963-1995 In Color Vol. 1: General Motors Switchers & First Generation Roadswitchers. Chicago & North Western 1963-1995 Power in Color…

This continued coverage of Chicago & North Western’s motive power fleet examines switchers and first-generation roadswitchers built by Alco, Baldwin, Fairbanks-Morse, General Electric, and Whitcomb,…

An in-depth look at the C&NW’s E- and F-unit fleet after 1963 – a time when the road was absorbing the cab units from roads…

By Stephen M. Timko The North Western’s modern day roster is wrapped up in this final volume with coverage of second generation roadswitchers and later…

Pat Dorin has compiled another nice C&NW book, this one dealing with a general overview of the line’s freight trains and cars over the years,…

Chicago and North Western In Color Volume 1: 1941-1953 Authored by Lloyd Keyser Enjoy the most fascinating collection of vintage C&NW steam and early diesel…

Chicago and North Western In Color Volume 3: 1959-1964 Co-authored by Lloyd Keyser and Phil Borleske The C&NW undergoes a radical transformation with new management,…

This is the fourth volume of the series co-authored by Lloyd Keyser and Phil Borleske. This volume covers the period from 1956 to the merger…

Chicago & North Western Official Color Photography Authored by Gene Green. C&NW official photographers recorded everything from new diesels, new equipment, special events and other…

Edited by Frank Jordan Softbound 128 pages. A b/w photo essay showing the C&NW during the period that many people feel was the C&NW’s finest…

By Dean Freimund From 1988 to 1993, the Fox River Valley Railroad operated the former C&NW Valley Sub between Milwaukee and Green Bay WI. The…

M&StL in Color Authored by Gene Green. This spirited little Midwest hauler was one of the earliest “fallen flags” disappearing into the C&NW System in…

New book by John Luecke. An update to this author’s previous work on the C&NW in Minnesota, More Chicago & North Western in Minnesota is…

Authored by Keith Terry. Nebraska?s Cowboy Line existed for nearly 125 years and covered more than 400 miles as it made its way across the…

The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway was the principal subsidiary of the Chicago & North Western Railway, but long operated in its shadow.…

By Dr Vernon F Linnaus with Michael Bartels. The map of Nebraska and South Dakota shows many abandoned railroad lines. But in both length and…

Railroads were key to Rockford’s rise as a thriving manufacturing and commercial center. With an area population of over 200,000 residents and a reputation for…

Ths 88 page softcover book covers the history of the F units that were assigned to the business car fleet. Contains many pictures, mos in…

By Jim Scribbins. Three Midwestern railroads introduced luxury passenger service in 1935, competing for Chicago-Twin Cities business and leisure travelers. Chicago and North Western’s modern,…

The Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) was a Midwestern line that operated in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, and Nebraska. Although this territory was served…

The Fort Dodge Line, Iowa’s Feisty Interurban (authored by Don L Hofsommer and published by the Central Electric Railfans’ Association) covers the history of the…