Preston Cook has done a magnificent job photographing the locomotives, passenger and freight trains that made the CNW such a beloved “prairie railroad.” This book…
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,…
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…
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,…
By Dean Freimund. This hardcover 144-page all-color book contains many never before published photographs covering the entire C&NW system with photos from the 1960’s through…
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…
More Chicago Great Western in Minnesota by John Luecke Published by Grenadier Publications. 200 pages, 400 photographs and more than a dozen maps illustrate the…
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…