News:

• A fiery wreck

• The 2012 Annual CNWHS convention at Norfolk, NE. May 17-20

• Train Shows for 2012 by John Fisher 1/25/12 and convention information

• The former C&NW/IC diamond, near 2nd Avenue and 13th Street in Council Bluffs, removed 1/12/2012.

• 1/17/2012, A new engineer gets his "Rock".

• Iowa Division Meet March 17th 2012 at Marshalltown

• The National Railway Historical Society's 2012 Convention is being held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the week of June 18-24, 2012. Two trips on the old C&NW.

In the Fourth 2011 Issue of North Western Lines...

Editor's Notes:
Features
12 Snow Memories Along the CGW — 1962 & 1965
by Donald E. Vaughn

20 Winter Scenes

28 The North Western’s Original Geeps — Part 2

by Raymond M. Jorgensen
46 The Albion Line — Life of the Scribner-Oakdale Branch

54 How the C&NW Promoted the Spa at Hot Springs, South Dakota

by Timothy K. Henke