April 1978 Issue Overview

In This Issue:

• Locomotive #5000A Article Errata from NWL Jan 1978 Issue
• CNW Locomotive Class J 2-8-2 Mikado : A Spotting Guide - Raymond Jorgensen
• Marshalltown - One Days Traffic : Iowa Central RR : M&StL RR : Minneapolis & St Louis RR : CGW RR : Chicago Great Western RR - Joseph Holman
• CNW Falcon Service TOFC / COFC Success Story - Railway Age Gazette 31 October 1977
• CNW Locomotive EMD SD40-2 #6399 Photo Leading 'Falcon' Train #245 Kedzie Tower Chicago 1978 - No Citation
• Changes in the Chicago & North Western in Recent Years Editorial 1978 - Michael W. Blaszak
• CNWHS Contributing Members List April 1978 - CNWHS Staff
• CNW Passenger Car Color Scheme Change 1938 - Jay Scirbbins
• CNW Passenger Car "Lake Forest" Becomes Maintenance of Way Car #301019 - William Eley
• Spooner . . . in Early September 1978 - Clem Devine
• CNW Roster of Locomotives Which Could Be Multi-Unit'ed' with Locomotive BLW DR6-2-1000 #5000-A 1978 - M. T. Hovdet
• CNW Locomotive BLW DR6-2-1000 #5000-A Additional Data 1978 - Charles Stats / Oakman Mullen
• 2-Bay Centerflow Covered Hopper Article Additional Information 1978 - Holman F. Braden
• CNW Locomotives Alco C-628 Placed as 2nd or 3rd Units in a Locomotive Lash-up 1978 - Max Marmon
• CNW Locomotives Class J 2-8-2 MIkados Converted to Class J-A - M. P. McMahon
• Iron Ore Movements [from the MIssabe Iron Ore Range] Provide Extra Revenues for CNW 1978 - Extra 2200 South
• CNW 8 Surplus Locomotives EMD F7A'z Placed in 'Viking 400' Service 1978 - Michael W. Blaszak
• Bessemer & Lake Erie RR Locomotive EMD SD9 #834 Photo Proviso Illinois 1978 - Michael W. Blaszak photo
• CNW Roster of Rebuilt EMD Locomotives GP9 Oelwein Shops Iowa 1978 - LaVerne Andreesen
• CNW Moves Sand for Glass & Locomotive Sanding Purposes DeKalb - Troy Grove Illinois 1978 - Bob Vickers / North Western Limited
• CNW Byron [Illinois] Branch Line Operations 1978 - North Western Limited
• CNW Hosts AMFLEET & CMStP&P [Milwaukee Road] RY Passenger Trains 1978 - North Western Limited
• CMStP&P [Milwaukee Road] RY Costs CNW $1 Million due to Former RR's Bankruptcy - C&NW News
• CNW Produces Ads to Refute Being a 'Weak' US Railroad 1978 - C&NW News
• CNW Ballast Undercutter - Cleaner Rehabilitates 10 Miles of Right of Way for Phelps Dodge Corporation Plyas New Mexico 1978 - C&NW News
• CNW Orders 25 Sixty-foot long Boxcars from Inernational Car Company 1978 - C&NW News
• CNW Sends 264 of its 280 Commuter Cars to RTA 1977 - C&NW News
• CNW Files to Abandon 38.6 Miles of Bingham Lake to Currie Minnesota Right of Way 1978 - C&NW Happenings
• CNW Files to Abandon 36.6 Heron Lake to Lake Wilson Minnesota Right of Way 1978 - C&NW Happenings
• CNW Files to Abandon 23.0 Miles of Beloit to Evansville Wisconsin Right of Way 1978 - C&NW Happenings
• CNW Files to Abandon 9.2 Miles of Conover to Phelps Wisconsin Right of Way 1978 - C&NW News
• CNW Files to Abandon 6.9 Miles of Rockford to Winnebago Illinois Right of Way 1978 - C&NW News
• CNW Authorized to Abandon 41.3 Miles of Tunnel City to LaCrosse Wisconsin Bypassed Right of Way 1978 - C&NW Happenings
• CNW Authorized to Abandon Bancroft to Ledyard Iowa Branch Line 1978 - C&NW News
• CNW Required to Not Abandon Ashland - Ashland Junction - Washburn Right of Way for Log Shipments Over that Route 1978 - C&NW News
• Ashland County Board Member James A. Melin Proposed Establishing an Excursion RR Ashland to Bayfield Wisconsin 1978 - C&NW Happenings
• A Most Unusual Boxcar - Terry Timm
• CNW Boxcar #68002 [ex- Express Boxcar] Photo Fitted w/ Roof Hatches to Receive Aluminum Chips Kenosha [American Motors Corporation] Wisconsin 1978 - Terry Timm photo
• RTA Locomotive EMD F40PH #110 'Brainerd' Photo w/ CNW Bi-Level Commuter Coach 1978 - John S. Kamacher photo
• CNW Wood Street [Chicago] Falcon Terminal Photo No Date - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW Locomotive EMD SD40-2 #6922 Photo Lettered for Falcon Service No Location No Date - J. M. Gruber collection
• CNW Wood Street [Chicago] Yard Aerial Photo 1963 - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW 'Piggy-Packer" FWD Model P-70 Trailer Lift Unit Photo Wood Street Terminal [Chicago] No Date - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW Wood Street Yard [Chicago] Yardmaster Photo Jeff Green No Date - No Citation
• CNW Wood Street [Chicago] Terminal Photo Depicting Trailer Transfer Tractors No Date - Railway Age Gazette
• CNW List of TOFC Ramp Facilities 1978 - Railway Age Gazette
• CNW Employee Photo G. L. Walker Trainmaster & Jeff Green Yardmaster 1978 - Railway Age Gazette
• CNW Locomotive EMD GP7 #1642 Photo Making up TOFC Train #245 Chicago No Date - Railway Age Gazette
• CNW Locomotive EMD F7A #423 Photo Leading 'Viking' Train St Paul Minnesota 1978 - Louis F. Gerard Jr. Photo
• CNW Falcon Semi-Trailer Entering Wood Street Yard [Chicago] No Date - Railway Age Gazette
• CNW Falcon Service Trailer #CNWZ 208234 Photo Atop TOFC Flat Car TTX 54225 No Date - Railway Age Gazette
• CNW / UPY Exchange of Falcon Train #243 Fremont Nebraska 1977 - J. B. Holman photo
• Why [the] Falcon [name]? - Ray J. Degnan & James M. Ronayne
• M&StL Depots - M&StL Mileposts - Jim Lohman
• M&StL Depot Photo Dallas Center Iowa 1977 - Jim Lohman photo
• M&StL Depot Photo LuVerme Iowa 1977 - Jim Lohman photo
• M&StL Depot Photo Albert Lea Minnesota 1977 - Ralph Voss photo
• M&StL Depot Photo Perry Iowa 1977 - Jim Lohman photo
• M&StL Depot Photo Minburn Iowa 1977 - Jim Lohman photo
• Class J, Omaha Maintracker Power : Part 3 - A Spotting Guide - Raymond M. Jorgensen
• CNW / CStPM&O Locomotive Class J Roster of Construction Numbers 1913 - 1923 - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CStPM&O Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #395 Builder's Photo @ Turntable No Date - Alco Historic Photos
• CNW / CStP&O 2-8-2 Mikado List of Features for Class J Units 1913 - 1923 - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW / CStPM&O Schenectady Class J-A Engineer Side View + 4 Cross-sectional Views + Tender Top & Cut-away View + Tender Front & Rear View Drawings 1937 - Kalmbach Publishing Company / Model Railroader Magazine
• CStPM&O Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #395 Builder's Photo 1913 - Alco Historic Photos
• CNW / CStPM&O Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2301 Builder's Photo No date - Alco Locomotive Works / CNW Document / CNWHS Collection
• CNW / CStPM&O Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2335 Builder's Photo 1914 - Alco Historic Photos
• CNW / CStPM&O Baker Valve Gear Drawing as Applied to Class J 2-8-2 Mikado Locomotives No Date - No Citation
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2340 Photo Proviso Illinois 1948 - C. T. Felstead photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2598 Front End Photo Belvidere Illinois 1930 - A. W. Johnson photo
• CNW / CStPM&O Young Valve Gear Drawing as Applied to Class J 2-8-2 Mikado Locomotives No Date - No Citation
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2351 Photo Butler Wisconsin 1940 - Robert A. Janz photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2367 Photo Chicago 1935 - Robert A. Janz photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2424 Photo Chicago 1935 - Robert A. Janz photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2455 Photo Elroy Wisconsin 1952 - Raymond Jorgensen photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2498 Photo Elmhurst Illinois No Date - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2493 Photo Roundhouse Proviso Illinois 1939 - Robert A. Janz photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2576 Photo No Location No Date - John S. Kamacher photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2504 Photo Oak Park Illinois 1937 - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2555 Photo Chicago Shops 1937 - Robert A. Janz photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2555 Photo Peoria Illinois 1948 - William A. Raia photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2561 Photo Proviso Illinois 1947 - Walter P. Feret photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J 2-8-2 Mikado #2561 Photo Ames Iowa 1947 - Ed Selinsky photo
• CNW Locomotive Class J 2-8-2 Mikado List of Sources for Additional Information - CNWHS Staff
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J [J-A] 2-8-2 Mikado #2600 Photo Proviso Illinois 1939 - Robert A. Janz photo
• CNW Locomotive Schenectady Class J [J-A] 2-8-2 Mikado #2600 Photo Baraboo Wisconsin 1938 - E. F. Mueller photo
• CNW / CStPM&O Roster of Passenger Equipment Converted to Maintenance of Way Equipment 1978 - CNW Document / CNWHS Archives
• CNW List of Traffic Through Marshalltown Iowa for 1 - Twenty-four Hour Period 1977 - Joseph Holman
• CNW Train Location Report for Marshalltown Iowa 29 - 30 October 1977 - CNW Document / Joseph Holman collection
• Name Change of North Western Lines, Inc. to Chicago & North Western Historical Society & Re-incorporation as an Illinois Corporation 1978 - Walter P. Feret
• North Western Lines, Inc Renamed 1978 - Walter P. Feret
• Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Inc is Established 1978 - Walter P. Feret