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General Electric Model C44-9W

These locomotives were one of the last series of locomotives to have been purchased by the C&NW, and they have the newest (and last) paint scheme. Photo of No. 8632 taken April 1997, No. 8666 in February 1998, No. 8646 in fall of 1999, No. 8830 (C44-9 AC) in late summer of 2000. (all in the Peoria, Illinois area)
Photo of No. 8829 (C44-9 AC) taken in May 2003 in Green Bay, Wisconsin
No. 8701 (C44-9W) and UP 1995 (SD-70ACe) taken in May 2008 in Eau Claire, WI, during the annual meet of the C&NW Historical Socity.

No.8632 No. 8646
No. 8666
No. 8830
No. 8829 No. 8701 No. UP1995

Other Chicago and North Western Railway photos:

GP-50 #5069, 1980's GP-15 #4411, 1980's GP-7 #4182, 1980's SD-40 #890, not a dash 2, 1975 SD-40-2 #6824, Des Plaines, IL, 1996 UP SD-40-2, former CNW (note the nose bell), Des Plaines, 1998 C40-8 #8525, 1997 C40-8 #8525, 1997 SD-40-2 #6830, 1997 SD-40-2 #6839, 1997 SD-40-2 #6832, 1996 SD-40-2 #6847, 1997 All steel coach built in 1910 CNW #8815, May 2000 GP-38-2 #4706, May 2000 SD-40-2 #6817, 1997 #4404 GP-15-1, summer 2000

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Descriptions:
10. GP-50 No. 5069 south of Pekin, IL in the mid-1980's.
11. GP-15 #4411 in the Peoria, IL, area in the mid-1980's
12. GP-7 No. 4182 in the Peoria, IL area in the mid-1980's.
13. SD-40 No. 890 (This is NOT a dash-2) in the middle of Iowa in approximately the year 1975.
14. SD-40-2 No. 6824. The original paint scheme. Note the old color bar code plaque a little to the right of center. Des Plaines, IL MAY 1996.
15. UP #2955, SD-40-2, former CNW unit - note the bell on the nose. The photo was taken in Des Plaines, IL, just after the train crossed Golf Rd (Rt. 58), April 1998
18. C40-8 No. 8525, near Bartonville, IL January, 1997
19. SD 40-2 No. 6830, Peoria, IL January, 1997
20. SD 40-2 No. 6839, near Bartonville, IL, February 1997
21. SD-40-2 No. 6832, Des Plaines, IL, May 1996
22. SD 40-2 No. 6847, South Pekin, IL, February 1997
23. An early all-steel coach built in 1910, displayed at National RR Museum, Green Bay, WI, June 1997
24. C&NW C44-AC #8815 just west of Ames, Iowa, May 2000
25. C&NW GP-38-2, No. 4706, Boone, Iowa, May 2000
34. C&NW SD-40-2 #6817, South Pekin, Illinois, 1997
35. C&NW GP15-1 #4404, Peoria, Illinois, summer 2000
78. CNW No. 4401, GP15-1, Bartonville, IL, April 2001
84. Former C&NW depot in Ames, Iowa, May 2000
85. C&NW F7, No. 400 (?), At railroad museum and/or Wisconsin Great Northern RR in Spooner, WI, May 2001.
86. C&NW SD40-2 No. 6930, October 2001, Train parked on spur leading to Pioneer Industrial Park on the north side of Peoria, IL
87. UP No. 6703 patch on a former CNW C44AC, a pusher on this train, Ames, Iowa, June 2004