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Discussion relating to The Chicago & North Western, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road), including mergers, acquisitions, and abandonments.

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Milwaukee Road Ribsided cabooses
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TOFC head-end traffic in passenger consists
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CNWHS no longer Offers anything to Me
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C&NW line near Camp Douglas, WI back in limited use?
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Branch to Great Falls, MT
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Alco rebuilds
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Last train to Nowhere
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Walthers passenger cars correct for CNW?
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C&NW 8646 & 8701 Stored at IRM
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Rock Island Type 7 Paint Scheme
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Gov't Bridge at Rock Island, Il
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Milwaukee Road 38A
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Olympian Hiawatha collision with automobile
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Last MILW Steam Passenger Run
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E9BA (Crandall Cab)
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CNW Yard Names
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C&NW Covered hoppers
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Any Books on the Class A Atlantics?
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Rock Island passenger cars
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Rock Island's "AB6"
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Last in RI livery
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RI Caboose T-shirt
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Cost benefit of Crandall cabs
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Abandoned C&NW line in Northern Illinois
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Milwaukee Road reefer
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Rock Island Alco C430
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Need Some Help: CNW in central Wyoming
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Milwaukee Road Des Moines River Bridge, Madrid IA
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CNW History Facts
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John W. Ingram Passes Away
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Rock Island Stations
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Rock Island Paint Scheme Rumors
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Proposed 1978 Locomotive Orders?
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CNW former & current lines in Milwaukee
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What happened to the Crandal Cabs?
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Welcome CNWHS Members!
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"Chicago Rock Island & Pacific" F40PH
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12 Replies 
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CRI&P in Louisiana -short line connections.
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0 Replies 
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CRI&P in Louisiana -passenger stops.
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Rock Island "What If?"
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C&NW in the Powder River
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1 Replies 
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MILW Lines West Segment Reopening?
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4 Replies 
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Chicago and Northwestern Photos
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Milwaukee Road SD40-2 bell placement
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1 Replies 
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Why no nose bells on GP38-2s and SD50s?
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8 Replies 
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Milwaukee Road E8's
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7 Replies 
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The KD Line
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1 Replies 
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Peoria Rocket and Quad Cities Rocket
by peconicstation  - 
5 Replies 
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Rock Island caboose
by caboose9  - 
7 Replies 
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Des Plaines, IL, caboose
by caboose9  - 
0 Replies 
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Rock in Arkansas
by route_rock  - 
0 Replies 
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Milwaukee Men on BN(SF)
by amtrakhogger  - 
2 Replies 
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West route
by Tadman  - 
11 Replies 
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Looking for info
by route_rock  - 
0 Replies 
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 by route_rock
 
CNW U30Cs
by Slobo  - 
4 Replies 
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 by Slobo
 
The return of CNW 8575! (sort of)
by EJ&ESDM809  - 
0 Replies 
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Milwaukee Road caboose numbers
by Acela82  - 
1 Replies 
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