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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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Any sections of Rock Island still operable?
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CRIP 630 & 652
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30 years ago today... the end of The Rock...
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MILW switch engines in chicago coach yard
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RI equipment that needs restoration
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Feast your eyes on this! IAIS 513
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Old C&NW Promotional Material
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Another RI Gem - Guess what this train is
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Station in Deerfield Illinois
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Hallam, Nebraska
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Veterans' Victory Vacations
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Avery, Idaho - Motor Shed
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Early retirements for C&NW's F units
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Milwaukee Passenger Unit Pooling with UP
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Looking for info on Business Car 98
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Milwaukee Road Ribsided cabooses
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TOFC head-end traffic in passenger consists
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CNW Bilevels St Paul Yard Minn
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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?
by milwrdman  - 
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Branch to Great Falls, MT
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Alco rebuilds
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Last train to Nowhere
by PRRGuy  - 
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Walthers passenger cars correct for CNW?
by skpp108  - 
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C&NW 8646 & 8701 Stored at IRM
by RockIslandU33B  - 
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Rock Island Type 7 Paint Scheme
by Rock380  - 
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Gov't Bridge at Rock Island, Il
by Excnw  - 
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"Kansas City Rock Island RR" -what was this?
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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
by Champlain Division  - 
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Where to find information on map on CNW in 1992 in Wisconsin
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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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Athearn Releasing New RTR Items
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Leased Southern SD24's
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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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Speed Board (?) question
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RI Caboose T-shirt
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MBI book on Milwaukee Road?
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Chicago suburban stations
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CRI&P Survivors roster
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FILM: Anatomy of a Murder
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Model Paint
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Milwaukee II system
by ljeppson  - 
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When was the official end of the Rock Island?
by Otto Vondrak  - 
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Milwaukee Electrification
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Looking for old passenger schedules
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Railroading Turns 160 Years Old in Chicago
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STL to KC Line
by ROKK ISLAND  - 
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Cost benefit of Crandall cabs
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Chicago commuter service E and F units
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AeroTrain Jet Rocket
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CRI&P Diesel 4151
by lecheminot  - 
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Rock Island 4000-series Locomotive Numbering Explanation?
by Zephyr Rocket  - 
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Abandoned C&NW line in Northern Illinois
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Milwaukee Road reefer
by uhaul  - 
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Rock Island Alco C430
by Zephyr Rocket  - 
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Need Some Help: CNW in central Wyoming
by Richard Y  - 
8 Replies 
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 by Roscoe P. Coaltrain
 
CNW History Facts
by UPRR engineer  - 
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John W. Ingram Passes Away
by Zephyr Rocket  - 
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Rock Island Stations
by emtboo  - 
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Rock Island Paint Scheme Rumors
by Zephyr Rocket  - 
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 by Zephyr Rocket
 
Proposed 1978 Locomotive Orders?
by Steve Duncan  - 
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 by Zephyr Rocket
 
CNW former & current lines in Milwaukee
by nixon414  - 
6 Replies 
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 by CNW5022-A519
 
What happened to the Crandal Cabs?
by TheGortex  - 
3 Replies 
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 by Otto Vondrak
 
Welcome CNWHS Members!
by Otto Vondrak  - 
0 Replies 
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 by Otto Vondrak
 
"Chicago Rock Island & Pacific" F40PH
by U-Haul  - 
12 Replies 
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 by Komachi
 
CRI&P in Louisiana -why (apart from lumber)?
by salminkarkku  - 
0 Replies 
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 by salminkarkku
 
CRI&P in Louisiana -short line connections.
by salminkarkku  - 
0 Replies 
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CRI&P in Louisiana -passenger stops.
by salminkarkku  - 
0 Replies 
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 by salminkarkku
 
Rock Island "What If?"
by ThePointyHairedBoss  - 
2 Replies 
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 by route_rock
 
C&NW in the Powder River
by sd40-blue  - 
1 Replies 
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 by dhaugh
 
MILW Lines West Segment Reopening?
by Alco83  - 
4 Replies 
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Chicago and Northwestern Photos
by gene9156  - 
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Milwaukee Road SD40-2 bell placement
by aweinstock  - 
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Why no nose bells on GP38-2s and SD50s?
by USRailFan  - 
8 Replies 
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 by cnw6922
 
Milwaukee Road E8's
by cclune  - 
7 Replies 
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The KD Line
by MR77100  - 
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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  - 
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 by caboose9
 
Rock in Arkansas
by route_rock  - 
0 Replies 
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Milwaukee Men on BN(SF)
by amtrakhogger  - 
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West route
by Tadman  - 
11 Replies 
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 by AC Fan
 
Looking for info
by route_rock  - 
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CNW U30Cs
by Slobo  - 
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 by Slobo
 
The return of CNW 8575! (sort of)
by EJ&ESDM809  - 
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 by EJ&ESDM809
 
Milwaukee Road caboose numbers
by Acela82  - 
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 by BR&P
 
CNW AC4400CW 8828
by Amtrak31  - 
8 Replies 
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 by U-Haul
 
The rebirth of CNW F7 411...
by doepack  - 
9 Replies 
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 by CNW5022-A519
 
Cimmaron Valley 100
by wess  - 
0 Replies 
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 by wess