CNW History Facts

Oct. 25, 1848 – The Chicago & Northwest ran the first train west of Chicago.

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The Corn King Limited, Chicago and North Western's top Omaha-Chicago overnight train, was in operation from the late 1920s to the late 1940s.

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June 2, 1864 – The "Galena" formally merged with the North Western, which at the time was considered one of the first "big" railroad mergers in the nation.

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June 1859 - The Chicago and North Western Railroad, chartered in 1857, began operations.

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June 1900 – The C&NW Kate Shelley double-track bridge over the Des Moines River in Iowa is opened. Kate Shelly, 15, saved a passenger train in 1881 from a washout and became a living legend. The C&NW made her a station agent at Moingona, Iowa and later named a passenger train for her.

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Aug. 16, 1984 - The Connector Line, a joint venture between Union Pacific and Western Railroad Properties (operated by the Chicago & North Western) opened, giving UP access to the Powder River Basin coal fields in Wyoming.

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More CNW facts.
CNW was the first to use head end power and Bilevels on long distace trains, to Mich and Wisc.
CNW also invented Push Pull Power for Diesel engines, Clyde Fitzpatrick stoled that Idea from the ICRR. With all the green and Yellow up until RTA put on a great show on their Commuter fleets.
It was a fasinating Rail Road