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    Weird single tank car in front of locomotives?

    Unusual yes but it could have been used as a buffer in case of a head-on accident. Typically buffers are used as the last car!
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    Chicago and Northwestern Paint

    This is a question that I posted several days ago but it has had no response, at least not yet. Since then I have looked at a lot of information, including photographs of C&NW F-Units from the late 40’s and early 50’s but haven’t seen anything regarding the issue of my previous post. I find it...
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    Early C&NW Diesel Paint

    I am interested in knowing about the paint job on C&NW F-Units that was referred to Phase 1 Freight. The paint scheme was used in the late 1940's and early 1950's on F-Units only.. It consisted of either black or green on the top third of the locomotive and down the car body about 1/3 of the...
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    C&NW bay-window caboose mystery

    I'm writing to you because of the advice I received from the C&NWHS. In May of 1998 I spotted and photographed a C&NW bay window caboose tacked on the back of a westbound Union Pacific freight near Wood River, NE. The car was dirty brown with the American flag wiped clean and the CNW letters...


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