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NW 518683 and 518618 are bringin' up the rear as train ND29 arrives at the CN's Boat Yard in Windsor Ontario Jan 23/89. The train, less locomotives and caboose, will travel on to Detroit Michigan via the NW's tug and barge fleet.
Recently CP has experienced a small surge of N&W hoppers in Saskatoon, i.e. 7 at a time. Most are still in NW colors, and a couple have been patches NS. This looks to be an older one, but I'm no NW expert to judge, as I've never seen NW before moving to Saskatoon, a bit ironic as this is far...
Back in the mid 1980s, seeing a NW unit in the Northwest was a rare sight. Nowdays NS power is on just about every other train. NW 1773 SD45 pauses at the UP Spokane engine facility in August
1985.
Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern ALCO RS11, built in 1956 for Norfolk & Western. You can see the N&W showing through the blue paint on the front.
UP 3679 and NW 6078 lead a freight through the Columbia River Gorge near The Dalles on 10-12-84. I was looking for DDA40Xs but didn't see any on this day.
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