Chicago and North Western Remembering the Cowboy

[bruteforce76]

Thank you for posting this CNW vid. My grandfather was an engineer for CNW in the 1940's and 50's, Norfolk to Chicago mostly (from what I've been told).

[BY3LLA]

C&NW have railroads in South Central, South Dakota also?

[mrspacecase]

The shots show some nicely ballasted roadbed, and some shoddy, ill-kemp roadbed, unfortunately so typical in the last years of the C&NW. Nice video!

[UPNSP]

@BNSFrailfan FEVR operates on a portion on the old Cowboy Line.

[xtremepadrefan]

CN&W R.I.P

[lcar4000]

Is this the same line that once ran all the way to Lander Wyoming, with plans to reach the Pacific?

[JimboRailfan]

Yep, it sure is.

[deloreanman14]

I always found it interesting that the CNW used highway crossing bells on their locomotives. Does anybody else know why they did this?

[440general]

I am Spanish and a railfan. American's Railroads I like more. North Americans Steam, diesel and electrics locotives are very pretty. Thanks: Xavier Maraña(440General).

[chevelle396guy]

Where is that depot at the end of the video located? Does it still exist?

[clasko69]

Sturgis, SD. Yes it does.

[FlyBikes089]

Doing, Chicago and North Western (CNW) still in service or shut down the business?

[clasko69]

C&NW was purchased by the Union Pacific in 1995.

[FlyBikes089]

Oh, I see.

Thanks for info and, nice video too!

[JoJoJopete]

The Union Pacific 1995 honors the Chicago & North Western Railway.

[microbusss]

I rode on the track the year b4 it was abandoned between Gordon & Merriman on one of them speeders

[bkusek]

All thats left of the Cowboy Line now is between Chadron and Crawford. The Chadron yards are pretty much just used for grain car storage for the DM&E. Whats sad is that if better decisions were made by UP this could have been one of the busiest coal routes out of the Powder River.

[Jurgy631]

did the Nebkota abandon their route?

[bkusek]

Pretty much all he was hauling was grain from Gordon/Rushville/Chadron to Crawford where his line meets BNSF, two years ago BNSF outbid him to haul his grain. Farmers from those communities now truck their grain to Hemmingford NE where BNSF picks it up. All thats left of the Nebkota is the Chadron yards + about 5 miles of track east of town where he stores coal and grain hoppers when not in use by other railroads. Right now he has 125 empty coal cars east of town that looks like a coal train.

[microbusss]

oh dude you're SO right! IF UP had the knowledge they'd rebuild the Cowboy Line to haul coal! This line would relief some bottleneck in North Platte!

[1975grandville]

Nice, very nice!

[BrodyFarmBoy]

CNW RULES!!