In SE Wisconsin there were 2 big coal-fired power plants. Oak Creek in southern Milwaukee county and Pleasant Prairie in southern Kenosha county. Pleasant Prairie is no longer in operation. A wye just to the north of it. Used to watch the then new dash 9s turn around and head back towards Wyoming.
I always liked that railroad. They were one of the few American roads to order a healthy quantity of FP9s. Their dark yellow paint was their best, and liked their Executive train.
The first train was heading SB and the coal train was going NB. Us old time C&NW fans called this the "New Line" subdivision, perhaps someone else can identify it as Milwaukee or Kenosha sub.
Trains N' Stuff Hey now, don’t be making any disparaging remarks about graffiti. The former criminals have been legitimized and spray painting graphic.......whatever........is no longer thought of as desecration of private property but as an art form to practiced on.....private property. Yes, it was once known as vandalism and if caught you could actually be forced to clean up your mess and spend some quality time in the local jail. Nowadays they have model railroad decal companies faithfully reproducing the former desecration in 1:87 scale so people can revere it at home in miniature. What a twisted world we live in today.
The Soo Line still exists legally, but it is 100% owned by the Canadian Pacific. The CP helped to build the original Soo back in the 1880s and since then has pretty much had a controlling interest in the railroad.
No the movie lol. Funny I'm a Supertramp fan coincidentally and I didn't realize they had a song called Rudy that had anything to do with trains lol !!!
carvcom1 No. Take a good look at the base..What looks like a cover around the bottom of signal is the now very rare and sought after Griswold Signal pedestal. Those old signals were not manufactured after early 60s.
A hedge fund in NYC (Japonica) was attempting to make a hostile offer for CNW and they in turn solicited other offers. CNW was having a cash crunch at the time and were under investing in some of their revenue routes but owned some prime downtown real estate in a few cities. Blackstone offered the best deal with a little help from UP. But UP made Blackstone agree to invest in the west line to Fremont so UP would not lose their best access to Chicago. After a couple of essentially paperwork transactions took place to rearrange the assets, a holding company was formed by UP to buy out the holding company set up by Blackstone. The rest is history.
In SE Wisconsin there were 2 big coal-fired power plants. Oak Creek in southern Milwaukee county and Pleasant Prairie in southern Kenosha county. Pleasant Prairie is no longer in operation. A wye just to the north of it. Used to watch the then new dash 9s turn around and head back towards Wyoming.
Great catch love those Dash-8s
Great video!! Nice to see the Green and Yellow again.
Retired from CNW/UP IN 2010!!!! Miss the CNW Great times and people!!
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Well, if it’s any consolation, all of the old CNW C40-8’s are working for CN.
I always liked that railroad. They were one of the few American roads to order a healthy quantity of FP9s. Their dark yellow paint was their best, and liked their Executive train.
The C&NW is my favorite also, having them in my hometown.
I was 14 at the time of the buyout...fast forward 24 years later...I'm a conductor for UP!!!
Congratulations!
@@carvcom1 thank you...i was a brakeman for a while, then i was bumped up to conductor....i plan to retire as an engineer
I know, it's great seeing clean freight cars for a change.
RIP C&NW now UP
i lived next to the tracks in stillman valley illinois.
Love that horn at 4:00
What is that?
@@xCharjx nathan K5L or K5H
Was it heading towards the Milwaukee Subdivision or the Kenosha Subdivision?
The first train was heading SB and the coal train was going NB. Us old time C&NW fans called this the "New Line" subdivision, perhaps someone else can identify it as Milwaukee or Kenosha sub.
I live in Gurnee IL!!
SamLovesTrains Congratulations! Nice town for railroads....
I went to HS in Grayslake. Class of 1971. Mostly SOO line freight movers through there at that time.
Wow. Amazing that there is no graffiti, and the locomotives look cool! What street is that?
The crossing is Granville St. right at Rte. 41. It is nice to see a "clean" freight train, something you don't see anymore.
Trains N' Stuff Hey now, don’t be making any disparaging remarks about graffiti. The former criminals have been legitimized and spray painting graphic.......whatever........is no longer thought of as desecration of private property but as an art form to practiced on.....private property. Yes, it was once known as vandalism and if caught you could actually be forced to clean up your mess and spend some quality time in the local jail. Nowadays they have model railroad decal companies faithfully reproducing the former desecration in 1:87 scale so people can revere it at home in miniature. What a twisted world we live in today.
Great video!
Did Soo Line get Bought out. Too or did they just go Belly up.
The Soo Line still exists legally, but it is 100% owned by the Canadian Pacific. The CP helped to build the original Soo back in the 1880s and since then has pretty much had a controlling interest in the railroad.
Awesome action!!!
Feels like the beginning of Rudy ; )
+freighttrainsahpassing Are you referring to the Supertramp song "Rudy" which deals with trains?
No the movie lol. Funny I'm a Supertramp fan coincidentally and I didn't realize they had a song called Rudy that had anything to do with trains lol !!!
Holy shit.what year was this. Those are the classic Griswold Pedestal crossing signals
Around 1995. They seem like ordinary crossing gates to me.
carvcom1 No. Take a good look at the base..What looks like a cover around the bottom of signal is the now very rare and sought after Griswold Signal pedestal. Those old signals were not manufactured after early 60s.
I presume it is 1994, the very last year of independence for the late great CNW before the takeover.
what was the horn on the second train
Nathan K5H
Cool thanks
And nothing tagged with graffiti!!!
good ole c&nw
why did up buy cnw?
To make UP bigger I guess. The main reason I suspect was to gain direct access to Chicago and all of its connections.
A hedge fund in NYC (Japonica) was attempting to make a hostile offer for CNW and they in turn solicited other offers. CNW was having a cash crunch at the time and were under investing in some of their revenue routes but owned some prime downtown real estate in a few cities. Blackstone offered the best deal with a little help from UP. But UP made Blackstone agree to invest in the west line to Fremont so UP would not lose their best access to Chicago. After a couple of essentially paperwork transactions took place to rearrange the assets, a holding company was formed by UP to buy out the holding company set up by Blackstone. The rest is history.
What is that under the pole at 0:32
Do you have a time stamp of it?
That was the NB coal train waiting on the siding for the other train to clear the single track.