Nostalgia & History > N&W in the Midwest

Here's a little series of some of the few N&W trains my dad captured before the NS. Living in Oklahoma at the time N&W was a difficult railroad to catch. The line to Kansas City provided an exception as he often took railfan trips toward that direction. A few of these are my first attempts at "adding a sky" through Photoshop

1) In Decatur, IL some GE's wait for assignment June 1978

2) An N&W SD40 leads a pair of UP SD40s on a westbound through Kansas City December 1981

3) An N&W SD45 is paired with a UP GE in Kansas City on another westbound 12-81

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4) In March 1983 another mix of N&W/UP power takes a train by Old Union Depot

5) The tower operator watches the same freight rolling by

6) In the same month, an eastbound passes through Birmingham, MO

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7) The rear of an eastbound leaving Birmingham

8) My first attempt at the sky, which turned out a little fake looking, but a eastbound through Hegewisch near Chicago July 1983

9) During a 611 fan trip, a westbound rolls through Moberly while 611 takes a spin on the turntable behind the photographer August 1983

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10) The next month, September 1983, an eastbound rolls through Birmingham

11) Also in September 1983, a westbound is in Des Moines with five 4 axle units

Daryl McGee photos
PQM

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Very nice, thank you for posting

Thanks for the memories.

wow great pics

Great series! Love all those high hoods, especially the GE.

Nice to see photos of trains going down 11th Street in the Kansas City Bottoms area in several of the photos. No tracks there now as trains take a more direct route to the UP in Kansas City, Kansas a few blocks to the north.

Those were great! I took some N&W photos in the KC area, but very few look as good as those you posted.

Carl Graves, Lawrence, KS

Fantastic series!

Is that a non-stretched Preferred Pool trailer in 1983?