Nostalgia & History > Chicago Great Western F-units and Passenger Trains

1. Chicago Great Western EMD FP7A 116C became CNW 216C and seen in Oelwein, IA July 3, 1971.  Bill Kuba photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS Collection

2. Chicago Great Western Train 8 a mile north of Fairgrounds Yard, Nov. 1959.  Walt Dunlap collection

3. Chicago Great Western Train 8 seen in Dubuque, IA Nov. or Dec. 1955.  Walt Dunlap collection.  You saw this but this is a better scan.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/25 12:00 by MartyBernard.

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4. Chicago Great Western Train 8, a mile north of Fairgrounds Oelwein, IA.  C. V. Simon photo.  Walt Dunlap collection.  You saw this but this is a better scan.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/25 12:28 by MartyBernard.

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Looks like in photo 1 they got at least 3 F's from the FEC.

What sort of car is the trailing one after the Hwt. coach ? Thanks. 
Wonderful historic photos from the CGW. 

MartyBernard Wrote:
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> 3. Chicago Great Western Train 8 seen in Dubuque, IA Nov. or Dec. 1955.

The baggage-coach seen here, #282, is one of several of these cars that the CGW acquired secondhand from the C&O.  At least two of which later went to MofW service, which is how one ended up in the collection of the Illinois RY Museum.  (There was another post here years ago by Marty which showed the two during their MofW career.)

Rainier_Rails Wrote:
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> MartyBernard Wrote:
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> > 3. Chicago Great Western Train 8 seen in
> Dubuque, IA Nov. or Dec. 1955

I wonder about the 1955 date, since Dubuque was on the line to Chicago, and I had thought that CGW passenger service to Chicago did not last until 1955.

Rainier_Rails Wrote:
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> At least two of which later went to MofW service, which is how one ended up in the collection of the Illinois RY Museum.

And, while searching for a recent post elsewhere that I recalled (discussing the CGW #100 in the other post), I came across yet another post, regarding another of these CGW ex-C&O combines which is/was also still extant, located in Nebraska at least until a few years ago, still in faded MofW orange paint.