	Veterans’ Association of the Chicago & North Western Railway

	*Organized* *December 9, 1924*

Photographs
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The links on this page will take you to the pictures. Almost all of them have been contributed by members and others, and we appreciate these fine contributions. Yours are welcome, too. To have something posted, e-mail it to the webmaster as a .jpg file and we’ll take it from there. Other formats work, too; .jpg just seems to be the most common.

One of our most prolific contributors is Mark Llanuza. Mark is a well known Chicago area rail photographer who, unlike many others, made a point of photographing not just trains and equipment but railroad employees as well. Attesting to the quality of Mark’s work is the fact that the North Western, Union Pacific & Metra have all requested his assistance from time to time in photographing special events.

Other generous contributors include Illinois Division Engineer Dave Hawley, Louis Wilson and Wally Smith, a retired Wisconsin Division engineer. Unfortunately, Wally and his wife died in a tragic automobile accident in August 2004. Many of the people is his photographs remain unidentified. If you see someone you know or recognize the event at which the picture was taken – please let us know and we will add the information. Again, e-mail the webmaster.

Photo courtesy of Mark Llanuza

What more appropriate photo is there to start this off with than “The 400.” This is a 1941 company photo taken as No. 401 was passing under Bridge B, a few feet west of Clinton Street Tower. I guess we could title this picture “All Gone!” The covered wagons, the streamliner consist, the signal bridge, the semaphores, Clinton Street Tower and even the wooden ties; they’re all gone!

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Afternoon Train to Carroll Ave.

One of the more unique Chicago area operations was the Navy Pier Line. Originally extending out to Navy Pier, the line by 1999 had been cut back

to the Sun-Times Building, its last customer. Let's follow the UP 1730 with Engineer Jeff Lilja and Conductor Danny Barden as the train makes

its way over a vintage drawbridge, under huge downtown buildings and down Carroll Avenue's street tracks. Clicking on the link below will take you

to the pictures. To return to the cnwvets web site, just press your browser’s “back” button. Our thanks to Jim Hansen for making us aware of this site.

http://www.mannresearch.com/lakewood/carroll2.html

Trainfest 2011

Boy Scouts of America – 100^th Anniversary

Operation Life Saver Trains

2006 Santa Safety Train

Pictures from the Past

The 1385 and 1776

Some Old Timers – Page 1

Old Timers – Page 2 - 12/27/11

Ravenswood Robbery - 1962

Motive Power & Mishaps

Conductor’s Class Photographs - 11/27/11

Palatine Station

West Chicago - 1956

Depot Retirement - 1955

Henry P. Fane Retires - May 28, 1955

Engineers – Classes of 1945 & 1949

Engineers Class No. 64 - Dec. 1978

C&NW Hounds

Photos from Wendell “Windy” Bloomstrand

Darlene, Windy’s daughter, sent us these pictures. Many were taken around the Elk Grove area possibly around 1989 when Windy retired.. Please let us know if you recognize the location or any of the men. Click on the link above to go to the pictures. Clicking on a small photo will enlarge that photo. At that point, you can move from photo to photo by using the navigation bar at the top. To return to the main page of this web site, click on the “Back to cnwvets.org” link at the bottom. To return to the main Photographs page, click twice on the button at the top-left of any page.

Photos from Dave Hawley

Photos from Captain Wally Lindemann

Wally’s photos are now posted in a different format. Clicking on the link above will take you to his main page and from there clicking on a small photo

will enlarge that photo. At that point, you can move from photo to photo by using the navigation bar at the bottom. To return to the main page of this

web site, click on the “Back to cnwvets.org” link just below the navigation bar. To return to the main Photographs page, click twice on the button at the

top-left of any page. The first click will take you back to Wally’s main page and the second click will take you back to the main Photographs page.

Another picture was added today on Page 1 – right up front. - 01/23/12

Iowa Division from Dave Kroeger - 12/04/11

Photos from Sam Cushing

Photos from Mark Llanuza & Bob Fisher

Business Trains

Chicago Area Towers

Deval, Lake Street & Canal

Illinois Division Conductors

Illinois Division Engineers – Page 1

Illinois Division Engineers – Page 2

The McHenry Subdivision