WHERE ARE THEY NOW??

To find classic, long retired locomotives from the Chicago & North Western is not as hard as it seems.  With the exception of GP15s GP50s, MP15s, and SD38s, you can find just about any of the models on the CNW roster that existed at the merger still yellow and green.  There may be one near you.  Here are all the ones that are known to be out there.  If you know of a locomotive still in CNW paint that isn't on the list, please submit the unit number and photo to mike-endres@juno.com. 

 

F-7

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
400 ??? 40 Ft. Madison, IA Now owned by Gettysburg Railway, to be operated with their other two ex-CNW F units in "Gettysburg Ry" paint.
403 CNW 403 Cheyenne WY Inoperable, will go on display at a static museum.
410 ???? Raliegh, NC For Sale!
411 CNW 411 Union, IL Preserved by IRM, link to Railpictures.net

GP-7

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
4120 CNW 4120 Seward, Illinois Rebuilt and "chop nosed" at Trans Global in Marshalltown, with the number boards left on the low nose.   Photo shows the unit the day the "chop" was finished at Mtown in 1999.
4153 ?? 4153 Fremont, NE In use as elevator switcher, remote control unit.
4160 CNW 4160 Janesville, WI status unknown.
4162 ?? 4162 Central Nebraska In use as elevator switcher
4156 LTEX 4156 active systemwide Seen at Boone, IA. 
4190 CNW 4190 Templeton, IA In use as elevator switcher, on BNSF "Bayard" Sub
4307 ?? 4307 Ft. Madison, IA Active road unit on Keokuk Jct RY.  Photo seen in Marshalltown while locomotive was en route to new owners.
4324 4324 ??, California Left Marshalltown in 1999 from Transglobal Shops bound for an industry in California.  No current photo is available.  Photo shown during rebuilding stage inside Transglobal's engine facility.

GP-9

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
4542 ?? 4546 Albert City, IA In operation as elevator switcher
4554 CNW/HRT 4556 Air Line, GA No new reporting marks, link to railpictures.net

 
       

GP35

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
829 cnw 829 Silvis, IL Now no longer CNW, NRE rebuilt to  BNSF GP38 2037

GP38-2

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
46?? NREX 3881 Ft. Wayne, IN Last one in CNW paint from the Oelwein deadline.
see note 1      
       


GP40

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
5501 UP 9979 ????  
5502 UP9975 ????  
5517 cnw5517 Silvis, IL  
5525 cnw5525 Silvis, IL  
5526 cnw5526 Silvis, IL  

SD18

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
6629 or 6636 ?? 43 link to railpictures.net.

SD40-2

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
6819 LTEX 6819 Illinois UNIT BEING SCRAPPED...
6858 UP 2990 active systemwide  
6877 UP 3043 active systemwide  
6878 UP 3042 active systemwide  
6900 LTEX 6900 active systemwide  
       

SD45

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
65?? MRL 367 active systemwide  
6584 ???? ???? Unit departed Des Moines on MDMKC southbound in March 1999.  Unit is believed to retain CNW paint.

SD50

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
7009 NREX 7009 active systemwide http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=149567

SD60

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
8052 HLCX 5967 active systemwide


OTHER

http://www.cnwhs.org/photos/images/desm/1218-6819.jpg

C40-8

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
8568 UP 9080 active systemwide  
8575 UP 9087 active systemwide  unit still retains CNW green 8575 number
8577 UP 9089 active systemwide  unit retains "safety and reliability logo"
       

C44-9W

CNW NUMBER CURRENT # LOCATION NOTES
8646 CNW 8646 active systemwide  
8701 CNW 8701 active systemwide  


 

Also, the UP's former CNW "400" series patches (former CNW 4700s) were bought by a leasing company and were last reported in the south. (that I know of.) They still sported "traditional yellow" paint last I knew.
Check your local patch list for AC4400s.

Photographs are linked to railpictures.net, this site, and the North Carolina Dept of Transportation.