O Gauge C&NW

I'll join in on this. Running at Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club.

Michael, I’d like to see your photos, but at least on my iPad, they don’t appear. The screen says, “Image Not Found.” Best, Keith Levine

Here's some MPC Lionel.

Chicago Lionel Railroad Club 1996 offering.

My C&NW E-4 Hudson #4008 is an MTH Premier model (20-3034-1) with PS-1 that was marketed in 1999. MTH has made some exceptional, high-quality die-cast models.

MELGAR

Awesome pics. I can see I'm not alone!

I'm Burlington guy, (CB&Q) and although I do not have any CNW models, I have always thought that the paint scheme was very attractive. And the streamlined steam engines, especially the E4 Hudson, would be one that I would like to have.

I do have some CNW items, the attached print by  IAW Johnson that my dad got back in the late 1940's. Two tall globe lanterns, one with a wooden handle and the other with a twist off font.

RAY

Ray, That print is so cool !!  Jealous.

Missing an image of the H1 (4-8-4) from Sunset, but here is my small sampling of CNW.

Same as Melgar's above with blackened drivers and upgraded to TMCC.

Very little (none) CNW passenger equipment is available so we have make it ourselves. This car was part of a special run of GGD painted to CNW by JD's (now out of business). The four car set was all coaches so I made this tail end car by adding markers and Tomar drumhead.

CNW E6 from Sunset's latest run. It looks like I will have to make my own passenger consist from 401 Models. Just have not had time (or money) to start this project. It is an AA unit. The Illinois Central is a Lionel AA, also from the last E6 run.

Charlie

@Charlie posted:

It looks like I will have to make my own passenger consist from 401 Models. Just have not had time (or money) to start this project......

Charlie

Funny you mention.  I just pulled the trigger on a huge order with Eddy!! Thanks for the contact info.

Thrilled at the prospect of super accurate CNW passenger cars for my Yellow Jacket (Minnesota 400) and extra cars (for a Twin Cities 400) in case Scott does a 2nd E6 run in the future.

Scheduling the project budget now and also working to locate enough Atlas 7071 2R trucks.  (Yikes! $$$ custom hand made aluminum passenger cars).

He is a super cool guy.  Total CNW nut.

Will

@WITZ 41 posted:

Funny you mention.  I just pulled the trigger on a huge order with Eddy!! Thanks for the contact info.

Thrilled at the prospect of super accurate CNW passenger cars for my Yellow Jacket (Minnesota 400) and extra cars (for a Twin Cities 400) in case Scott does a 2nd E6 run in the future.

Scheduling the project budget now and also working to locate enough Atlas 7071 2R trucks.  (Yikes! $$$ custom hand made aluminum passenger cars).

He is a super cool guy.  Total CNW nut.

Will

Fantastic news Will. I will move forward with 401 models as well, just not right now. So happy guys like Eddy are still willing to make custom items for us.

Good luck with the build and keep us posted.

Charlie

I like C&NW so here are some pictures. AC4400CW, Dash9, Dash8, SD60 plus some cars and a caboose

Looks like several of us took the bait when MTH made these. Mine is also a PS -1 locomotive.

Also have the complete 7 car matching passenger train?

My near latest addition,  a Weaver ALCO C-628 #6701, just a few days ago I got its twin brother, #6700.

Have 9, maybe 10 CNW locomotives total.

Lionel's FM H10-44, diecast frame and body, weighs a ton, TMCC equipped,  Pullmor motor.

@WITZ 41 posted:

Well, it's time to admit I have a sickness.  Not only am I infected with the U.P.  but it seems I have a fever for the C&NW too.

Yellow fever.

I married a gal that loves the green and gold, our son followed her footsteps. His first train his grandpa bought him for Christmas  was a CNW GP-7, 35 years ago, still have it and have been adding to the roster since then. (I'm a Blue and Orange guy myself. )

Always liked the early paint scheme

Me too, the post war paint schemes had class.

Some of my CNW engines

@third rail posted:

Me too, the post war paint schemes had class.

Agreed!

@cnw4ever posted:

Some of my CNW engines

I'd like to see some closer shots of that DL-109.....

@WITZ 41 posted:

I'd like to see some closer shots of that DL-109.....

Here you go

I did a senior college photo project long before dig cameras. I shot the C&NW yard at night, Sioux City, IA, at about -10 zero. I got a good grade on it and as I remember the brakeman helped me set up some of the photos telling the engineer where I wanter the loco in relation to the cars. Try doing that now.

Dick

Nice Bi-level cars!!!!

Familiar to me, having grown up walking distance to the Lombard station on the Galena/West line.

CNW4ever, thanks for the closer pics.

Was MTH the only manufacturer to offer a CNW Alco DL?

@WITZ 41 posted:

Nice Bi-level cars!!!!

Familiar to me, having grown up walking distance to the Lombard station on the Galena/West line.

CNW4ever, thanks for the closer pics.

Was MTH the only manufacturer to offer a CNW Alco DL?

To my knowledge, yes only MTH offered the DL109.  I have the Proto 2 version from 2003.  In 2020 they offered a Proto 3 version.

I've had this steamer sitting unopened, new in box since I bought it.  Picked it up for a great deal.

Having started this thread I figured I'd better get it out for some photos and also a quick shake down for condition and testing. Also figured I need to pull out the tender battery for long term storage.

3rd Rail C&NW H-1 4-8-4 Northern (3R)

Whoa mama!  What a locomotive!!!

Details are fantastic! Sound is strong and clear.

And the fine details!  Nozzles on sand lines to the drivers.

Great back head details too....

3rd Rail did a great job on the H-1

My few gripes:

The hinges on the back of cab platform are very delicate.

Wire harness plug is a pain to insert and remove (*insert most locomotives here)

And finally....

Now what am I going to pull behind it?!

Check your stored locomotives. Be sure to pull the batteries if you haven't already.

Boy, am I glad that I did.......

No damage to the locomotive.  The connection had actually popped off the battery on its own. No corrosion on the wire piece.

@WITZ 41 posted:

I've had this steamer sitting unopened, new in box since I bought it.  Picked it up for a great deal.

Having started this thread I figured I'd better get it out for some photos and also a quick shake down for condition and testing. Also figured I need to pull out the tender battery for long term storage.

3rd Rail C&NW H-1 4-8-4 Northern (3R)

Whoa mama!  What a locomotive!!!

My few gripes:

The hinges on the back of cab platform are very delicate.

Wire harness plug is a pain to insert and remove (*insert most locomotives here)

And finally....

Now what am I going to pull behind it?!

Hey Will, all good points and I agree. There has to be a better way to make the connection between tender and locomotive. I feel sorry especially for the older guys that have lost dexterity and breaking the platform is all but a forgone conclusion that will happen.

I have #3016 and agree on what to pull. Since I am mostly a passenger train type person, I will have to make up my own mixed passenger train with GGD coaches and Pullmans as they become available on the secondary market. Since Protocraft now has decals I can buy just about any GGD car and paint is Pullman green and slap some decals on.

Charlie

These are photos of Alf Modine's 2RS C&NW layout taken at O Scale West in 2015.  This layout occupied about 3/4 of a two car garage.  A narrow walkway and a workbench filled the rest of the space.  As best that I can remember, the trolley wire actually worked.  You will see in some of the photos that the interurban crosses the mainline.  Collisions happened unless the engineers were careful.

Sadly, Alf passed away a couple of years ago.  I don't know if the layout still exists.  NH Joe

Also a CNW fan, though I've never set foot in CNW territory (except a few minutes at the airport on my way t York a few years ago). Over the years, I've acquired quite a few CNW items. Here are some shots taken on the club layout over the past decade:

MTH CNW AC4400. I've since acquired another unit with scale wheels and will eventually fix the pilots on this 3-rail unit

The first-issue MTH CNW AGEIR box cab. Based on the photos I've been able to find the unit should have been black, but I like it just the same. Bought another one a couple of years ago when they were re-released. At some point I'll remove the 3-rail couplers, clean up the pilots and install Kadees.

A pair of RS27's -- testing out the newly-installed turntable.

A set of MTH CNW FT's in freight paint. At some point I'll drawbar the A-B pairs and replace the diaphragms.

I also have a collection of UP Heritage units. I keep wondering what the CNW paint scheme would look like had they taken delivery of the SD90's around the time of the "merger" with UP.

MTH F7 ABBA set with scale wheels.

A lone GP38-2 testing the newly-completed upper branch/staging loop. Also with scale wheels.

A trio of scale-wheeled GP38-2's

MTH C40-8 conventional cab with scale wheels.

Sunset/3rd Rail SD9. When sunset released these, I gave my MTH S9 pair to one of my apprentices at the club.

Alf Modine-inspired Sunset/3rd Rail H1 Northern. After much searching I was able to find a set of MTH Heavyweights. Still searching for the sleeper-diner pair, though I was able to get hold of the RPO. Occasionally one of the H1's shows up on eBay. I don't run it much at the club because it's delicate -- usually bring it out for an Open House run.

One of the GP38-2's with some 2-railed MTH CNW covered gondolas.

A pair of weathered MTH scale-wheeled C44-9W's

MTH E4 Hudson passenger set. I purchased the add-on cars. I even bought the full dome car, though CNW didn't get one until after they were out of the passenger business (I think they got it from Milwaukee Road for the business train). I keep watching eBay for a Yellow Jacket Pacific at a reasonable price.

Here's a couple of photos of my newest acquisitions,  a pair of Weaver ALCO Century 628's with an ore drag in the hole waiting for a couple of CNW  Doodlebugs to pass after clearing the station.

Next we have an ALCO S2 hauling a hot metal freight from the blast furnace to the open hearth building for conversion to steel.

Lastly a CNW FM H10-44 with empty gondolas for the scrap yard.

Enjoy my pictures.

When I was a teenager, I use to throw snowballs at the Bi-Levels in the winter

Many thanks to Jeff S for his repaint of my previously Zito yellow Lionel F unit.

I bought this RS1 a long time age from my LHS it was on consignment and had no box but I really liked the paint scheme and I do like RS1s !

The MTH CNW crusader

Awesome CNW photos!  Thanks to all for sharing.

Here's a pair of CNW cars in the ugliest shade of green ever painted. 

This is a proper green car.