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CNW #8542 and NS #9255 rolling by on the train.

BN/BNSF #9477, NS #9255, CNW #8542 on hauling a freight.

UP 1995 at Wilton Jct. IL.

While an elderly couple mourns the departure of a friend, one can't help thinking of the "Fallen Flag" in the backround.

Although the power still waves the CNW flag, This is really the Twin-Cities to Chicago day train, operated by the MadCow. Note the UP inspired paint scheme on the first sleeper. This car is lettered for the CNW.

A 'pure' CNW F7A leads a sister and a GP-9 westbound at Ablemann. These units are starting to get the MCOW re-stenciling.

The FP45B unit #8 with dynamyics wailing, roars by at 50 mph on the shippers special. This is one RARE unit!!

With bi-level commuter cars in tow, The NorthWesterns' rarest power make an appearance on a shippers special. Here SD40T-2 #8960 leads the 45B unit on a westbound journey.

An ex commuter F7A arrives with a sister on the point of an executive special touring the system.

Lots of action on the new MadCow Route. Here a trio of 4-axle geeps led by GP-35 845 cross highway 26 as they slow for work in Dachshundville.

Eastbound time-freight led by ex-CNW 1755 slows to 40mph as she passes through Dachshundville on the MadCow Route.

Still wearing the old CNW freight scheme, F7A 4083 leads a train of retired James E. Strates carnival cars over the Ablemann high bridge.

Employess of the Madison Central of Wisconsin Ry. enjoy a Saturday excursion over the newly acquired Reedsburg sub. Managment runs the special train seen here at the Ablemann High Bridge.

With the CNW takeover in transition, a wild assortment of power is common. Case in point, an ex-CNW E7A leads FP45B and an E7B on the eastbound journey to Madison.

Ex-CNW 1203 gets into position for spotting the empties arriving from the west. The GP-30 & GP-9 are now owned by the Madison Central of Wisconsin, a private entity.

Ex-CNW, now MadCow Route F7A #427 leads sister F7A #416 westbound at the quarry at Ablemann.

New owner Madison Central of Wisconsin is under control of the Ex-CNW Madison Division. Five brothers from Baraboo Wisconsin have purchased the line and a large assortment of equipment. Here a MadCow SD50 and SD40T-2 arrive at Ablemann with an empty rock train for loading.

The Guernsey Limited glides eastbound on it's first trip under new ownership. The CNW has spun off the Madison Division, along with a pile of equipment to a group based out of Baraboo. The new name for the railroad is Madison Central of Wisconsin and is referred to as the "MadCow...

#822, a GP30, has a good pull on a westbound local. On the return trip, the crew will switch the mill and elevator here.

A pair of CNW GP-35's Rumble through Dachshundville on an eastbound manifest.