Last look at the North Western  Contributor's Pick!       
Moorland was the site of an out of the way junction between a former CNW secondary main and a couple of branchlines. For some reason, unpatched CNW equipment kept ruling Moorland past the UP merger. This picture is significant to me because it was the last time I ever saw an unpatched original CNW engine still in service. When I stopped to shoot this, I had no idea it would be the last. Battered workhorse 6847 in all its North Western glory, complete with a smiley face on the front bell, wrapped up my former employer for me.
Date: 11/23/2002 Location: Moorland, IA   Map Show Moorland on a rail map Views: 747 Collection Of:   John Schumann
Locomotives: CNW 6847(SD40-2)    Author:  John Schumann
Last look at the North Western
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  Iowa Obscurity
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Mike Maskel General NICE SHOT 1/21/2017 11:20:47 AM
James Taylor General interestingly enough, ths engine never got repainted, and is now at the Illinois Railway Museum, with the UP patches removed. 3/15/2018 9:20:48 PM

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