Chicago & North Western “Remembering the Cowboy”, Cowboy Lines, Part 2

C. Vision brings you the final chapter of the Chicago and North Western’s operations of its Western Division before its merging into the Union Pacific Railroad on April 25, 1995. This video will show you some of the rare footage of the original “Cowboy Line” from Norfolk to Chadron, Nebraska. This line was abandoned by the C&NW after December 2, 1992. The Nebkota Railway revived a portion of this line. At the time of production, Nebkota operated the line with a set of A-B-A “F” units. We catch a Nebkota train operating in the northern sandhills region of Nebraska.
br>The majority of movement on the west end lines by the North Western was on the Colony Line from Colony, Wyoming to Dakota Junction in Nebraska. C. Vision’s cameras capture C&NW operations in the final years of its existence on this line. Included is one of the last C&NW trains in operation before the final merger.
br>Negotiations and rumors spread as to what the Union Pacific was going to do with this section of railroad. Then, in February of 1996, it became publicly known that U.P. had sold the Colony Line to the Dakota Minnesota and Eastern. Soon after the sale, C. Vision’s cameras captured a few runbys as DM&E’s Mount Rushmore locomotive pulls a train from Belle Fourche to Rapid City.
br>Don’t miss this video as it relives the history of this great fallen flag, up until its final hours. “Remembering the Cowboy” is a video that belongs in your collection today!
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