Chicago & North Western Railroad

Freight: Covered hopper cars

The C&NW has a large and extensive collection of covered hopper cars. They are used to carry everything from grain to plastics.

C&NW 95788 (rib-sided two-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 13 October 1998)

C&NW 175058 (ACF Center Flow two-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 30 September 1998)

C&NW 178739 (rib-sided covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 30 October 1998)

C&NW 181578 (rib-sided three-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 19 December 1998)

C&NW 190974 (rib-sided three-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 19 December 1998)

C&NW 435060 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 28 September 1998)

C&NW 435078 (three-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 13 October 1998)

C&NW 438024 (rib-sided two-bay fourcovered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. The C&NW reporting mark has survived a trip through the paint shop. (photographed 30 September 1998)

C&NW 460724 (four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 19 December 1998)

C&NW 460937 (four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois) with the Mannheim Road bridge in the background. (photographed 19 December 1998)

C&NW 460937 (four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 19 December 1998)

C&NW 470995 (rib-sided three-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 19 December 1998)

C&NW 490097 (ACF Center Flow four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 30 September 1998)

C&NW 490113 (ACF Center Flow four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 30 September 1998)

C&NW 490364 (ACF Center Flow four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 30 September 1998)

C&NW 490432 (ACF Center Flow four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 30 September 1998)

C&NW 490461 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). The Mannhiem Road bridge can be seen in the background. (photographed 28 September 1998)

C&NW 490613 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). The Mannhiem Road bridge can be seen in the background. (photographed 28 September 1998)

C&NW 490628 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). The Mannhiem Road bridge can be seen in the background. (photographed 30 October 1998)

C&NW 490669 (four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 15 December 1998)

C&NW 490669 (four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 15 December 1998)

C&NW 490671 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 13 October 1998)

C&NW 490671 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso North Rail Yard. (photographed 13 October 1998)

C&NW 490777 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 28 September 1998)

C&NW 490783 (four-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 15 December 1998)

C&NW 490911 (covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 13 October 1998)

C&NW 716142 (two-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 13 October 1998)

C&NW 752602 (rib-sided three-bay covered hopper car) in the Proviso Rail Yard (Melrose Park, Illinois). (photographed 19 December 1998)

I took these photographs during the Fall of 1998 using a Sony Mavica FD-7 digital camera. Adobe Photoshop was used for electronic dark room processing. I've written a custom perl 5 script which constructs these pages from a terse text description file, using a template file.

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