This section contains sample freight and passenger schedules,
roster information and other pertenant operations data of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. First up are
some sample freight schedules from the May-June 1974 Official Railway Guide:
Table1A.CNW-Union Pacific Transcontinental Service-Westbound.
Stations.......................241..........247...........249.........245..........243
Chicago(WS) Lv......------..........------...........-----........1100........1430
Proviso......................2315.........0115.........1013.......------.........------
West Chicago...........------..........0245..........------.......------.........-------
Marshalltown............------..........-------..........------.......------..........------
Boone........................-------..........-------.........------.......-------.........------
Council Bluffs.........-------..........-------..........2359.....-------.........-------
Fremont...................1530...........1600........--------......0100........0430
North Platte.............2200...........0030.......0735.......-------.........------
Denver......................------............2200.......2200.......2200.........------
Los Angeles...........-------............2100.......1830.......2200.........2200
Roseville................--------............-------.......-------........------..........------
Oakland.................--------............1715........0315......2115..........------
Portland................---------............1800.......1300......1800..........-------
Seattle...................---------.............2300......2000......2320..........-------
Table 1B. Eastbound Service CNW-UP
Stations.....................248............252.............250........256.........246
Seattle.....................1500...........1500............-----.........------........------
Portland..................2200...........2200............-----.........------.......-------
Oakland..................0100...........0100............------........------........-------
Roseville...............2200............1300............------.........------........-------
Los Angeles........0300.............0300...........-------.......-------........1800
Denver..................0500.............0500...........2300.......2300........2300
North Platte........0100..............0200...........1130........1130.......2100
Fremont..............0830..............0930...........-------.........------.........0300
Council Bluffs...-------...............-------..........2100.........2330........0300
Missouri Valley.------................-------...........-------........0001.........0530
Boone...............-------................-------............-------........-------.........1100
Marshalltown..------.................--------..........-------..........0600........-------
West Chicago.------................---------..........-------..........-------........-------
Proviso...........--------................0030............1700.........2359........1730
40th Street.....0800.................-------.............-------..........------.........-------
Chicago(WS)2359.................--------............-------..........1530........-------
WS after Chicago indicates Wood Street (now Global One).
Table 2. Chicago (Proviso)-Rapid City
495....................Stations....................482
0445.........Lv Proviso........Ar......-----------
-------.........Lv Chicago W40th.....2100
0845..............Milwaukee..............1615
1000..............Butler......................1500
1615..............Adams.....................1000
0100.............Winona....................0030
0330............Rochester...............1700
0445.......Dodge Center.............1500
1000.............Waseca..................1230
1400............Mankato.................0530
1700..........New Ulm..................0145
1900..........Sleepy Eye.............0020
2230...........Tracy......................2100
0130.........Sioux Valley...........1201
0100..........Huron.....................0630
1100..........Pierre......................1000
1900..........Rapid City.............2200
Table 3. Chicago-Madison
599.........591......Stations............576.......594
0830.....0115 L Proviso.......A 1730......0400
1130.....0400....Harvard............1400......0001
1315.....0530....Janesville.........1145.....2200
1600.....0800.....Madison..........0930......2015
Table 4. Chicago-Belvidere
99..........97.........Stations.............96.........98
1215 0115 L Proviso......A 2230....1150
1400 -------- W.Chicago.........2045....0945
1630...0530 A Belvirdere L 1800....0630
These schedules represent only a few of the hundreds of daily freight trains
operated across the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad on most weekdays.Many trains were designated as to
days of operations. Not all ran daily.
On the passenger side of the coin, the Chicago and Northwestern was known for its 400 family
of fine passenger trains,which served much of the upper Midwest. The last of these trains ran its final miles
on April 30,1971, leaving only the commuter service to carry on the passenger tradition. Here
are some condensed schedules taken from a supplement to a 1963 system public timetable.
Table P-1 The Twin Cities 400
401...............Stations.................400
1120.....L Chicago.........A....1830
1245 A Milwaukee.....L.....1655
1250 L Milwaukee.....A.....1649
1640 A Eau Claire......L .....1255
1640 L Eau Claire......A......1255
1810 St.Paul....................1130
1840 A Minneapolis...L......1101
Table P-2. Rochester 400
519..................Stations................518
0910.........Lv Chicago.......Ar..1935
0933..............Des Plaines.........1906
1032..............Harvard................1817
1245.............Madison................1630
1510.......Ar Wyeville............Lv 1415
1520.......Lv Wyeville............Ar 1410
W................LaCrosse.................W
1710..............Winona..................1235
1817.......Rochester...................1108
1817.......Rochester...................1108
2015...... Mankato.....................0905