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CNW 1385
CNW 1385 is based out of New Freedom Wisconsin. A few years back I lived at the edge of town on the old Rock Island (Chicago Northwestern at that time, UP now) spine line. Our property adjoined the tracks. I was out in the back yard one day and heard a steam whistle in the distance. I grabbed the camera and ran out to the tracks just in time to see 1385 come across a low trestle and around the curve. I managed to get three pictures of the train as it passed.
Later on that year the 1385 stopped in town to take on water while on a good will mission across the system. There were so many people there to greet her that it was difficult to get a decent picture. The picture of this visit was taken as she entered the center of town on the CNW (now DM&E) mainline. Notice the CNW covered wagons coupled behind her for insurance.
