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Chicago Great Western Railway

The Chicago Great Western was a Class I Railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheas Beede Stickney in 1885 as a small 100 mile line between St. Paul and the Iowa State Line. Through mergers and new construction, it quickly became a multi-state carrier. It maintained a link over the Mississippi and an expensive tunnel, Winston Tunnel, near Galena, Illinois. On July 1, 1968, the Chicago Great Western merged with Chicago & North Western to avoid bankruptcy. The railroad sometimes called the Lucky Strike road, du to the similarity in shape between the herald of the CGW and Lucky Strike cigerettes.

CGW was most famous for running very long trains behind multiple Electro-Mechanical Division (EMD) of General Electric F-Unit locomotives. Trains with six or more F-Unit locomotives were not uncommon.

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http://www.trainweb.org/cgw/

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6306/

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