Chicago and North Western Railway Company.

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"The Chicago & North Western Railway, created during the late 1850s by the merger of several small railroads in Illinois and Wisconsin, was led during its early years by William B. Ogden, Chicago's first mayor. In 1864, the Chicago & North Western absorbed the Galena & Chicago Union, which in 1848 had been the city's first railroad. Between 1872 and 1910, under the leadership of Marvin Hughitt, the length of track in the road's rail network grew from about 1,400 miles to nearly 10,000 miles. The railroad served areas concentrated in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Although the company went bankrupt during the Great Depression, it survived into the second half of the twentieth century In 1968, it absorbed the Chicago Great Western, a smaller competitor. That same year, the transportation company became part of a conglomerate, Northwest Industries; four years later, the railroad was spun off and sold to its employees, becoming the Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. In 1986, when the railroad's annual revenues were nearly $1 billion, it became known as CNW Corp. It finally ceased to exist as an independent railroad in 1995, when it was bought by another old railroad company, the Union Pacific Corp"--Encyclopedia of Chicago.

From the description of Chicago North Western Railway register of ticket agent papers, 1890-1907. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 232982832
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referencedIn Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division. Complaints and investigations (RF), 1910-1947. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Smalley, Edward. Journal, 1877. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. [Miscellaneous broadsides] Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Records of railways, 1878-1997. Evanston Historical Society
referencedIn Guerin, Claude A., b. 1876. Claude A. Guerin papers, 1784-1898. Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library
referencedIn Deane, Ernie. Chicago, Ill., 1939 [Sign] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. Arkansas History Commission
referencedIn Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.. Lodge No. 68 (Altoona, Wis.). Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen Lodge No. 68 (Altoona, Wis.) records, 1884-1996 1935-1970. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, McIntyre Library
referencedIn Hettman, A. G.,. Southwestern Wisconsin Railroad photographs, ca. 1880-1976. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen series 6. General subject files, 1897-1968, bulk 1934-1968. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Engineering Division. Crossing and grade separation files, 1913-1951. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Winter, Edwin W. (Edwin Wheeling), 1845-1930. Edwin W. Winter papers, 1870-1923. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Lodge 210 (Janesville, Wis.). Records, 1928-1934, 1944-1954. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Pamphlets relating to the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, 1884- Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn University of Chicago. Industrial Relations Library. University of Chicago, Industrial Relations Library, collection of materials on Chicago area companies, 1945-1971. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Dudden, Arthur Power, 1921- 2009,. Arthur Power Dudden collection of railroad, steamboat, and omnibus passes, 1865-1876. Library company of Philadelphia
creatorOf Arnold, Thomas T. Saginaw. Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System
referencedIn Irish-American Colonization Company. Company records, 1872-1909. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Young, Roscoe C. Roscoe C. Young autobiography 1920 Olson Library, Northern Michigan University, Lydia M. Olson Library
referencedIn Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen series 5. Collective bargaining files, 1888-1967. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Series 2. Files re general chairmen, 1903-1969. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Lefebvre-Luebke Commercial Photographers. Train excursion from Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Northernaire, Ontario, Canada, photographs, 1957. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Angel, Jim. Railroading. Iowa State Historical Society
referencedIn Thomas, John Hunter,. California and the west : miscellaneous collection of travel and historical ephemera, 1903-1982. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Order of Railroad Telegraphers (U.S.). Chicago & North Western System Division No. 76. District No. 7. Organizational records, 1912-1973 (bulk 1956-1973). Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Railroad Commission of Wisconsin. Railroad investigation working papers, 1894-1906. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Collection of Kate Shelley materials, bulk circa 1956. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
referencedIn Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Investment analysis files ("C"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Hanson, A. R. (Alfred Royal), ca. 1901-fl.1974. Papers, 1918-1974. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
creatorOf Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Chicago Great Western Railway Company. General Grievance Committee. General Grievance Committee records, 1917-1981 (bulk 1930-1966). Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn United States. National Mediation Board. United States. National Mediation Board arbitration case no. 275 : Chicago and North Western Railway Company vs. Order of Railroad Telegraphers. Documents, 1962. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Photographs of bi-level streamliners, ca. 1960. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Finegan, Edgar F. Railroad timetables and calendars, 1948-1983. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn AFL-CIO. Railway Employes' Dept. Railway Employes' Department. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. Records. 1916-1970. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. [Miscellaneous pamphlets on its passenger station in Chicago]. Chicago History Museum
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Chicago North Western Railway register of ticket agent papers, 1890-1907. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. General Chairman's records, 1886-1981 (bulk 1910-1970). Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Walker family. Walker family papers, 1832-1910. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. [Collection of menus], 1927-1948. Chicago History Museum
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Miscellaneous pamphlets. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Goslin, N. H. N.H. Goslin letter to his uncle, 1868. State Historical Society of Iowa, Library
creatorOf J.P. Morgan & Co. Chicago & Northwestern Ry. Co. 3 1/2% gold bonds : syndicate records, 1897 July 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Williams, Mary A. Biography and papers, 1968 and undated. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Minnesota. Transportation Regulation Board. Records, [1920s] - 2006. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Wolf, William H. George L. Dunlap. Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System
referencedIn Alverson, Leonard. Leonard Alverson papers, 1941-1964. Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
creatorOf Chicago and North Western Railway Company. Miscellany, 1870-1878. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Carter, Theodore George, 1832-1914. Theodore G. Carter and family papers, 1834-1922. Minnesota Historical Society Library
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