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NS&W 30
Title:  NS&W 30
Description:  Northwestern Steel & Wire 30 (ex-GTW 8300) at Sterling, Illinois on August 27, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/27/1966  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 11:19:26 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 30(0-8-0)
Views:  925   Comments: 3
NSW 0-8-0 30
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 30
Description:  Northwestern Steel & Wire 0-8-0 30 at Sterling, Illinois on August 27, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 30 was built as GTW 8300.
Photo Date:  8/27/1966  Upload Date: 4/27/2018 7:33:29 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  NSW 30(0-8-0)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
NSW 30
Title:  NSW 30
Description:  Northwestern Steel & Wire 30 at Sterling, Illinois on August 27, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/27/1966  Upload Date: 2/20/2014 4:34:43 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 30(0-8-0)
Views:  796   Comments: 2
NS&W 80
Title:  NS&W 80
Description:  Northwestern Steel & Wire 80 (ex-GTW 8080) at Sterling, Illinois on August 27, 1966, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler.
Photo Date:  8/27/1966  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 1:26:42 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 80(0-8-0)
Views:  550   Comments: 0
Northwest Steel & Wire #80
Title:  Northwest Steel & Wire #80
Description:  Built BLW in 1929. It's ex-GTW 8380 bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnances.
Photo Date:  12/31/1966  Upload Date: 8/13/2007 8:44:56 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NSW 80(0-8-0)
Views:  829   Comments: 0
Northwest Steel & Wire #80
Title:  Northwest Steel & Wire #80
Description:  Built BLW in 1929. It's ex-GTW 8380 bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnances.
Photo Date:  12/31/1966  Upload Date: 8/13/2007 8:44:57 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NSW 80(0-8-0)
Views:  863   Comments: 0
Northwest Steel & Wire #80
Title:  Northwest Steel & Wire #80
Description:  Built BLW in 1929. It's ex-GTW 8380 bought for scrap but used for switching scrap to the furnances.
Photo Date:  12/31/1966  Upload Date: 8/13/2007 8:44:58 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NSW 80(0-8-0)
Views:  835   Comments: 1
NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire Co
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire Co
Description:  This former GTW #8373 has the distinct record as the last steam locomotive switcher used at the steel yard on December 3, 1980. Befittingly it was donated to the town of Sterling, IL and now sits outside the home of owner Paul W. Dillon. Photo by C.W. Burns.
Photo Date:  6/1/1967  Upload Date: 11/23/2015 9:40:57 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  890   Comments: 0
Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Description:  Working in the plant (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  7/12/1969  Upload Date: 5/17/2020 2:08:30 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 28(0-8-0)
Views:  513   Comments: 1
Northwestern Steel and Wire 30
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 30
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  7/17/1969  Upload Date: 2/11/2013 7:54:13 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 30(0-8-0)
Views:  644   Comments: 5
Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  7/17/1969  Upload Date: 11/7/2012 4:06:38 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 28(0-8-0)
Views:  1298   Comments: 6
Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  7/17/1969  Upload Date: 6/30/2014 11:39:36 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 28(0-8-0)
Views:  441   Comments: 4
BN 567
Title:  BN 567
Description:  Love my "hometown" AC&Y boxcar. (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  7/19/1969  Upload Date: 1/26/2014 1:38:58 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  BN 567(NW2)
Views:  365   Comments: 3
Northwestern Steel and Wire 30
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 30
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  8/6/1970  Upload Date: 11/23/2017 9:58:40 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 30(0-8-0)
Views:  580   Comments: 3
Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  8/25/1972  Upload Date: 6/23/2013 5:27:29 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 28(0-8-0)
Views:  429   Comments: 2
Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  8/25/1972  Upload Date: 6/23/2013 5:31:24 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 28(0-8-0)
Views:  635   Comments: 2
Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 28
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  4/2/1973  Upload Date: 7/4/2016 5:37:53 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 28(0-8-0)
Views:  282   Comments: 0
Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/1978  Upload Date: 9/20/2012 9:40:35 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 12(0-8-0)
Views:  700   Comments: 4
Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Description:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Photo Date:  3/30/1978  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 7:22:10 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 12(0-8-0)
Views:  713   Comments: 4
Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/1978  Upload Date: 10/1/2016 9:29:47 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  115   Comments: 1
Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Title:  Northwestern Steel and Wire 12
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/1978  Upload Date: 6/10/2014 1:24:11 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 12(0-8-0)
Views:  348   Comments: 3
NSW 0-8-0 #05 - Northwest Steel & Wire
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #05 - Northwest Steel & Wire
Description:  Nice action shot by an unknown photographer of Northwest Steel & Wire co #05 (nee-GTW 8305) hauling the hot ingots from the furance. The date is based on the slide date - may not be accurate.
Photo Date:  7/1/1979  Upload Date: 11/23/2015 9:40:53 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 5(0-8-0)
Views:  1215   Comments: 2
NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire
Title:  NSW 0-8-0 #73 - Northwest Steel & Wire
Description:  Caught by an unknown photographer, NSW #73 sits in an abandoned spot while a sister unit powers up. Looks are deceiving. #73 has the distincton of being the last steam locomotive used at Northwest Steel & Wire in December of 1980 and one of the very last working industrial steam engines in the United States. #73 was then donated to the town of Sterling and placed in honor by the company owner's house.
Photo Date:  7/1/1979  Upload Date: 1/8/2017 4:42:00 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  NSW 73(0-8-0)
Views:  1072   Comments: 3
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Derailment in Sterling
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 4:30:06 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  339   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Derailment in Sterling
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 4:30:14 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  330   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Derailment in Sterling
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 4:30:26 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  226   Comments: 0
Untitled
Title:  Untitled
Description:  Derailment in Sterling
Photo Date:  2/1/1980  Upload Date: 1/15/2008 4:30:34 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  242   Comments: 0
C&NW GP9R #4322 e/b
Title:  C&NW GP9R #4322 e/b
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/1980  Upload Date: 9/15/2022 4:04:57 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Gerard Putz
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  57   Comments: 0
CNW 4322
Title:  CNW 4322
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:06 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4322(GP9R)
Views:  1050   Comments: 0
CNW 4322
Title:  CNW 4322
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:06 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4322(GP9R)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
CNW 4323
Title:  CNW 4323
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:07 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4323(GP9R) CNW 4296(GP7R)
Views:  1029   Comments: 0
CNW 4471
Title:  CNW 4471
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:08 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4471(GP7R)
Views:  423   Comments: 2
CNW 4471
Title:  CNW 4471
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:09 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4471(GP7R)
Views:  399   Comments: 0
CNW 4544
Title:  CNW 4544
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:10 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 4544(GP9R)
Views:  583   Comments: 0
CNW 6835
Title:  CNW 6835
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:10 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6835(SD40-2) CNW 6874(SD40-2)
Views:  659   Comments: 1
"QX" Interlocking. The single track line crossing the CNW is the BN's exCB&Q branch to Rock Falls,IL.
Title:  "QX" Interlocking. The single track line crossing the CNW is the BN's exCB&Q branch to Rock Falls,IL.
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/28/2009 7:54:11 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Ron Haahr
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 6856(SD40-2)
Views:  710   Comments: 0
CNW 1657
Title:  CNW 1657
Description:  CNW 1657 moving NSW 0-8-0 #79 towards it's resting place at the DilloQ Home Museum.
Photo Date:  1/1/1982  Upload Date: 8/27/2008 4:23:37 AM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Larry Gholson
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 1657(GP7) NSW 79(0-8-0)
Views:  1335   Comments: 1
BN 6179
Title:  BN 6179
Description:  New as CBQ 432, becoming BN 6179.
Photo Date:  7/16/1982  Upload Date: 8/12/2024 9:19:05 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  30   Comments: 0
CNW 5059
Title:  CNW 5059
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:32:30 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CNW 5059(GP50)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:33:09 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  1339   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:34:14 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  1370   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:34:56 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  2006   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:35:33 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  1349   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:36:14 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  1268   Comments: 0
N&W 611 fantrip runby
Title:  N&W 611 fantrip runby
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:36:49 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  286   Comments: 0
Photo runby
Title:  Photo runby
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/6/1982  Upload Date: 4/4/2008 8:37:23 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  marc malnekoff
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  241   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  On westbound passenger extra
Photo Date:  8/7/1982  Upload Date: 8/16/2012 11:32:47 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  1567   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  On westbound passenger extra
Photo Date:  8/7/1982  Upload Date: 8/16/2012 11:33:40 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  983   Comments: 3
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  On westbound passenger extra
Photo Date:  8/7/1982  Upload Date: 8/16/2012 11:34:47 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  893   Comments: 0
NW 611
Title:  NW 611
Description:  On westbound passenger extra
Photo Date:  8/7/1982  Upload Date: 8/16/2012 11:35:51 PM
Location:  Sterling, IL
Author:  Stephen Borleske
Categories:  Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 611(4-8-4)
Views:  1174   Comments: 0

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