The Fox River Valley Railroad's Short Ride

Turn the clock back to 1988 thru 1993 when the Fox River Valley Railroad plied the rails in Wisconsin. See both the cast-off CNW power and the run-thru CNW power, plus hints of its own personality.

[@k3053k]

Nice catches of a short lived but important link between CNW and WC.

[@Plymouth-Interlocking]

I really enjoy stuff from this era, especially Michigan and Wisconsin. Thanks for sharing.

[@thomasboese3793]

Been here looking for more WC/SOO/CNW/GBW/FRV. Want to see more of the 'Twins', the 2401/2402.

[@NRHSWis]

Great stuff, Brian!

[@CNW1025]

Really like your videos, I enjoyed the Schiller Park WC video and now this one, good work! Got my sub!

[@amelierenoncule]

My God-father, mon cheri, who lived most of his life in Chicago, LOVED the C&NW ! If he, or I, had a problemme, we'd go and sit down the nearby train tracks...and talk.

[@killerbee6310]

Glad to hear the "Cheap & Nothing Wasted" was good for something !! (LOL)

[@Joseph-kq1qx]

They were fun to watch while it lasted. Thanks for posting.

[@chesapeakedproductions3009]

Man, how things have changed these days...

[@davidklauer3422]

Doesn’t seem that long ago when CNW dominated Illinois and Iowa and Wisconsin Used to go see my grand parents in Iowa, and always watched the CNW everywhere in central iow Miss those days Good bit of the rail started getting removed then

[@paulbergen9114]

One of those lines that frankly a lot of people ignored due to lack of painted Motive Power virtually no Rolling Stock of Their Own and sometimes shaky schedules. WC Far and Away was a classier operation so in a short 5 years FRVR was just a short blip on the radar. I would guess the UP control of the CNW north of Green Bay to the ore country was the only thing shorter

[@killerbee6310]

I probably would not have but for it being in my back yard

[@jdmills4370]

Very good stuff Not familiar at all with this RR or the locale but the video definitely conveyed the emotion of a ….fond passage of time, if that makes sense.

[@killerbee6310]

Thank you for watching - especially since you are not familiar with the railroad !!

[@gbwdude]

Northeastern Wisconsin in the late 80's to Aug 27, 1993

[@robertkiser3891]

So much track is now gone.