books.google.com - By the time it was merged into the Union Pacific in 1995, the Chicago & North Western was one of the nations oldest surviving railroads, a testament to the Midwestern stoicism with which it had gone about its business since 1859. This illustrated history chronicles how C&NW emerged from a collection...http://books.google.com/books/about/Chicago_and_North_Western_Railway.html?id=yuCjrsnEykUC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareChicago and North Western Railway