CNW 1385 (R-1 4-6-0) leads one of C&NW's 400 series Presidential F7A's on an eastbound passenger extra as it passes the North Western's former Waunakee, WI depot during July of 1984. I do not recall the occasion, but have photos of the train heading in both directions. CNW 402, another of the 4 Presidential F7's was facing west on the rear of this move. It may have been a circus train from the Circus World Museum in Baraboo, but I don't see anything like circus equipment in any of my photos this day. I guess it will just have to be recorded as a Passenger Extra 1385 East as it heads for Madison (and beyond?) CNW 1385 was the property of the Mid-Continent Railway Musuem, farther west along this line in North Freedom, WI. It was used for public relations purposes by the C & NW or more than a dozen years from 1982 through the Union Pacific takeover of the C & NW.
During the 1st summer I worked for the C&NW in 1968, this Waunakee Depot was where I learned to handle the business of a local freight agent, before providing vacation relief for several of them in the Madison area that summer and for several following.

Photographed by Warren Beckwith, July, 1984.
Added to the photo archive by Warren Beckwith, April 11, 2021.
Railroad: Chicago & North Western.

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