Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway

Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway
An audience in front of red CMNW diesel locomotive #2036 listens to Governor James R. Thompson
Illinois Governor James R. Thompson dedicates one of CMNW's EMD GP38 diesel locomotives in 1988
Overview
Reporting markCMNW
LocaleIllinois, Missouri
Dates of operation1987–1989
PredecessorChessie System, Illinois Central Gulf
SuccessorGateway Western Railway, SPCSL Corporation
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Chicago, Missouri and Western Railway (CM&W; reporting mark CMNW) was a Class II railroad that operated in the midwest of the United States between 1987 and 1989. Never financially stable, less than a year after it was created it was bankrupt and sold off its lines piecemeal to other railroads in 1989.

CM&W RR was also used as the logo for the train line on THE VIRGINIAN western series of NBC which ran from 1962 to 71