In 1995, the Chicago & Northwestern was merged into the Union Pacific railroad, marking the end of more than 100 years of history. Today, the railroad continues to live on in the hearts and minds of its fans, symbolized by the two Chicago & Northwestern locomotives #8646 and #8701. These locomotives, nicknamed the dynamic duo, still wear the distinctive Chicago & Northwestern green and yellow they were originally painted in, and still carry the C&NW logo proudly emblazoned on their cabs  literally the last of their kind and an important part of railroading history.