1984 was getting pretty late in the game to catch a pair of Soo geeps on any of the four daily Gladstone-Sault Ste. Marie trains. I felt lucky to have caught this pair of ex passenger geeps leadin... (more)

Train 910 powered with 4403,711 and 2412 makes its way east out of a sag near Garnet. The short siding at Garnet with 60lbs rail wasn't used except for an occasional wood chip or pulp load. It onl... (more)

Late on a warm July evening Soo GP9 2400 works its way west with 41 cars over the jointed 80lbs steel of the Ex DSS&A line to Marquette. A single GP working this line wasn't very common. It will b... (more)

Soo 6600,776,551 wander westbound through a little fresh snow with a 59 car train 911 two miles west of Trout Lake. The 6600 would be destroyed in a catastrophic head on collision in the summer of... (more)

I guess anyone that has looked at my photo's on this site can tell that I don't do much photography the last few years. Most traffic in my area(what there is of it) runs under cover of darkness or... (more)

CN 5761, 2190 and 5632 lead a late evening ballast empty as they build speed near MP447 west of Trout Lake.

The winter on 95-96 was extremely bad in the Sault Ste. Marie area and WC resorted to desperate measures to keep trains operating. This Extra called out of Steelton for Hawk Junction was just one ... (more)

A clean MEC 334 works the yard at Waterville.

A late evening caboose hop arrives at the north end of the BAR yard in Northern Maine Junction. Power was F3A's 42, 45, 49 and GP9 80.

AA GP35's 388 and 394 rest at the north end of the railroad in Elberta. From here freight was car-ferried to multiple locations across Lake Michigan. In the center background between the 35's and ... (more)

Working uphill past the old station at Fabyans MEC 256, 260, 257 and 406 are assaulting the grade toward Crawford Notch with 36 cars.

Amtrak Southwest Limited rolls eastbound as it makes its mid-morning appearance at Fort Madison. An early morning thunderstorm has gave way to hazy sunshine. SDP40F's 521, 505 and 512 lead 12 cars... (more)

The Soo's only SD9 working at Marshfield in 1966. Photo is probably by the late Joe Stauber.

Just before a late afternoon thunderstorm U33C's 8511 and 8512 spliced by U30CG 8005 roll past the main street of Fort Madison with an eastbound mixed manifest. These big GE's were getting pretty ... (more)

The ATSF main through Fort Madison hosted a couple CR run through jobs a day back in 1980. Here CR 1952,2783,2194 and 6607 roll slowly toward the Mississippi River draw with an eastbound out of Ka... (more)