A Soo Line tie train works its way east on Milwaukee Road's former mainline at Pewaukee, WI along the shore of Pewaukee Lake. Soo Line inherited a double track mainline from MILW, but once CP took... (more)

Many artifacts of railroading have disappeared in North America in recent decades. One of the more unappreciated items is the section house like this Soo Line one at Boyceville, WI. This shed hous... (more)

Soo Line GP38-2 4418 hides most, but not all of the patch work on GP40 no. 2018, a former MILW unit. the two units are at Superior, WI with the old Soo Line roundhouse peeking out in the backgroun... (more)

Soo Line SD60 no. 6031 is tucked in the shop out of view of those nasty looking former MILW MP15ACs at St. Paul Yard (Pig's Eye) in St. Paul, MN. Soo Line could have taken some lessons from BN who... (more)

SOO GP35 no. 728 and a pair of Alco trucked GP30s pull a freight out of Pigs Eye Yard along Dayton's Bluff at St. Paul on a snowless December day in 1986. I'm not totally sure, but assume this was... (more)

SOO SD60 no. 6013 has stopped its eastbound freight short of the signal protecting the Wisconsin Central diamonds at Duplainville, WI as the sun sets. Soon the light will turn green and the train ... (more)

SOO SD60 no. 6025 in the 1961 era red and white scheme leads an eastbound freight meeting a westbound freight powered by SOO 6052, painted in the candy apple red scheme on double track at Hartland... (more)

A pair of former MILW locos, an MP15AC and GP40, lead a freight past the west entrance to CNW's Western Ave. yard in St. Paul. This Soo Line train uses CNW trackage rights to access former Milwauk... (more)

153 has just made a pickup at Hayne Yard in Spartanburg and is at tonnage for the 3 SD60's and SD70 that make up today's consist. The train hits a short dip on the upgrade as they pass under the ... (more)

This Soo Line Depot was built in 1910 and was part of a 1908 - 1910 project to build a rail line from Superior, Wisconsin to Thief River Falls, Minnesota along with a branch through Crosby to acce... (more)

Still wearing its Soo Line paint scheme, GP38-2 4448 sits at Canadian Pacific's Nahant Yard in Davenport, Iowa. The locomotive sits at the service tracks awaiting its next assignment on a yard swi... (more)

Soo Line SD60 no. 6012 makes a move through Dayton Bluff trackage mated up with recently acquired SD40B no. 6450. The B unit was acquired from BN which experimented a bit with B units in the early... (more)

Soo Line albino SD40s nos. 623 and 622 join a Hiawatha scheme SD40-2 and other Soo Line power outside the diesel shop at SOO's St. Paul Yard. The units at this time were recently acquired from Kan... (more)

For a few minutes, Soo Line owned St. Paul. Here SOO GP30 no. 700 waits its turn to enter St. Paul Yard (Pigs Eye) while GP35 728 and two more GP30s lead a transfer job north out of the yard, and ... (more)

The Boyceville, WI Soo Line station featured a tri-color train order signal located by the operator's bay next to the mainline. This was part of Soo Line's Twin Cities-Stevens Point, WI main, conn... (more)