LS&I dock job getting ready to pull empties off the dock.

Three Lake Superior and Ishpeming RSD-15's (ex Santa Fe) wait quietly for a crew to come on duty and fire them up for the next ore train. Ektachrome 64.

Soo 394 rests in the ore yard at Marquette. Pairs of the big Baldwin AS-616's were normally assigned to work the ore yard and make the dock shoves at the time. Time was running out on 394 and it w... (more)

In a photo from my collection by Karl Henkels Soo 393 sits by the Marquette Roundhouse. Only a few of the Ex DSS&A Baldwins received the received the Red/Off White and Black Soo scheme. Photo has ... (more)

Everyone that ended up being interested in trains probably has one particular unit that "did it" for them...well this model was mine. My earliest childhood memory of trains revolves around the big... (more)

Soo 395 at the Marquette Roundhouse. The 395 was built as Baldwin demonstrator 1600 in 1949 and went to the DSS&A in 1952. It was one of a few ex DSS&A Baldwins to get Soo paint. This unit was ret... (more)

Soo 4407,4409 have 28 cars in tow as they start to depart Marquette bound for Trout Lake. Big changes were on the horizon within the next few years in Upper Michigan railroading but on this day th... (more)

West bound WC train to Marquette

At one time the LS&I was entirely signaled from West Yard to the mines with intermediates every couple miles, now the only section signaled is the area from Eagle mills to the mines and the rest i... (more)

After bringing in a load of ore into West yard, the pair of U30C's run around there train at the east end of the yard and will head to the west end for a power swap out with the 7 Dock.

After having one of the AC4400's over heat the 7 hill swapped put power for aC30-7/U30C combo. Finding the old GE's on the main except maybe once a week for a power swap out for the Dock job is a ... (more)

After swapping out the two U30C's in Marquette with the 7am dock, the hill job heads back to Eagle mills with the 3073 and another U30C as they approach the scales. There is nothing like the Upper... (more)

The local taxi service decided to find a shortcut with out a crossing and became stuck on the tracks. Luckily no one was injured! We were waiting for this train about a mile away when it happened.... (more)

Really fresh paint

All good things come to an end and as the 80's drew to a close so too did the LS&I's wonderful operating diesel museum! The last operating RSD15 is spliced to the last operating U25C by a U23C at ... (more)