WC train 135 drops downgrade at the west end of Soo yard lead by 2554 and AC 1750, 1754. A snowbank gave me the elevation for the photo which says a whole lot about Sault Ste. Marie in the winter.... (more)

Milwaukee Road 138 arrived in Sault Ste. Marie with a personality conflict...someone had done a neat job of painting a big Soo on the nose. Although the unit was property of the Soo Line at the ti... (more)

Soo GP-9 2554 was damaged in a derailment at Denham, MN on Sept. 23, 1978 and was sent to Diesel Electric Services a re-builder in the Twin Cities and came back as something christened a GP-22. Pa... (more)

CP 7099 on a transfer job from Sault Ste. Marie, MI to Sault Ste. Marie, ONT had pulled up to a red signal on the approach to the lift span over the Soo Locks. Trains delayed here back in the seve... (more)

Labor problems on the Soo/CSX sent CPR Montreal-Chicago traffic back onto its former route through Upper Michigan for a few days in April 1991. This westbound is getting ready to depart Soo Yard w... (more)

Getting a shot of a train with decent light coming off the lift bridge at Sault Ste. Marie, MI is quite a chore. The International Highway Bridge blocks most morning light and the trees on the wes... (more)

Soo 710,754,775 are slated to depart on train 909 in about an hour. The 710 will be trailing on the way west. Plenty of time for a early morning shot at Soo Yard. One case where I was glad the GP3... (more)

The Soo's failed Lake States experiment is nearly over and in less than two months this will be Wisconsin Central trackage. The one thing Lake States did accomplish was allowing railfans the oppor... (more)

Houston...err I mean Minneapolis "we have a problem". The last of an unfortunate string of events for the Soo Line in Upper Michigan occurred on Halloween evening 1984 when the Soo Lift Bridge bec... (more)

WC 2001,6596 rumble off the I-bridge into Michigan at Sault Ste. Marie with 60 cars on train SOFDA. By 2001 most WC action around Sault, Michigan was in the late evening making views like this onl... (more)

In the winter of 1976-1977 a severe amount of early ice and heavy business conspired to leave Algoma Steel nearly pellet less by mid March. The solution was to move Tilden pellets all-rail for abo... (more)

Soo 554 has just delivered a transfer to CP and ACR in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. and is now back in Michigan after having crossed the International Bridge in the background. CP train #911 must be run... (more)

WC only managed to repaint three of the 17 ex Soo GP30's that they bought at start up before deciding that other power was necessary, as the wiring in these old warriors was getting mighty crispy.... (more)

MN&S 30 waits for the PM switch crew to come on duty by the sand house at Soo Yard. The Soo Line had used GP9's at Soo Yard for years as their own SW fleet was mainly not equipped with MU connecti... (more)

WC 6621, LS&I 3011 have 35 loads of Tilden ore arriving at the west end of Soo yard. The WC, dealing with a rough winter and a power shortage, had leased a number of the LS&I U-boats during the wi... (more)