Wishing I was 16 or so years older, when a real railroad ran here. For now the CN will have to do on old Soo Line territory. L543 continues east with CN 2034 and two cars, as it leave Trout Lake, ... (more)

Train 909 tackles the hill near MP447 west of Trout Lake in winter 1985. SD40 744 leads GP30 703 and a GP38-2 west towards Gladstone. With the F's and U-boats long gone off the SOO roster this qua... (more)

SOO struggled with seasonal power shortages and occasionally 912 would be called out of Gladstone with a singe unit or lose a unit to a 911 that was having power problems. Normally an extra would ... (more)

A late evening sun lights train 12 as it prepares to depart Trout Lake with 408, 6241 and leased CR 7784. The head Brakie is making his way forward on 6241 after going back to reset a ground relay... (more)

A short CN freight shuffles cars in the yard at Trout Lake, Michigan before continuing on to Sault Ste. Marie.

A sleepy little community in the southern portion of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Trout Lake does not seem a strong place to observe rail activity, but, even into 1984, the Soo Line was still ... (more)

Hot CPR Schiller Park-St. Luc run-through has detoured off it's usual path over CSX across Lower Michigan. Here it is blasting out of Trout Lake on the WC with ex QNSL 5410 leading 5526, 6044 and ... (more)

WC's lone big FP45 toiled in freight service nearly all the time. But on a snowy spring day in 1996 it was found leading an AMT unit and a lengthy train of private cars eastbound near Trout Lake.

Soo 2408 and 4441 rest by the Trout Lake depot while a couple of crew members discuss the upcoming switch moves. A little snow is left from the previous evening and it will not be long until the s... (more)

Soo/Lake States train 12 rolls west as long shadows creep over the yard at Trout Lake. GP35 724 leads 4232 and a fair sized train west. By this date it was obvious to even the most optimistic that... (more)

Soo 2226A, 779, 2203B are just starting to get train 911 rolling with 130 cars on a dark, cloudy November evening. The rear end guys will be on the caboose in about 25 more car lengths and it will... (more)

A westbound local departs Trout Lake with 23 cars on a dark April afternoon.

It's been a long winter in Upper Michigan and it looks like we are going to have snow well into May. This CN eastbound has 70 loads of Tilden ore for Algoma Steel with a mid-train unit and then 45... (more)

BNSF 2911 is a little off the beaten path as it works the CN yard at Trout Lake. When the switching is done the short train will depart for Newberry. It has been a rough winter and power assignmen... (more)

After the CN bought the WC they quickly assigned a group of IC 3100 series GP40 rebuilds to former WC lines. They were pretty plain except for a couple, the 3129 had the big L shaped windshield an... (more)