SD40 square off: Two Soo Line SD40s idle in the engine facility at Shops Yard at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in November 1984.

After a few years of steady road service after the Soo bought the MN&S the pair of Ex MN&S SD39's started to call the Twin Cities home. The Soo seemed to have a history of keeping roster oddities ... (more)

A fairly clean Soo GP30 rests with two GP9's near the roundhouse at Stevens Point. The GP30 will soon become WC property.

Earlier in 2012 the North Shore Scenic Railroad moved a number of DEEX coal sets into storage. One such move is shown here breaking through fresh snow along the north shore of Lake Superior. The r... (more)

An ex UP GP30 rebuilt with a Cat prime mover that the Soo referred to as a GP30C trails an Ex Milwaukee MP15 and a Soo SD60 on a beautiful October afternoon. These units were common around the Twi... (more)

Fresh from its restoration, Soo 2500A leads a passenger train east along the former DSS&A mainline on a beautiful fall day.

Train 633, ethanol empties with grain fillers on the front end, is seen passing a harvested field inside the city limits of Kasson, MN. The leftover ear of corn and pumpkin helped add an element ... (more)

Street running at its finest! The Wall Street job, worked by a pair of GP38-2's, shoves north towards industries it will service along the Mississippi River on a gloomy mid November day. While t... (more)

Two Soo Line GPs shove the wayfreight onto the siding at Brooten.

The B48 crew out of Mason City does local work as they wait for the B48 crew out of Wells bringing the 572 train to them. Here the crew backs into the International Paper Plant to spot and pull ca... (more)

These fuel tenders didn't last long in service.

A UP grain train crawls past Saint Paul Union Depot. The depot last saw passenger train service in 1971, but will soon see new life. The new platform and loading tracks are installed, but not yet... (more)

After wrapping up work in Hastings, an all SOO consist heads for the yard in Saint Paul.

A pair of GP38-2s along with a pair of new SD60s leads train #301 north on the Indiana Harbor Belt. The bridges from left to right are the IHB, GTW, and B&OCT/CSX mainlines, ad this photo was tak... (more)