CP 643 was always a good train in the foamer's books...here SOO 6051, CP 5947 keep the empty ethanol cans rolling back to the midwest. If I remember, this train had a bit of a loopy conductor...th... (more)

Bound for Schiller Park
A Soo Line freight heads south through Waukesha, Wisconsin, on April 20, 1985. Two SD40s and a GP38-2 take the train across West Avenue and past Prairie Home Cem... (more)

The wayfreight has been on duty since 6:00 a.m. in Eden Valley. After waiting for two westbounds and an eastbound, they were able to get on the main to do some work in town before having to clear... (more)

CP and UP transfer jobs go about their business in Duluth.

The old is leading the new as a GP20C-ECO trails on the wayfreight east of Brooten.

Westbound (compass north) with SOO visitor waiting in the hole for an eastbound (compass south).

Thief River Falls will always be Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie territory no matter what rebuilding and repainting programs Canadian Pacific has planned. These two SOO Line GP38-2's idl... (more)

A local freight runs past B17 tower with a couple of GP38-2's on the point. A somber looking dwarf signal protects the yard lead where once Milwaukee units graced the rails.

With the Candy Apple Red paint looking a little weather worn, one of only 2 GP39s on the roster (both of Kennecott Copper heritage) leads CP H36-10 under the 5 track signal bridge at Dayton's Bluf... (more)

A westbound Soo Line freight passes 7th Street Interlocking in Kansas City, Kansas, on the afternoon of September 15, 1990. Curving by to the north is an eastbound Union Pacific freight, above whi... (more)

With tape on the front door to prevent cold air leakage, SOO 2203A and GP9 2404 prepare to leave Irvine Yard in Chippewa Falls with a modest freight for Shoreham in Minneapolis.

SOO 6061 leads CEFX 2786 across the bridge at Galt with mixed freight up front and 81 empty ethanol cans on the rear.

Soo 353 and 720 near the roundhouse in Stevens Point. This slide is from my collection and has no photographer listed...possibly Joe Stauber. An RS-1 along with a GP30 makes for an odd look. The 3... (more)

Soo 2027 leads a still decent looking Milwaukee 2041 west near Lake City. After all the black paint treatment most of the Ex Milwaukee units took on a fairly unattractive appearance and they ran a... (more)

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)