This clean SW1200 was working Gladstone Yard in the Fall of 1985. Most Soo SW's came without MU hook-ups so they ended up being hauled from yard to yard behind the road power on freights. No doubt... (more)

Only on the MMA you'll find SOO, DME and ex-BN pulling together. Bonus points for the RC caboose! MMA #2 is waiting for a crew for it's voyage to Maine.

The Soo Line F-unit fleet was almost decimated by the time I managed this evening shot of 214A. I figured it was probably my last Soo F shot and I was right..at least as far as being in regular s... (more)

In this evening shot Soo 4227 and Milwaukee 192 have arrived at Trout Lake on train 12 out of Sault Ste. Marie. The units have cut off their train east of the Highway M-123 crossing and threaded ... (more)

Soo train 11 with 4230 and ex KCS 626 are nearing Trout Lake with 43 cars. The 4230 was renumbered away from the Soo 550 series to avoid conflicts with Ex Milwaukee SD10 rebuilds, most of which we... (more)

Triple seven pulls through the yard at Trout Lake with 807 and 133 cars on train 912. Every summer even as far north as Upper Michigan we would get periods of hot weather and the proximity of the ... (more)

Soo train 222 powered by Soo 778 and Milwaukee 140 is just getting started out of LaCrescent with 117 cars on a gorgeous October afternoon in 1986. The line south of LaCrescent was a scenic spot t... (more)

Gotta love MMA's rainbow colors!. Switching the Farnham yard. To my dismay, a few minutes afterwards, SOO engine failed and had to be put aside... Notice the snow flying on the left, from compress... (more)

Soo Baldwin 361 clanks across the NP diamonds at Detroit Lakes in this slide from my collection. The train order mast with orders hung out, along with the clean Baldwin and the manned tower give a... (more)

A SOO GP38-2 on the Hankinson switch job takes a break as the plow train uses a spreader in the distance to clear the yard.

Parked for the Night. Lighting by Craig Williams

Though the era of the SOO Line SD60 has come to a close with the last units having gone into CAD to become CP SD60s, the Soo isn't completely gone.....yet. Candy Apple and Bandit team up with 4 ca... (more)

What could be better than standing in the shade of some maples on your first Spring out of high school and having consists like this roll past. Soo 2202B and 754 head for the CPR connection at Sau... (more)

Shots like this are the reason I was such a fan of the Soo. Spotless 763 and 789 roll recently re-routed train 937 westbound with 120 cars on the former Milwaukee Road main at River Junction.

CP 255 throttles out of Vinemount, Ontario after taking the siding to meet CP 254-09.