A 632 ethanol train heads east by Tower B17 with a classic pair of Soo Line SD60's.

With a business downturn in the early 1980s, older locomotives were stored and often retired. Alco DL640 (RS27) No. 415, one of Soo Line's two "Dolly sisters" was parked with F7A 2225A in the late... (more)

Inside the belly of a streamliner. The old gal has a radiator leak - notice all the water on the floor - but that will be repaired in time for its trip to Spencer.

The pure simplicity of the controls in Soo FP7A 2500A contrasts sharply with today's modern locomotives.

Soo Line 2500-A leads an empty coal train being returned from storage on the North Shore Scenic Railroad to BNSF Railway in Duluth.

The original FP7 demonstrator rolls down the BNSF as she teams with DMIR #316 to deliver coal cars back to the BNSF after being stored on the North Shore Scenic Railroad's line for the past severa... (more)

Soo 2500A and Missabe 316 slowly move over 100 empty coal cars out of winter storage, headed for BNSF in Duluth.

SOO 4416 brings the South Side Local under the Milwaukee Road signal bridge in Franklin Park.

Soo Line SD40-2's 6608, 761 power eastbound CP run-thru train R200 over Rush Creek, one mile east of Hudsonville, MI. A crew change at CSX's Wyoming, MI yard lies seven miles ahead where a new cre... (more)

Dynamic duo charging through Lakeside with RP contributor Dan Mackey at the throttle.

The original FP7 demonstator begins its descent of Lemon Drop Hill as she teams with DMIR #316 to deliver coal cars back to the BNSF after being stored on the NSSR. Very rare move, as the #2500 do... (more)

The original FP7 demonstator rolls down the BNSF as she teams with DMIR #316 to deliver coal cars back to the BNSF after being stored on the NSSR. Very rare move, as the #2500 does not get out muc... (more)

Light power from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum heads east on the North Shore Scenic Railroad to pick up an empty coal train that was stored for a few weeks.

SOO in SOO Territory SOO 6044 and CP 6251 under the train code CP 486 hustle through down the Detroit Lakes subdivision disturbing the quiet community of Brooks, roughly 22 miles from its o... (more)