Here in 2014, CP is strapped for power with many of theirs leased out. Slated for rebuild and then storage, there are very few true SOO SD60's left, and to find two on a train is a treat. Findin... (more)

Portrait of borrowed time. One has to believe that CP has these SOO SD60's on the short list, as most have been rebuilt or stored, and a recent surge in traffic prompted their reactivation. Rare... (more)

SOO 4409 stands by at East Savanna waiting its next assignment. Soon, the B67 local crew will get to work switching out cars at Savanna and across the river at Sabula.

What are the chances in 2014 to catch a Soo Line unit in active service for CP passing by Soo's first extended vision caboose? Fairly good if you were in Duluth on January 18 when a CP transfer pa... (more)

257 heads north up the RBMN Main at LAUREL RUN interlocking, passing the classic CNJ signals. Power on this morning's train is a pair of SOO SD60s in each paint scheme and two CP SD40-2s. 257, an ... (more)

A Soo Line geep passes by restored caboose No. 1. The caboose and three passenger cars are on their way to heated storage at CN's Pokegama (Superior, WI) shop.

A traditionally painted Soo Line geep has just finished spotting box cars at Lake Superior Warehousing and is headed back to its yard. The Great Lakes Fleet (CN) tug-barge Presque Isle is in the d... (more)

Remnants of days gone by lead the 484 manifest out The Wash

Scenes like this were all too common in the late 1980s and 1990s as railroads replaced their caboose fleets with end-of-train devices. Most of this gathering would be sold with a few being donated... (more)

After electrical issues forced the DMIR #193 out of service, the only engine available to pinch hit was the former FP7 demonstrator SOO #2500. Because of radiator issues, the #2500 only runs about... (more)

Westbound "Spaulding Patrol" passes the Bartlett Depot Museum as the sleet and snow begin to fall.

As KCS Train C-KCTU-06 heads south past West Wye Tower at KCS Knoche Yard, the CP local power waits for another crew.

Soo Line GP30s 700, 705, 713 and 716 rest in storage at Shoreham in Minneapolis during a traffic downturn in 1982. Soo's GP30s would be sold to Wisconsin Central in October 1987 to help with its s... (more)

SOO 2201B and GP35 722 (the only Alco truck equipped GP35 Soo received) have arrived in Manitowoc from Neenah with the boat train for the C&O and Ann Arbor car ferry connections at Manitowoc. Note... (more)

A pair of "heritage" GP38-2s drag a string of special heavy duty flat cars into Rices Point Yard. The cars will carry cargo to Alberta from the Port of Duluth via CP.