Not long after the Soo bought the MN&S the pair of MN&S SD39's started to roam system wide. Equipped with Hancock air whistles and with an amber flasher above the front walkway the units presented... (more)

I spent a lot of time on trains back in the 70's and 80's, Soo crews in Upper Michigan were a friendly group and a long way from the headquarters in the Twin Cities, so they put up with me pester... (more)

Soo 6613 leads geeps 408,553 east on train 910 with 39 cars. Engineer Larry St. Martin has just notched out the power as the train climbs out of a sag and the 6613 kicks out a little smoke.

By the early to mid 80's the Soo's GP30 fleet was getting a little ragged. The Alco type B trucks that had come from the FA fleet were reportedly a pain to work on and as the economy went through ... (more)

Soo 4413, Milw. 167 on train 910 work the small yard at Trout Lake and are sitting on the diamond with the ex DSS&A St. Ignace-Marquette line. The diamond is now gone along with the train order si... (more)

Spotless Milwaukee SD40-2's 197,159 are on the point of Soo train 910 as they switch a few pulpwood gons at Trout Lake, The Soo had just bought the Milwaukee Road a couple of months before this ph... (more)

MN&S 40 and Soo 4448 team up on train 910 as it pulls around the wye at Trout Lake to clear the Gladstone-Sault Ste. Marie line so a waiting train 909 can head west. Soo used to have many meets at... (more)

Just another snowy grade crossing shot with Soo 785,708 leading train 910 east through Garnet. Sometimes the memories that go with these stick with you. By the time I shot this photo I'd been rail... (more)

In a scene that shouts Classic Soo Line, 4425 and 6606 lead train 910 around a sweeping curve just east of Gould City. a forty foot box trails the power along with gondolas to be spotted for pulp ... (more)

Train 910 has just handed a unit to an underpowered train 911 at Manistque and is now heading east toward a meet with train 909 at Gilchrist. In the early 80's Soo operated four trains a day over ... (more)

MN&S 41 heads 783 and a 38 car train 910 at Trout Lake. The MN&S merger brought a little color and a few new models to the Soo in the early 80's. Soon to follow would be the Milwaukee Road merger,... (more)

A grungy set of Soo power has 910 well in hand as it heads eastbound at Garnet. Were getting into the mid 80's the Soo is changing and dirty power that wouldn't have been tolerated even 5 years be... (more)

Right after the Soo-Milwaukee merger a number of units were swapped from one property to the other even though operations were not fully integrated for a few months. The Soo had about 10 Milwaukee... (more)

Soo 4418,4411 are waiting for the brake test to be completed and will soon have the 66 cars of train 910 headed to Sault Ste. Marie. Gladstone was the primary base of operation for the Soo for all... (more)

Soo 744,709 struggle through the cold and snow just west of Gilchrist with train 910. This was just another train on the Soo subdivision in 1984. A year later the Soo would buy the Milwaukee Road ... (more)