In the last summer of Soo Line operations in Upper Michigan a Milwaukee SD leads a former Milwaukee SW now in fresh Soo Line Red/Off White/Black west on train 12 with 47 cars at Caffey.

Caffey, Michigan consists of a short siding and a handful of residences, most now used as cabins. On occasion pulp/logs are loaded there for transport west but for the most part the biggest action... (more)

WC was working through its first winter in Jan. of 88 and operations were a bit of a struggle. SDL 585 still in the infamous Soo "bandit" scheme works west at Caffey pushing the Russell plow that ... (more)

After waiting for an eastbound OCS to clear in the short Caffey siding the WC 6559, 6502, 726 along with a couple of LS&I RSD12's (1801&1803) that had been sold to a RR in TN blast off westbound ... (more)

A late running CN 412 works west past Caffey with IC 6106, CN 9590 and CN 6901 leading a long train. At the time I can remember thinking "another SD40", for someone who grew up with them it seems ... (more)

WC 2003, AC 1753, WC 6586 head 71 cars west near Caffey. Spring is in the air but it will be weeks before things start to green up in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

An ex FRV geep leads a pair of AC FP's and a ex MP GP35 with train GBSOA on a chilly January day. Power on this day was 4119,1751,1752,4007.

IC 2464, WC 3012, CN 9591 roll train 412 through Caffey on a early spring afternoon. Some of the ex LMS leasers that were shared with CR still roam CN in tattered CR blue.

Soo 768,6613,4411 roll out of a setting sun at the end of a short frigid winter day. The coil steel cars stored in the siding at Caffey were a sign of the times in the early 1980's as we rode out ... (more)

Soo 732 has been battling a few drifts as it moves an Extra West near Caffey. The Soo's GP40 "fleet" of four units tended to wander all over the system. There lack of numbers made it feel like a r... (more)

Things had really started to change on the former WC lines when I shot this late running train 411 at Caffey. CN 9455, IC 6066, WC 3011 have 109 cars sifting through the fresh snow the day after... (more)

Just another day on the WC in May of 98, but with a set of power probably impossible to find anywhere else. GP30 2252 leads FP9 1752 and F45 6655 eastbound on train GBSOA near Caffey.

Soo 2225A,737,502C thunder westbound through Caffey with 94 cars on train 911. The crews preferred second generation hood units for leaders, but on this day 2225A was picked up at Trout Lake for a... (more)

The nine ex Milwaukee Road SDL39's spent almost all their time patrolling the WC's Upper Michigan trackage. The transfer job between the twin Soo's always rated one until the International bridge ... (more)

A dusty 3014 with a faded out nose leads AC 1752 and Ex FRV 2401 east on a bright spring morning. The two ex FRV SD24's frequented Upper Michigan