WC 2003 leads ACR 1750,1762,1754,1755,1752 and 72 cars east. That is an incredible consist for 1998, even by WC standards. The A-B-A set just behind 2003 had powered an extra the previous evening ... (more)

A mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain had been falling all day, but the WC was still up to the challenge with this only on the WC fantastic lash up. 2401,6639,1752 and 3021 have the 75 cars of tr... (more)

For over 100 years Soo trains had been calling at Trout Lake, but that only had 4 more days to go when I shot this job backing around the Southwest wye and ready to depart for Marquette late in th... (more)

Soo 4408,750 ramble east with train #912 on Valentine's day 1980. The 4408 was destroyed in a head on collision near Gilchrist in the summer of 82.

WC 2556,6596,6629 have just pulled to a stop at Trout Lake with westbound freight 34. This evening there is a pick up to be made in the yard, pulp and logs loaded locally and also pressed board, l... (more)

WC 6626,AC 1761,1762,1753 have SOGBA in tow at Trout Lake. An SD45 in great paint along with two F9B units and a FP9A, could it get any better in 1999?

In one of my first photos with a 35mm camera Soo 2226A leads 787 near Trout Lake with 87 cars on train 912. The Soo F-unit fleet was still 44 units strong at the time, but GP38-2 trade ins would s... (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)

The hour for Soo F's was growing short when I shot this westbound local on the last day of November 1979. Normally not used as leaders at the time, a bribe of a box of donuts and a friendly crew g... (more)

Soo 718,4412 are spending a cold January night at Trout Lake. At the distant right the green light on the train order signal beckons an eastbound for Sault Ste. Marie into town.The Marquette crew ... (more)

Fresh out of the paint shop ex ACR GP38-2 2005 has made it to Trout Lake and will spend a few weeks on the Munising job.

The two ex FRV SD24's that WC inherited with the take over of that road quickly found a home in Upper Michigan, working along with a number of SDL39's on the light rail of the Ex DSS&A line from T... (more)

SD45 6627 pilots an A-B-A F set and train SOGBA around the wye onto the EX DSS&A line to clear the main for a meet with its eastbound counterpart at Trout Lake.Power in this consist was 6627,AC 1... (more)

WC 3023,AC 1752,WC 6652 head west out of some storm clouds just west of Trout Lake. With the snow on 3023's plow it appears snow was falling somewhere on the run out from Sault Ste. Marie.

Spotless DMIR 164 works west on the old DSS&A line a few miles out of Trout Lake with 34 cars of mainly logs and pulp. The WC had DMIR SD9's on the property nearly steady during the mid nineties t... (more)