Two former DM&IR SDs roll across the Sucker River while opening the line in anticipation of Detroit Edison coal trains being stored for the winter. RailPictures.net contributor Max Medlin waves fr... (more)

Like they say - it is always coldest before the dawn. With an air temperature of -24F and a wind-chill well south of that the E-Lead Switch does its best to shuffle cars while a limestone train si... (more)

These two rebuilds have been stripped of usable parts and ride on shop trucks while awaiting scrapping.

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 rare Soo FM from my collection. The slide is stamped R. Wallin and I either bought or traded for it years ago.

If Santa ever arrived by train I would half expect him to show up in a Soo Line caboose like this with its appropriate red, white and black color.

Soo experimented with some Cat powered units in the early 90's. This shot has a nearly spotless consist of 4102,4106,4101 arriving at Humboldt Yard.

Soo 2408 near the roundhouse at Schiller Park. Notice the tiny W.C. on the cab side, signifying the unit belonged to the "original" Wisconsin Central. That and the four digit road number was a dea... (more)

A pair of Soo Line geeps shove a string of heavy duty flats into the port.

SOO 2719 leads its train up the coast of Lake Superior between Duluth, MN and Two Harbors, MN on a hot and humid summer afternoon. These were some of the last runs made by the 2719 which has been... (more)

A North Shore Scenic Railroad private excursion heads up the coast between Duluth, MN and Two Harbors, MN pulling two former Missabe coaches across the Little Sucker river bridge on a warm summer ... (more)

Soo 2201B and 2225B lead a transfer job in Minneapolis. A slide from my collection I traded for years ago, no photographer is listed.

Ex Baldwin demo unit 1600 ended up on the DSS&A and was one of a few to end up in the Soo's red white and black scheme. It was retired in late 1965 and spent awhile being picked clean of usable pa... (more)

Soo never bought a new SD45 although the EMD demo units worked on the Soo for a couple weeks when EMD was barnstorming them across country when they first came out. Oddly enough the Soo purchased ... (more)

Before trains 909/910 were extended from Gladstone-Sault Ste. Marie the Soo ran a local six days a week to handle the business that trains 911/912 didn't stop for. Most of the time it was a single... (more)