SOO 6053 East breaks the early morning shadows as it approaches Milwaukee on this -12 degree morning.
A frozen SOO SD60 has received the signal from CP Tower 17 and begins its short trip to the BRC and ultimately, NS' Calumet Yard.
Climbing the stiff grade back to the CHI-MKE mainline out of Muskego Yard, SOO 6053 and her CP mate pass over 1st St. and will soon call up the C&M Dispatcher to give counts and ask for a light so... (more)
280 and 288 wait their turns at "the steps" in Bensenville.
For the first time in about a year and a half, a Soo Line SD60 is captured by my camera lens. With an air temperature of -3, SOO 6053 and CP 5958 lead eastbound train #280 through Lake Forest.
Ex SOO SD60 #6053 and GP38-2 CP 3082 approach CP's Clover Bar yard in east Edmonton.
441 has just entered the city limits of London behind SOO 6053 and CP 5912.
I didn't catch many SOO SD60s, but when I did, they were usually in trios and duos. SOO SD60s are now a thing of the past.
A matched set of Candy Apple Red SD60s crosses the Mississippi River.
The St. Paul, MN, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train rolls along the Mississippi River as they past thru this small river town south of Guttenburg. Today's 270 has a trio of Soo Line SD60' for pow... (more)
What a way to end a great day of rail fanning. A pair of Candy Apples, a bridge, some cows, and clear skies. It doesn't get much better than this!
The morning CP hotshot out of Minneapolis, MN, rolls east near MP 48, south of WEPCO, near Pleasant Prairie. The train will soon be crossing into Illinois for the remaining miles into Bensenville ... (more)
A pair of SOO candy apple red SD60's team up to bring the KC - St Paul train north into Washington.
A pair of Soo 60's head west across the Mississippi River.
