Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 lead Soo Line train No. 430 up 2nd street in downtown Bellevue, Iowa, on October 17, 1993.
The St. Paul, MN, to Kansas City, MO, manifest train quietly rolls thru the streets of Bellevue. The CP now has track speed up to 20 mph, but trains still do not blow any horns in town. CP 6240 is... (more)
It was only 3 degrees, but the sun was shining, the Red Tail Hawks and Bald Eagles were soaring above the Mississippi, and the chimes from a church in the town of Bellevue rang out a beautiful hym... (more)