CN SD40 rebuild 6010 leads WC 3024 and forest products laden train 543 westbound into the late evening sun.

Not long after the Soo bought the MN&S the pair of MN&S SD39's started to roam system wide. Equipped with Hancock air whistles and with an amber flasher above the front walkway the units presented... (more)

AC F's 1755 and 1756 work there way east with the 51 cars of GBSOA on a chilly March morning.

What could be better than standing in the shade of some maples on your first Spring out of high school and having consists like this roll past. Soo 2202B and 754 head for the CPR connection at Sau... (more)

A fairly heavy train 12 with 75 cars powers up as it departs Trout Lake with 146 and 411 leading the way at 9:05PM. Summer in Upper Michigan allows for some late photos as the sun doesn't set unti... (more)

6543 scoots east with a short 6 car train. If you look close you can see a couple of logs ready to unload off the first car. Over the years I became pretty vigilant about looking the first few car... (more)

DMIR 155 and WC 587 work the yard at Trout Lake getting train 43's 46 cars in order before departing for Marquette on a sunny March afternoon. The crew for 43 tied up in Trout Lake at the time and... (more)

WC 2004, AC 1762, WC 6596 lead GBSOA away from Trout Lake with 47 cars. The ex ACR GP38-2 is looking fine in nearly spotless condition on this late August day.

The WC often turned to the LS&I for a few spare U-boats in the mid-90's during the winter months to help with heavy traffic. LS&I 3052, WC 6621 and WC 1504 head east with 114 cars on train 35.

WC 3027, AC 1762, WC 6630 roll through the forest about 5 miles east of Trout Lake. By the late 90's the riot of color was about gone off the WC and most units were looking good.

Soo 212B and 502C get to work on making a pick up at Trout Lake on a westbound extra during the fall of 1979. New GP38-2's had been making inroads on the Soo F-unit fleet for a few years already a... (more)

The pair of ex FRV SD24's that came to the WC often found themselves working in Upper Michigan. Late on a humid July evening the 2401 is has been swapped out with the 2402 for use on the Newberry ... (more)

Soo train 911 rolls west with 733 leading leased CR 6523 and 85 cars on an early spring morning. The 733 was one of only four GP40's on the Soo's roster before a large group were added with the pu... (more)

I spent a lot of time on trains back in the 70's and 80's, Soo crews in Upper Michigan were a friendly group and a long way from the headquarters in the Twin Cities, so they put up with me pester... (more)

WC 6006, AC 1761,1756 and WC 3027 start for Gladstone with train SOGBA. The ex ACR units ran around in their original paint scheme quite awhile after the WC bought their owner.