WC 6002 leads the ore empties west near Trout Lake. The handful of SD40-2's that came in the ACR buyout were some fine looking units in there original ACR scheme and also after being repainted int... (more)

LS&I picked up the a few spare U-boats from DE for parts in late 1994 early 1995. They passed through Trout Lake on their way to the LS&I and I was able to look them over pretty good. They were in... (more)

By the early to mid 80's the Soo's GP30 fleet was getting a little ragged. The Alco type B trucks that had come from the FA fleet were reportedly a pain to work on and as the economy went through ... (more)

Milwaukee Road 169 heads Soo 2408 and the 32 cars of train 12 west. The Lake States experiment was winding down and due to problems with the older units assigned to these lines the Soo had brought... (more)

Soo 408,6241,CR 7784 head a short train 12 west at Trout Lake in the late evening. SD39 6241 was the only road unit that I knew of to have the Lake States lettering on the nose instead of Soo Line... (more)

An 81 car train 34 is rolling past the Trout Lake campground with leased LS&I U-boats 3010,3051 and AC 1753 leading the way. A rather unusual power combo to say the least.

Soo 704,404,401 trundle through the yard limits at Trout Lake with 57 cars, including many CP 40' newsprint boxcars. I'm not sure how much longer these 40 foot boxes lasted but they were soon gone... (more)

AC 1754,1752,1753 have just completed a slow trip from Sault Ste. Marie to Trout Lake with a 8000 ton SOGBA. The crew has been talking to the dispatcher about getting another unit from their eastb... (more)

Soo 717 and 400 work west with a fairly heavy train 12. The 717 was quite a smoker and if under a heavy load could be counted upon to put out quite a cloud for an EMD. Train 12 could normally be c... (more)

Soo 4413, Milw. 167 on train 910 work the small yard at Trout Lake and are sitting on the diamond with the ex DSS&A St. Ignace-Marquette line. The diamond is now gone along with the train order si... (more)

The hay is ready to be mowed as Soo 212A,742,214A head 911 and 90 cars west. The thing that really sticks in my mind about Soo F's was that they ALWAYS seemed to be leading trains through my homet... (more)

Soo 761,739 with a cut of paper loads just behind the power head a short 40 car train 911 west. There is not a lot of daylight in Upper Michigan near the first day of winter and the thermometer wa... (more)

A couple of ex Milwaukee Road veterans not normally found in Upper Michigan lead train 12 west with 24 cars. Quite a few Milwaukee SD40-2's worked the area with a few GP40's mixed in. The Milw. GP... (more)

The Ex DSS&A line from Trout Lake to St. Ignace and the Chief Wawatum connection was never long on traffic after the 60's. Service was mostly a trip a week or so in the early to mid 70's. That all... (more)

This set of power seemed boring in 1978...can you imagine? Soo 763,504 work 912 east with a friendly wave from the engineer.