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It's a frigid day as the SOO 1003 gets a highball into the town of Hartford for the Christmas parade

A rare daylight NYS&W HAN-1 heads west through Franklin Lakes, NJ. The "missing link" of I-287 between Montville, NJ and Suffern, NY was still under construction in this March 1993 view... (more)

Local bound for Schiller Park Yard.

Soo Line locomotives on the ready track.

A Soo Line power set idles at the sand tower at Irvine Yard near Chippewa Falls, WI on the round house lead. After some switching, the power will head the train east toward Stevens Point. The old... (more)

Soo Line SD40-2 6622, 6619 and 6613 lead a westbound container train at Smiths Falls, Ontario on July 6, 1987.

The last SOO Candy Apple geep leads CP 2-286 south through Des Plaines.

Travel Worn and Ready for Duty

Time has not been kind to the cosmetic appearance of Soo Line GP30 712. Faded paint and oxidation notwithstanding, the 23 year old EMD is still fully... (more)

A rare treat leads NS 15T down the Pulaski District. A candy apple red Soo Line SD60.

SOO 4598, the final “candy apple” SOO locomotive left on the rails, leads CP 2-286 through Rondout.

CP 2-286 rolls south on the CP C&M Sub with the only "candy apple" painted GP38-2 remaining leading, as it passes under endangered searchlight signals at Rondout, IL.

CP 2-286 rolls south on the UP Milwaukee Sub with the only remaining "candy apple" GP39-2 leading.

A second section of train 286 heads east through Pleasant Prairie with the last Soo Line candy apple red Geep on the CP's roster leading a CP GP38-2 in the beaver scheme. The leader has certainly ... (more)