With plenty of freight to move, and a scramble to acquire used locomotives to fill its roster, early Wisconsin Central was a colorful railroad. Three weeks after its startup, WC train 42 approache... (more)

Nice pair at Byron
Soaking up some of the last sunlight of the day, Soo Line train 11 and its pair of GP30s throw exhaust into the sky while topping the grade at Byron, Wisconsin, on Ju... (more)

A former Soo Line steam locomotive calls this small museum in Tracy, MN home. It's been modified with an enormous balloon stack, renumbered and lettered for the Chicago & North Western, and had it... (more)

Soo Line 6240 (1 of 54 SD39's made by EMD) leads a Lake States train out of Milwaukee, WI in May of 1987. Much has changed since this photo was taken. The Milwaukee skyline has added a building or... (more)

Soo Line GP40 2018 shows off perhaps the worst patch job ever applied to a merged railroad's equipment. Rumor has it that some Soo Line locomotive manager had great disdain for Milwaukee Road, or ... (more)

Soo Line bicentennial GP35 1776 spends some time in Superior in bicentennial July 1976.

Soo Line's sole SD9, no. 2381, sits in the Shoreham round house for a major overhaul. Neighboring roads like GN, CB&Q, DM&IR, MILW & CNW all had moderate to large fleets of this EMD model. Soo Lin... (more)

A westbound train with a couple of SD60's holds at West Ebner IL.

SOO 4412 and a couple of Milwaukee Road bandits do some switching at Parshall ND.

A southbound Soo Line train makes its way over the Nemadji River bridge just outside of Superior WI.

Back when SOO came to Indiana. Photo by Mike Dolenski

As it does a little street running SOO SD60M 6060 leads Z490 north up the former Monon. SOO 6060 was one of five SD60M's that they owned. Today this section of the Monon is used only by a CSX loca... (more)

The Milwaukee skyline makes a fine backdrop as Soo 6601 departs with a westbound freight in March of 1993. Much has changed in 30 years, from the number of tracks, to I-94, and to the skyline itse... (more)

Duck your head! Soo Line 6038 leads a coal train across the CNW bridge on 5 Mile Road in Caledonia, WI in June of 1990. This bridge on CNW's New Line has a 12 foot clearance and has stopped many a... (more)

A northbound Soo Line transfer freight passes under Ogden Avenue overpass at La Grange, Illinois, on the afternoon of February 7, 1987. Soo EMD SW1500 No. 1400 is former Minneapolis, Northfield & ... (more)