Almost model-like, a former Soo Line car spends its final days laying on its side in the dirt, waiting for the scrappers torch.

Soo Line train 943 rattles the bay windows of the Brookfield depot on the afternoon of May 27, 1990. Candy-apple red EMD SD60 No. 6052 leads the westbound on this pleasant spring day in Wisconsin.

Soo Line train 220 heads east out of Savanna, Illinois, at 12:25 p.m. on October 24, 1992. The railroad’s abandoned, former Milwaukee Road yard at Savanna is still populated by a large assortment ... (more)

All sorts of Grand Trunk action at Blue Island as three separate trains vie for mainline time. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

On October 24, 1992, the Soo Line’s abandoned, former Milwaukee Road yard at Savanna, Illinois, is still populated by a large assortment of Soo and Milwaukee cars awaiting a date with the cutting ... (more)

Soo Line 1003 charges over Beaver Dam lake during the Trains Magazine 80th Anniversary Photo Charter

Soo Line 1003 pulls the Hartford Santa Train passed the Rubicon River and into the town of Hartford.

Tying up traffic on 2nd Street: A southbound Soo Line freight rumbles through the Mississippi River town of Bellevue, Iowa, on January 30, 1993.

On February 25, 1994, it’s still snowing and dusk is approaching as Soo Line train 421 blasts west through Brookfield, Wisconsin, with Soo EMD SD60 No. 6014 clearing the way, and has all but obscu... (more)

SOO SW-1 320 crosses Fox River. 320 was local switcher kept at 1 stall engine house in Oshkosh. The 320 is now at the Duluth Museum in SOO black scheme. Joyce Norton Photo