Soo Line 1548 (ex-Milwaukee Road) switches Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI in January of 1993. Several boats are in the harbor for winter lay-up, including the Arthur Anderson, the boat that followe... (more)
The first flakes of the "Blizzard of 2010" are falling at St. Paul Yard as a pair of switchers wait for an outbound train to clear the switching lead.
Arriving at work, I found my old friend Soo 1548 on the South Lead at St. Paul Yard, ready to work the Top End as the blizzard of 2010 got underway. There would be LOTS more snow on the ground in... (more)
A Progressive Rail industrial service has a loaner CP/Soo Line MP15AC.
A battered but not beaten Bandit still puts in a good day's work.
Milwaukee Road unbandited... too bad the white letters don't wear off as easy as the black patch job did.
She doesn't look too good but still puts in a good day's work.
The brakeman has gone to look for the owner of the white car blocking the lead to Peerless Confection; meanwhile a pastry truck blocks SOO 1548 in from the other side. Just feet from the end of t... (more)
Soo 1548 leads CP 777 out of Pigs Eye with Milwaukee Road paint still visible.
Switching in St. Paul.
