A pair of SOO SD60s picked up a coal train at Bridgeport from the CN and are now on their way back to Bensenville. Here, they are waiting at Hawthorne for a CP transfer to clear before proceeding ... (more)
3 Soo Line SD60s lead a loaded coal train south out of Binghamton on the Sunbury Main.
The Hoffman interlocking is jam packed with an eastbound CP train changing crews on Main 1, CP coke empties 891 rolling down SOO 1 and a CP-UP transfer coming down SOO 2.
An unusual consist for this train leads #183 through North Glenview. Nicknamed 'The Attitude' by local railfans, this train forwards containers from Bensenville to the Twin Cities.
A pair of new SOO SD60's on an eastbound wait for their Conductor to walk back to the headend after a meet. These would be among the last to be painted in the SOO white/red scheme before the swit... (more)
Arriving at Bensenville in just a few short minutes from here.
Accelerating away from a meet with 252 at "Howards", SOO 6041 leads CP 251 past the immaculate Westport Station at 03:31 in favourite conditions for night photos.
SOO SD60s 6041 and 6032 lead grain train 388 south of Guelph Jct. on the Hamilton Sub.
SOO 6041 and 778 approach the GTW diamonds at Hayford crossing with an e/b transfer. That's the "tower" to the right of the lead unit.
Time-Sensitive Merchandise Train from St. Paul, MN - Bensenville, IL. (Canon EOS20D, 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM)
Fellow railfan and railpics photographer Caleb Herndon gets caught in this shot as he speeds off to catch 224 in Lawerenceburg.
Even though the train is only moving about 15 mph, this van ignores the warnings with only about 15-20 feet to spare.
224 has a very welcome set of foreign power once again, my first SOO engine to photography
