BN 9431, 9510 and 9629 assault Walker Hill on August 20, 1998 south of Bill WY at Walker Creek Road.

Train 909 tackles the hill near MP447 west of Trout Lake in winter 1985. SD40 744 leads GP30 703 and a GP38-2 west towards Gladstone. With the F's and U-boats long gone off the SOO roster this qua... (more)

SOO struggled with seasonal power shortages and occasionally 912 would be called out of Gladstone with a singe unit or lose a unit to a 911 that was having power problems. Normally an extra would ... (more)

Extra 202 south heads for Sault Ste. Marie with 41 cars trailing 202, 203 and 104.

SOO 4225 rests in front of the long gone roundhouse and turntable in Sault Ste. Marie on the last day of April 1987.

A late running train 11 arrives at Soo Yard with 717 leading a CR GP38 and SOO GP9 during the Lake States era.

A late evening sun lights train 12 as it prepares to depart Trout Lake with 408, 6241 and leased CR 7784. The head Brakie is making his way forward on 6241 after going back to reset a ground relay... (more)

A couple of Soo GP9's along with GP35 724 idle away the hours at Stevens Point. The 4231 Was a former passenger geep noted by the roof top air tanks and small fuel tank while the 403 was a freight... (more)

A mid winter classic taken by the late Fran Wiener at Vandyne. Soo 214A,413,557 and another F7A are eastbound heading to Shops yard. Soo F's were about done in road service at this point. Some las... (more)

A June early morning found SP 4422 and 4365 along with classic SP bay window caboose tied up at Medford.

Hot CPR Schiller Park-St. Luc run-through has detoured off it's usual path over CSX across Lower Michigan. Here it is blasting out of Trout Lake on the WC with ex QNSL 5410 leading 5526, 6044 and ... (more)

Soo 4227 rests on the lead that used to run to the Milwaukee Road roundhouse in La Crosse, If I remember correctly by this date the house itself was no longer being used by the railroad. The 4227 ... (more)

DMIR 400 and IC 6259 hustle T-bird loads south on a puffy cloud filled late afternoon.

GTW 4138 at Bay City. Most of my time was spent in Upper Michigan but I would get stuck attending occasional business meetings in the Lower Peninsula and I often tried to get a little rail action ... (more)

BN's big C636's were powerful but trouble plagued units. I was fortunate enough to actually see a number of them in service in the summer of 79. I also picked up a number of slides in trade or pur... (more)