Soo Line train 223 trundles along a frozen Mississippi River at Lansing, Iowa, on February 20, 1993. Lead locomotive, Soo Line EMD GP38-2 No. 4512, is a former Milwaukee Road locomotive in “Band... (more)

X-MILW bandit GP40, SOO 2015, mates up with CP 3015 from CP's first group of GP38s at Portage, WI as both Milwaukee and Soo Line begin the final transition into the Canadian Pacific family. Portag... (more)

Former Milwaukee Road GP40, now SOO 2066, leads a couple leasers on an eastbound freight at Lewiston, WI. The train is getting out of the way for a westbound empty coal train before continuing on ... (more)

A Soo Bandit works the CP Rice's Point Yard in Duluth, MN.

With Soo Line acquisition of the Milwaukee Road, several units did received Soo Lines red/white colors, but the vast majority received the unattractive "bandit" paint scheme; cheap flat black pai... (more)

Bandit and a ghost
Former Milwaukee Road, now Soo Line GP40 No. 2014 and Kansas City Southern SD40 No. 633 sit at the Joint Agency Yard in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 1990. ... (more)

A trio of Soo Line SD40-2s, with the leader still in Milwaukee Road colors, brings a freight west along the IHB in Dolton. Tom Golden photo.

Happy Halloween! SOO 534, EMCX 1557, and TCW 181 all converge at Hoffmann Avenue in October of 1991. Lots of orange and black are perfect for Halloween.

Bear with me...... Soo Line 6362 shows its' ex-Milwaukee Road heritage as it brings a C&NW train across Silver Spring Drive in Butler, WI in November of 1988. The train just came off C&NW's Adams ... (more)

A former Milwaukee Road Geep shows off its patched Soo Line markings. Tom Golden photo.

SOO Bandit GP40 2066 switches out cars at Nahant Yard. This unit has certainly spent a lot of time here in the past.

Respondek's Port Harbor Railroad boasts some fascinating power nowadays! Former Milwaukee Road GP40 #2064, still gleaming in MILW/SOO bandit paint, heads up a trio of colorful EMDs, including IT p... (more)

Soo 2027 leads a still decent looking Milwaukee 2041 west near Lake City. After all the black paint treatment most of the Ex Milwaukee units took on a fairly unattractive appearance and they ran a... (more)

WC was working through its first winter in Jan. of 88 and operations were a bit of a struggle. SDL 585 still in the infamous Soo "bandit" scheme works west at Caffey pushing the Russell plow that ... (more)

THE MILWAUKEE ROAD LIVES! Staging in Galewood Yard for a recrew, CP's BRC Clearing Job sits crewless with an old Milwaukee Road soldier up front. Hard to believe its been nearly 26 years since "Th... (more)