Residents of Thief River Falls, Minn., come out to view CP steam locomotive 2816 pulling excursion train into the depot to load passengers for its run to Minneapolis.
CP 2816 and a vintage 1940s era cab pose at the Soo Line depot in Thief River Falls, now the City Hall. The engine was en route from Calgary to Minneapolis.
After spending the night in Thief River Falls, the Empress steams south toward its destination in Minneapolis.
Still in black and orange paint from the 1985 merger, a former Milwaukee Road bandit teams up with a freshly painted switcher to give a good example of how times have changed.
Sitting outside the shops - GP10 1003 and SD9 1374...
Derailment at MP 25
Sitting at the shops - SD9 1374 and TR4B 514
Soo 1555 sits waiting to leave town as snow plows sit waiting for winter...
Former LT 1015 sits outside the shops...
Former BRC 514 sits outside the shops...
Former Algoma Central switcher sits in the morning sun.
Now these are heritage units! From right to left: SOO 2066, SOO 4425, CP 3018, SOO 2026, SOO 2010, SOO 2016, SOO 4648. I've never seen a Bandit before let alone four of them!
A faded ILSX unit rests near the Thief River Falls yard, assigned to the town's grain elevator...
