A couple of worn Soo GP30's head the 41 cars of train 909 west at Gilchrist. 701 and 719 do the honors on this early March afternoon, the 701 never made it to the WC and was retired as a Soo unit,... (more)

Soo 2550,408,727 and DIT Ex D&H, Ex MN, shark nose 1205 bound for the E&LS highball past Gilchrist with the 109 cars of train 911. The 2550 was an ex passenger geep and has recently lost its gyral... (more)

Soo 747, 808 power a heavy 138 car train 912 near Gilchrist. There was a lot of lumber on the head end of this train that was to be routed to St. Ignace and then Via the Chief Wawatum to Michigan ... (more)

IC 6106, CN 9590, WC 6901 roll past Gilchrist with train 412.

WC was on borrowed time when I shot this westbound empty ore train with a head end fill of logs and a few cars of paper west of Gilchrist. The WC's charismatic Ex President Ed Burkhardt had been u... (more)

By the time I started shooting slides in the fall 1976 the chances for Soo Line F-unit sets were greatly diminished. While there were still 44 F's at the time, they were more often than not just ... (more)

Soo 780 is in the siding at Gilchrist with train 910. On this day train 911 is running about 5 hours later than normal due to a large train, power trouble and a longer than usual customs delay in ... (more)

Soo train 911 lead by 6609 and 759 is struggling to clear the main at Gilchrist after a night of lake effect snow in 1981.

WC 6555,AC 1762,1756 have the Sault Ste. Marie-Tilden Mine ore empties rolling past the east end of the snow covered siding at Gilchrist. The F's are running out their last miles in WC service as ... (more)

Soo 744,709 struggle through the cold and snow just west of Gilchrist with train 910. This was just another train on the Soo subdivision in 1984. A year later the Soo would buy the Milwaukee Road ... (more)

MN&S 40 leads Soo 741 and train 909 west at Gilchrist.

WC 6006,AC 1755 sweep thru Gilchrist with the 64 cars of train 134. The Ex ACR SD40-2's ran around in AC paint for awhile after the merger. WC was slow to repaint lots of units, mainly because of ... (more)

Soo 759,809 are on the point of train 911 waiting for a eastbound at Gilchrist. These units are about as dirty as any Soo power seen during this period. Both need a wash rack, although the U-boat ... (more)

Soo 6600 at Gilchrist after 4408 had been pulled off of her. In a few day it will be off on the long slow trip to Shoreham to be evaluated and soon enough will be determined to be beyond repair. T... (more)

One of those you really had to see it to believe it moments. Soo 4408 rides high over 6600 in the aftermath of the July 12, 1982 head on at Gilchrist