Soo 700 and DM&IR 193 move 123 empty coal cars along the North Shore Scenic Railroad for short term storage.
Restored Soo GP30 700 idles next to live Soo Pacific 2719 during a night photo session at the Lake Superior Railroad Musuem in Duluth.
The Lake Superior Railroad Museum's ex-Soo Line GP30 runs light engine up the north shore of Lake Superior clearing the line prior to an empty coal train arriving for winter storage.
There is no doubt that Soo 700 did its share of pilot plowing along the former DSS&A in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but this time the classic GP30 is plowing lake enhanced snowfall on the north sh... (more)
Kale McConnell (Assistant to the Mechanical Superintendent) keeps the manned helper under control as we roll towards home.
Soo 700 leads a tourist train out of dowtown Duluth and along the shores of Lake Superior on a cool Saturday.
The NSSR gets a visit from a Sperry Rail Track Inspector as they roll by the MP&L 45 Tonner waiting in the clear.
"Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine. "
Portrait of a railroader. Hand on the whistle with boots on the heater, rails always ahead.
The first and only time this private car has ever ever run on the NSSR. It was in town as part of the NRHS Special. The neat thing is that it is called the Kitchi Gammi, the Ojibwe name for Lake S... (more)
Soo's first GP30 number 700 heads west into a heavy snow squall with 6 cars and a caboose.
The different faces of EMD.
Engineer Scott looks back over his train as we head over onto the mainline.
One of the oldest operating budd cars in the country meets a Soo gp30.
