One of the neat things about work trains in the 1980's was the variety of old freight cars you could see with them, such as this Soo Line outside braced wood boxcar at Shops yard in 1983
Soo Line 2403 is crossing the C&NW at Jones Island with the Milwaukee skyline looming in the background. After pulling forward across the crossing, they will back their train into the yard and sta... (more)
Antique trains, tractors, and vehicles are highlights of the annual threshing show at Rollag, Minnesota.
Soo 353 hauls a steam-powered tractor built by Minneapolis during the annual threshing reunion at Rollag, Minnesota.
Soo 353 steams away from the restored Great Northern depot from Baker, Minnesota.
Soo Line 731 brings a northbound train thru Sussex, WI in the early morning hours of a nice June day in 1985. The bridge in the background is the CNW's Adams Line, and the train is about to come u... (more)
CP 255 with SOO 6023 leading DME, ICE and CP tackles the tough grade out of Desjardins into Waterdown.
Back when matched pairs of SOO geeps were the rule rather than the exception, Willy has a large Duluth-Superior transfer in tow. The geeps sounding great digging in as they departed Duluth.
THAT'LL DO! The Soo Line (ex-MILW) had a minor derailment in their yard in Milwaukee in May of 1989. Good thing the speeds were slow!
SOO 6037 leads train 255 west along the Galt Subdivision.
SOO 500 and company is looking good in this 1993 photo. A tornado would knock the passenger cars off the tracks in 2002. The train is now under a shed and repainted.
Soo Line 500A rests at Shoreham Yard with a snow plow. 2 F-units were assigned to plow duty at the time, perhaps with this plow.
SOO 4450 works the yard in Duluth while a salty unloads in the background.
Soo Line 502A and 500A rest outside the roundhouse in Shoreham Yard in September of 1983. I believe these units were in snowplow service at the time.
