The crossing guard protects a rural farm crossing outside of Avalon, Wisconsin as SOO Line 1003 thunders towards Janesville with a short freight.

SOO 1003 headed west towards Janesville, WI for the night where it will tie up on the Old Main since the crew was near expired for time.

Under the watchful eye of the engineer, SOO #1003 pulls out of the yard track to tie its heritage freight cars onto a Metra locomotive in preparation for a shuttle move to CP Morgan for a #1003 ph... (more)

Soo LIne #1003 2-8-2 steam locomotive was showcased to the Metra's employees during their 2022 employee open house held at the Western Ave. shop.

SOO 1003 heads across the Rock River bridge in Janesville en route to Spring Grove for the day.

SOO 1003 headed uphill towards Avalon, and eventually Spring Grove, IL where it will tie up for the day. This sounded exactly like a movie - steam engine chugging, whistling for a crossing.

SOO 1003 easing into Janesville at the Rotamer Rd. crossing

One of Soo Line's rare SD60M's crosses 1st Street in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1991 as it starts its' journey south on the old Milwaukee Road C&M subdivision.

SOO Line SD40-2 with caboose takes a junction at Forest Hill

Roaring thru Rondout....... Soo Line 6025 leads a freight thru Rondout, IL in September of 1991.

Canadian Pacific GP38-2 4509 (ex-Milwaukee Road 359, and still in Soo Line paint) and CP/SOO caboose 17 are stationed in front of the depot, awaiting their call to duty switching local industries ... (more)

A former Soo Line business car, built in 1921, brings up the markers (in this case, old school marker lights) as Amtrak San Diegan 578 rushes through the city of Orange on its way from Los ... (more)

Both led by all-EMD power, Soo Line trains 12 and 17 meet at Bryon, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of May 9, 1987. The Lake States era of Soo Line was colorful and frequently featured older locomotiv... (more)

After overextending themselves acquiring Milwaukee Road, Soo Line established a wholly-owned division called Lake States Transportation Division on 10 February 1986, to operate its mostly former S... (more)

Busy times at Franklin Park
Just east of Soo Line’s sprawling, former Milwaukee Road Bensenville Yard, an eastbound Soo Line freight meets a westbound Grand Trunk Western train at Fra... (more)