A Soo Line tie train works its way east on Milwaukee Road's former mainline at Pewaukee, WI along the shore of Pewaukee Lake. Soo Line inherited a double track mainline from MILW, but once CP took... (more)

Many artifacts of railroading have disappeared in North America in recent decades. One of the more unappreciated items is the section house like this Soo Line one at Boyceville, WI. This shed hous... (more)

Soo Line GP38-2 4418 hides most, but not all of the patch work on GP40 no. 2018, a former MILW unit. the two units are at Superior, WI with the old Soo Line roundhouse peeking out in the backgroun... (more)

Soo Line SD60 no. 6031 is tucked in the shop out of view of those nasty looking former MILW MP15ACs at St. Paul Yard (Pig's Eye) in St. Paul, MN. Soo Line could have taken some lessons from BN who... (more)

SOO GP35 no. 728 and a pair of Alco trucked GP30s pull a freight out of Pigs Eye Yard along Dayton's Bluff at St. Paul on a snowless December day in 1986. I'm not totally sure, but assume this was... (more)

CP 2302 and 2299 are parked at CP's small Rices Point Yard in Duluth, MN between switching and transfer assignments.

DMIR 317, an SDM rebuilt from an SD9, idles at DMIR's Proctor engine facilities along with DMIR 418, a former Seaboard Coastline SD45-2 which has been rebuilt into an SD40-3.Missabe had two former... (more)

SSW 9646 leads an SP/SSW detour train across the Mississippi River crossing from Savanna, IL to Sabula, IA on the Soo Line's former Milwaukee Road bridge. The Mississippi experienced substantial f... (more)

The Silver Pilot leads its train from the Illinois Railroad Museum, Union, IL, into West Chicago via C&NW trackage. The train will interchange with BN and make its way to Ft. Worth, TX to help BN ... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr has just come out of Big Ten and passed by Clay siding on its way to Tunnel 1 and the climb up the Front Range out of Denver.

BNSF 8586 heads east (south) through Alma, WI with a manifest freight train as a barge prepares to work its way through the lock and dam on the Mississippi River.

SOO SD60 no. 6013 has stopped its eastbound freight short of the signal protecting the Wisconsin Central diamonds at Duplainville, WI as the sun sets. Soon the light will turn green and the train ... (more)

SOO SD60 no. 6025 in the 1961 era red and white scheme leads an eastbound freight meeting a westbound freight powered by SOO 6052, painted in the candy apple red scheme on double track at Hartland... (more)

A pair of former MILW locos, an MP15AC and GP40, lead a freight past the west entrance to CNW's Western Ave. yard in St. Paul. This Soo Line train uses CNW trackage rights to access former Milwauk... (more)

CP 8797 heading east meets a westbound freight at Sparwood, BC on CP's Crow's Nest Pass route. the westbound train features a BNSF Dash 9 in the consist.