Four of a kind
It’s 6:45 in the morning of July 14, 1991, as Soo Line EMD GP38-2 No. 4444 glows in the early sunlight and new candy-apple red paint, leading an eastbound Soo freight ou... (more)

Good old ramshackle Haley, how we miss it, with its railfan guest book, friendly operator and three busy railroads. Here a southbound freight, probably the daily Louisville train, is rattling pa... (more)

It appears that winterization hatch is needed as the old beast drills some freight cars. Photo by unknown. From my collection.

SOO 1003 leads the 2023 Santa Train in Hartford.

Soo Line train 17 enters a curve passing the Brookfield, Wisconsin, depot on the afternoon of April 12, 1987. Soo Line EMD GP9 Nos. 400 and 2402 share locomotion with leased Conrail EMD GP38 Nos. ... (more)

SOO 1003 leads the 2023 Santa Train in Hartford.

SOO 723 and 556 work the small yard on the north side of Waukesha, WI. in May of 1985.

A westbound freight moves the out of Pigs Eye. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

The last Metra of the night for Fox Lake meets SOO 1003 at Healy.

SOO 1003 passes a rather large crowd at Rondout as it makes its was to Western Ave Yard in Chicago.

SOO 1003 continues its slow trip down the Fox Lake Sub passing through Long Lake at sunset on its way to Chicago.

SOO 1003 heads for Chicago as it passes the grain elevator at Avalon. For record purposes SOO 1003 was running as LLTX 1003 under WSOR symbol Y303.

SOO 1003 cuts through the old GM Janesville assembly plant which is still nothing but a nice beautiful slab of concrete. For record purposes SOO 1003 was running as LLTX 1003 under WSOR symbol Y30... (more)

SOO 1003 crosses the Rock River as it slowly departs Janesville on its way to Chicago. For record purposes SOO 1003 was running as LLTX 1003 under WSOR symbol Y303.

SOO only owned 10 "Boats" so they were an oddity to find out and about. They looked nice and sounded great but by all accounts there were numerous reasons they had a lifespan of about 1... (more)