Soo Line train 17 crests Byron Hill south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 6, 1987. Leading the train is Soo Line EMD SD39 No. 6241 with nose lettering for short-lived Lake Stat... (more)
Soo Line only owned two SD39s, and both of them were at the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard in Bedford Park, Illinois, on September 21st, 1997. Built by EMD in October 1968 as Minneapolis... (more)
After a few years of steady road service after the Soo bought the MN&S the pair of Ex MN&S SD39's started to call the Twin Cities home. The Soo seemed to have a history of keeping roster oddities ... (more)