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Viewing Album:  RailPictures 1970s-1980s
 
By:Rob Kitchen
Dates:3/1/1975 - 12/31/1989
Album Info:Railroad photographs taken around the country during the 1970s and 1980s
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Riding to a Stop
Title:  Riding to a Stop
Description:  A Soo Line brakeman is riding a boxcar and controlling the brake in the yard at East Houghton. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:54 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  987   Comments: 3
Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  West end of East Houghton yard facing east. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:05 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  1259   Comments: 0
Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  Middle of East Houghton yard looking west. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:33 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  956   Comments: 0
Yard
Title:  Yard
Description:  Middle of East Houghton yard looking east. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:34 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  773   Comments: 0
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  North side of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:34 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  794   Comments: 1
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  East end of the north side of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:35 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  515   Comments: 0
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  East and south sides of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:36 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  497   Comments: 0
Freight Station
Title:  Freight Station
Description:  East end of the north side of the freight station at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:36 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2552(GP9)
Views:  924   Comments: 0
SOO 714
Title:  SOO 714
Description:  A westbound Soo Line train entering East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  5/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:42 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 714(GP30)
Views:  1784   Comments: 2
Ann Arbor Car Ferry
Title:  Ann Arbor Car Ferry
Description:  Arthur K. Atkinson at the boat yard at Elberta, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:58 PM
Location:  Elberta, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AA 386(GP35)
Views:  2756   Comments: 1
Station
Title:  Station
Description:  Station at the junction of the DSS&A mainline and the Houghton Branch. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:24:56 PM
Location:  Nestoria, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  920   Comments: 0
SOO 2226-A
Title:  SOO 2226-A
Description:  Typical Soo Line power at the freight station at the yard at East Houghton. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  10/1/1975  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:51 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2226a(F7A)
Views:  1459   Comments: 1
SOO 723
Title:  SOO 723
Description:  Soo Line GP35 723 and F7-A 213-B are climbing Hancock hill on their way to Calumet, Michigan. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  3/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:20 AM
Location:  Hancock, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 723(GP35)
Views:  1763   Comments: 0
Station
Title:  Station
Description:  Soo Line (ex. DSS&A) station at Ewen, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:38 PM
Location:  Ewen, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  870   Comments: 0
Soo Line Waterfront
Title:  Soo Line Waterfront
Description:  The southbound Keewenaw Shifter is running alsong the waterfront at Ripley, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:55 PM
Location:  Ripley, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 731(GP35)
Views:  1972   Comments: 1
SOO 731
Title:  SOO 731
Description:  An eastbound Soo Line train entering East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  5/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:43 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 731(GP35)
Views:  1203   Comments: 0
Station
Title:  Station
Description:  Soo Line (ex. DSS&A) station at Trout Creek, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:32 PM
Location:  Trout Creek, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  485   Comments: 0
Michigan ArtTrain
Title:  Michigan ArtTrain
Description:  Michigan ArtTrain at the waterfront at Hancock, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:59 PM
Location:  Hancock, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  840   Comments: 0
SOO 1776 & Michigan ArtTrain
Title:  SOO 1776 & Michigan ArtTrain
Description:  Soo Line's bicentennial GP-35 1776 leads the Michigan ArtTrain. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:57 PM
Location:  Hancock, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1776(GP35)
Views:  1655   Comments: 1
Depot
Title:  Depot
Description:  The grand old depot at Ashland, WI, when it was still being used by the Soo Line Railroad. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 2:14:08 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Station
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Views:  1223   Comments: 1
Depot
Title:  Depot
Description:  The grand old depot at Ashland, WI, when it was still being used by the Soo Line Railroad. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 2:14:09 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Station
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Views:  1047   Comments: 0
SD-45s
Title:  SD-45s
Description:  A pair of SD-45s are pulling a train through the Belknap Street yard in Superior, WI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:00 PM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6457(SD45)
Views:  1099   Comments: 0
LSTT 100
Title:  LSTT 100
Description:  Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer NW2 number 100 is working in the Belknap Street yard in Superior, Wisconsin, in August of 1976. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 11:38:05 AM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LSTT 100(NW2)
Views:  792   Comments: 1
Sand Towers
Title:  Sand Towers
Description:  DM&IR SD-9 174 and SD-18 181 are being serviced at the impressive sand towers at Proctor, MN. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:09 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DMIR 174(SD9)
Views:  830   Comments: 0
Soo Line Power
Title:  Soo Line Power
Description:  A mixture of power at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:44 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 707(GP30)
Views:  1127   Comments: 0
21st Street Roundhouse
Title:  21st Street Roundhouse
Description:  The Soo Line 21st Street roundhouse in Superior, Wisconsin, in happier times. Today, this is a vacant lot. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:21 AM
Location:  Superior, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  989   Comments: 0
SOO 2402
Title:  SOO 2402
Description:  Soo Line GP9 2402 is at the engine terminal at the downtown yard at Ashland, Wisconsin. The grand old Ashland depot is in the background. All that is left of this scene is the depot. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:19 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2402(GP9)
Views:  1085   Comments: 0
Soo Line Power
Title:  Soo Line Power
Description:  A mix of the old and the new at the roundhouse at Ashland, Wisconsin. This is now a vacant lot. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 9:54:22 AM
Location:  Ashland, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 740(SD40) SOO 2202A(F7A) SOO 377(GP7)
Views:  2086   Comments: 1
Coal Tower
Title:  Coal Tower
Description:  The coal tower at the engine terminal at Marquette, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  11/1/1976  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:41 PM
Location:  Marquette, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  822   Comments: 0
Under the Bridge
Title:  Under the Bridge
Description:  Soo Line train about to cross the Houghton/Hancock Lift Bridge. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  12/15/1976  Upload Date: 5/13/2006 9:57:52 PM
Location:  Hancock, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 701(GP30)
Views:  3040   Comments: 2
SOO 723
Title:  SOO 723
Description:  Keewenaw Shifter leaving East Houghton yard and heading for downtown Houghton, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  1/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:37 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 723(GP35)
Views:  2095   Comments: 0
Ice Cold
Title:  Ice Cold
Description:  Soo Line shifter working the yard on a very cold day at East Houghton yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  1/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:54 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 401(GP9)
Views:  1483   Comments: 2
GB&W 317
Title:  GB&W 317
Description:  Green Bay & Western 317 is switching in the yard at Green Bay, WI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:06 PM
Location:  Green Bay, WI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GBW 317(RS27)
Views:  1073   Comments: 0
SOO 1776
Title:  SOO 1776
Description:  Bicentennial Soo Line engine 1776 is pulling a westbound train through downtown Houghton, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:39 PM
Location:  Houghton, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 1776(GP35)
Views:  2170   Comments: 0
Junction
Title:  Junction
Description:  The Soo Line / Milwaukee Road juction at Sidnaw, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  4/15/1977  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 9:50:42 PM
Location:  Sidnaw, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  955   Comments: 0
Yard Switcher
Title:  Yard Switcher
Description:  Before there were slugs, there were B units . . . . An ex-Penn Central (Pennsylvania) GP9B assists a newer SW1500 in the yard at Elkhart in September of1977. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2007 11:45:22 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 9507(SW1500) CR 3825(GP9B)
Views:  1662   Comments: 1
CR 2186
Title:  CR 2186
Description:  A typical early Conrail consist heads for the engine terminal at Elkhart after delivering a train to the yard. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2007 11:45:23 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 2186(GP30) CR 3020(GP40) CR 3675(GP35)
Views:  1455   Comments: 0
CR 3638
Title:  CR 3638
Description:  Ex-Reading units mingle with ex-Penn Central units at the engine terminal at Elkhart, Indiana. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  9/1/1977  Upload Date: 11/27/2007 11:45:18 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 3638(GP35) CR 2181(GP30) CR 3028(GP40) CR 5768(GP7)
Views:  1491   Comments: 1
BN crew change
Title:  BN crew change
Description:  A westbound BN train is changing crews just before crossing the UP mainline in Grand Island, NE. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:59 PM
Location:  Grand Island, NE
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BN 6796(SD40-2)
Views:  649   Comments: 0
Engine Terminal
Title:  Engine Terminal
Description:  Peoria & Pekin Union engine terminal at Peoria, IL. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:08 PM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  PPU 500(SW1200) PPU 402(NW2)
Views:  1081   Comments: 1
UP 6905
Title:  UP 6905
Description:  Union Pacific DD-40X 6905 leads a westbound train through Grand Island, NE, just after sunset. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/10/2006 11:09:06 PM
Location:  Grand Island, NE
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6905(DDA40X)
Views:  1334   Comments: 1
Union Pacific GP-30
Title:  Union Pacific GP-30
Description:  UP power idling by the station at Manhattan, KS (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:16 PM
Location:  Manhattan, KS
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 862(GP30)
Views:  975   Comments: 0
UP East
Title:  UP East
Description:  A Union Pacific train, led by a trio of GP40Xs (9001, 9000, 9003), is speeding eastward under a building prairie sky in 1978. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  8/1/1978  Upload Date: 10/29/2006 11:38:09 AM
Location:  Chapman, NE
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 2905(U30C) CNW 6838(SD40-2) UP 9003(GP40X) UP 9000(GP40X) UP 9001(GP40X)
Views:  2126   Comments: 1
Algoma Central Shops
Title:  Algoma Central Shops
Description:  Main locomotive shops of the Algoma Central in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/28/2006 9:41:32 PM
Location:  Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
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Views:  443   Comments: 0
CP 6612
Title:  CP 6612
Description:  CP switcher working the yard at Sault Ste. Marie, ON. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:01 PM
Location:  Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6612(S10)
Views:  1195   Comments: 2
SOO 708
Title:  SOO 708
Description:  Soo Line GP-30 at the roundhouse at Marquette, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:44:53 PM
Location:  Marquette, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 708(GP30)
Views:  1229   Comments: 0
Soo Line Yard
Title:  Soo Line Yard
Description:  Soo Line GP9 407 is switching the south yard at Marquette, Michigan. Today, this area is being turned into a residential and commercial development called Founder's Landing. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/31/2006 6:54:25 PM
Location:  Marquette, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 407(GP9)
Views:  2677   Comments: 1
Chief Wawatam
Title:  Chief Wawatam
Description:  Unloading the Chief Wawatam at Mackinaw City, MI. (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/1/1979  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:17 PM
Location:  Mackinaw City, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DM 977(RS2m)
Views:  1894   Comments: 2
DM 466
Title:  DM 466
Description:  A Detroit & Mackinac Alco is switching in the yard at Tawas City, MI (date not exact)
Photo Date:  6/15/1979  Upload Date: 9/28/2006 10:49:30 AM
Location:  Tawas City, MI
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DM 466(RS2)
Views:  1265   Comments: 0
Over the Hump
Title:  Over the Hump
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/15/1980  Upload Date: 5/9/2006 10:45:15 PM
Location:  Silvis, IL
Author:  Rob Kitchen
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  CRIP 940(SW1500) CRIP 998(Yard Slug)
Views:  2279   Comments: 1

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