Soo Line GP40 2019 (built 1966 as MILW 193, retired to Florida as US Sugar 502) with GP40 2045 (built 1967 as MILW 173, became CP 4620) and SD60 6015 at the Bensenville Dieselhouse - September 1988.
084 EB at Slaughterhouse Road
SD60
Train 421 approaches the Amtrak depot on the recently single tracked main line. Where there were once 7 tracks only 2 remain.
Train 486 (grain extra) heads east at Grand Crossing.
SOO 6015 SD60 is slowing for a crew change at Smiths Falls, Ontario.
SOO Line 6015 SD60 is stopped for a crew change at Smiths Falls, Ontario on its eastbound trip to Montreal.
A SOO unit waiting for a recrew on a 390 grain train sits on the State St bridge in the glow of a street light.
CEFX 6015 and BNSF 5322 grind up grade on their way to St. Paul.
SOO 6015 6007 6617 haul a grain specmal into Hamilton Ont.
CP and Soo units return light heading east passing a Barr Yard-bound stack train
Why do all these Canadian diesels run with their cowl door open? Too hot for the Canucks? :)
SOO #6015 Leads CP 5919 & 5982 on train #291 on #1 main at Sparta
SOO #6015 leads train #421 into Red Wing under the Hwy 61 overpass
Earlier this date, this power was part of the MKCFW.
NS 9075 leads train 44A near Black Mountain, NC
South of Lake City, MN on Christmas Eve.
Roaring south on a warm, hazy December day. Just south of Lake City.
Beautiful curve along the Mississippi, just south of Lake City. Warm, hazy winter day.
Blasting south on a warm, hazy winter day. Just south of Lake City. As my uncle would say, the train Gods were smiling at me this day.
Limping its way down the River Sub, train 398 is restricted to 30mph due to several "WILD" cars in its consist. As with the STLH 5651 and CP 5971 shots from this day, yet another lucky break of sunshine lights up the elephant-style trio of SOO 6015, CP 5676 and SOO 6026. This would be the last bit of sunshine for the day.
After being re-crewed in the siding at Minnesota City, train 200 gets underway behind SOO 6015 and CP 6062.
D&H 164 otherwise known as NS 30J and CSX Z482 charges hard east along the high line with the engineer blowing like there's no tomorrow for no particular reason. A pair of white Soo Line EMDs surround a CP Rail SD40-2 on a bright afternoon in Philly.
Blasting south on a warm, hazy winter day. Just south of Lake%City.