Soo Line (SOO) 4423 - EMD GP38-2

SOO 4423 in the roundhouse at sunset

Soo Line train #943 at the roundhouse curve.

CP Westbound Local Freight Train G72 doing some switching at La Crosse, Wi. getting ready to take some interchange to IC&E at River Jct. in LaCrescent, Mn. & return back to La Crosse, Wi.

Pole filter did not work well - fortunately the hogger had her spotted where I could shoot between the vertical lumber

A Soo Line GP38-2 lugs a short set of cars towards the Canadian Pacific Bensenville Yard as the sun sets on this March day.

Four road units and two ex-Milwaukee switchers were the prizes I bagged on a visit to Humbolt Yard this day. The fact that "bandit" units still can be found in 2011 is one reason why I like the Canadian Pacific better than the Canadian National!

HAT

Here we have a tiny Soo Line job parked and shut down in the depot trackage to the right, while to the left sits Amtrak 156 with a string of Milwaukee Road cars behind her as the fall color trip to La Crescent awaits departure.

Roster view. Came out a bit funky while editing.

These Soo beauties were parked on the trackage near the Winona depot as the fall color trip from Minneapolis pulled in. In fact, this shot was taken from the train.

Transfer One has just come off of the BN and is now on the Soo STP Sub. It has just started its work day of switching out the many industries that dot the line.

Winona job CP G77/G80

What can I say?!

after stopping at the crossing to let the conductor get off, we can see the American flag at the fire station, thus my question or comment "under freedom's flag"?! Often times, the local will stop on the east end of the siding for lunch here "in small town America"--- where one day we stopped for gas and there was a Harley and a John Deer tractor filling up! Or maybe they had only stopped for a burger and fries! Remember to take the time to stop and to enjoy the simple "everyday things" while they and/ or we are still here and still "free" and able to do so! For come tomorrow, they or we might no longer be here!

a beautiful day in the northland and the tree covered sandstone hills of west central Wisconsin!

a Milw/ Soo "Bandit" as they are often called with a couple tanks for the tie plant, some gons for tie loading and some empty lumber cars from Sparta.

The last sunlight gone, the northbound M&P interrupts the lonely silence just south of Arlington.

The sun sets of the crew of CP's M&P job as their train twists through the turns south of Arlington.

These two geeps were pulling pretty hard to crest the hill north of Morrisonville, even if only topping out at 10mph

The M&P job bisects some farm fields between Morrisonville and Arlington

Having never really fanned this line before, I was satisfied with my snap decision to climb a dirt hill for this angle.

The M&P job blasts into town at a paint-peeling 10mph clip!

The Madison to Portage segment of the M&P job rounds the bend into De Forest

Standard power for the M&P job heads the return trip to Portage.

A pair of Red and Whites roll along the riverfront, heading down some of the now rare industrialized zones still served by rail in the Twin Cities.

Two red and white Soo GP38-2s bring a small freight towards Shoreham to do some local worb.

A cold morning at Humboldt reveals an awesome surprise, my first encounter with a Soo SD60 since they've been stored. Thankfully CP is putting a few of them back into service. An added bonus was that there was only red and white Soo power working Humboldt Yard too.