Soo 212B and 502C get to work on making a pick up at Trout Lake on a westbound extra during the fall of 1979. New GP38-2's had been making inroads on the Soo F-unit fleet for a few years already a... (more)

A train that I probably wouldn't have bothered with five years earlier was this westbound. Clouds were filling the sky, but by late 1979 the handwriting was on the wall for the Soo F-unit fleet. Q... (more)

The hour for Soo F's was growing short when I shot this westbound local on the last day of November 1979. Normally not used as leaders at the time, a bribe of a box of donuts and a friendly crew g... (more)

Soo F7 212B leads Superior, Wis., to Minneapolis train 77 past the depot at Frederic. This was a rare catch since this train normally ran at night. The line is now a bike trail, but the depot has ... (more)