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Viewing Album:  Soo Line
 
By:Mitch Cline
Dates:1/1/1979 - 12/31/2099
Album Info:I worked for the Soo in the early 80's. I didn't go to work, I was going to play trains.
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Soo 6240
Title:  Soo 6240
Description:  This is a old MN&S unit. The small MNS initials are under the numbers.
Photo Date:  8/10/1985  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 10:27:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6240(SD39)
Views:  734   Comments: 0
SOO 328
Title:  SOO 328
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/20/1985  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:34:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 328(SW1200)
Views:  488   Comments: 0
IMITATION STEAM
Title:  IMITATION STEAM
Description:  This was the power for the Humboldt Ave. Transfer with a Huge train in tow. It is pulling upgrade from the Mississippi River. After this picture the stack started on fire. Date is approx.
Photo Date:  9/7/1985  Upload Date: 4/19/2013 7:29:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1400(SW1500) SOO 2411(GP9)
Views:  858   Comments: 0
SOO 1400
Title:  SOO 1400
Description:  This was the power for the Humboldt Ave. Transfer with a Huge train in tow. It is pulling upgrade from the Mississippi River. Date is approx.
Photo Date:  9/7/1985  Upload Date: 4/19/2013 7:29:30 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1400(SW1500)
Views:  519   Comments: 0
SOO 502A-500A
Title:  SOO 502A-500A
Description:  I was told these 4 covered wagons were saved for snow service
Photo Date:  9/7/1985  Upload Date: 4/19/2013 7:29:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 502A(FP7A) SOO 500A(FP7A)
Views:  579   Comments: 0
SOO COVERED WAGONS
Title:  SOO COVERED WAGONS
Description:  Covered wagons that were saved for snow service.
Photo Date:  9/7/1985  Upload Date: 4/19/2013 7:29:31 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 502A(FP7A) SOO 500A(FP7A) SOO 2500A(FP7A) SOO 2201A(F7A)
Views:  979   Comments: 0
SOO 1400
Title:  SOO 1400
Description:  Sitting under the water towers at Shoreham. This is an ex MN&S unit.
Photo Date:  9/11/1985  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:18:18 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 1400(SW1500)
Views:  708   Comments: 0
Soo 2556
Title:  Soo 2556
Description:  The 2556 was wrecked in Roseport, MN., in 1985, when a cut of freight cars being switched by the Chicago & North Western at the top of a hill got away and rolled into 2556 & 409 at the bottom of the grade.
Photo Date:  10/11/1985  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:38:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2556(GP9)
Views:  527   Comments: 1
SOO 378
Title:  SOO 378
Description:  Soo 378 heading west under the University Ave bridge.
Photo Date:  11/3/1985  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 9:48:51 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 378(GP7)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
Pusher power on the Southtown Transfer
Title:  Pusher power on the Southtown Transfer
Description:  Helping the Transfer over the hill.
Photo Date:  4/1/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:35:15 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 787(SD40-2) MILW 149(SD40-2)
Views:  794   Comments: 2
Southtown Transfer
Title:  Southtown Transfer
Description:  The Southtown Transfer stalled before crossing Raymond Ave.
Photo Date:  4/10/1986  Upload Date: 12/13/2009 8:39:30 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4415(GP38-2) MILW 947(GP20) MILW 951(GP20)
Views:  743   Comments: 0
SOO 4415
Title:  SOO 4415
Description:  The Southtown Transfer stalled and is waiting for a helper to get on the rear.
Photo Date:  4/12/1986  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:19:03 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4415(GP38-2) MILW 947(GP20) MILW 951(GP20)
Views:  728   Comments: 0
SOO TRANSFER
Title:  SOO TRANSFER
Description:  After the meger, and the Soo and BN were haggling over trackage rights from Shoreham to Pigs Eye. The Soo ran out on the BN to Park Jct through the Amtrak depot and out on the old Milw down the hill to Pigs Eye.
Photo Date:  5/1/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:34:47 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 404(GP9) MILW 956(GP20)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
Stored Power at Shoreham
Title:  Stored Power at Shoreham
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:35:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 377(GP7) SOO 2553(GP9) SOO 2555(GP9) SOO 724(GP35)
Views:  1053   Comments: 0
Soo Transfer
Title:  Soo Transfer
Description:  Soo transfer running over the Transfer to get to the old Milw. track.
Photo Date:  5/10/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:37:42 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 383(GP7)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
SOO 2412
Title:  SOO 2412
Description:  A transfer run on Minnesota Transfer track to get to the old Milwaukee track to get to St Paul.
Photo Date:  5/17/1986  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 9:49:55 AM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2412(GP9)
Views:  348   Comments: 0
SOO 2412-383
Title:  SOO 2412-383
Description:  Going to St Paul through the Mn Transfer trackage.
Photo Date:  5/18/1986  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 8:44:22 PM
Location:  Saint Paul, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2412(GP9) SOO 383(GP7)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
Soo Power in Storage
Title:  Soo Power in Storage
Description:  All this power was sitting in the old passenger coach shop yard. Lots of GP's and the remaining F-units.
Photo Date:  5/20/1986  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:20:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 729(GP35)
Views:  398   Comments: 0
Soo Diesel Shop
Title:  Soo Diesel Shop
Description:  The Soo shops were busy until things got moved over to Pigs Eye Yard.
Photo Date:  5/21/1986  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:21:46 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2119(SW9) SOO 2120(SW1200) SOO 700(GP30) SOO 4420(GP38-2)
Views:  1503   Comments: 0
SOO 377
Title:  SOO 377
Description:  Soo 377 was entering the turmtable at Shoreham.
Photo Date:  6/1/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:34:18 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 377(GP7)
Views:  581   Comments: 0
SOO Covered Wagons
Title:  SOO Covered Wagons
Description:  Sitting at the Shoreham Roundhouse
Photo Date:  6/1/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:40:33 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 500A(FP7A) SOO 502A(FP7A)
Views:  950   Comments: 0
Merged Power
Title:  Merged Power
Description:  This was at Shoreham roundhous tracks.
Photo Date:  6/10/1986  Upload Date: 12/13/2009 8:37:17 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2403(GP9) SOO 4229(GP9) MILW 2057(GP40) SOO 711(GP30) MILW 168(SD40-2) SOO 709(GP30)
Views:  1338   Comments: 0
SOO 2403
Title:  SOO 2403
Description:  This was taken after the Milwaukee Road take over. Milwaukee power was showing up in traditional Soo territory.
Photo Date:  7/30/1986  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 9:51:26 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2403(GP9)
Views:  552   Comments: 0
Mainline with a clear block signal.
Title:  Mainline with a clear block signal.
Description:  Looking west down the westbound main toward the Mississippi. THe elevator in the background is on the other side of the river.
Photo Date:  8/1/1986  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 10:29:07 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  166   Comments: 0
SOO WRECK
Title:  SOO WRECK
Description:  Wasn't working there at the time, so I don't know what happen to it.
Photo Date:  8/1/1986  Upload Date: 7/16/2009 9:41:58 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4439(GP38-2)
Views:  706   Comments: 0
SOO 780
Title:  SOO 780
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/11/1986  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:37:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 780(SD40-2)
Views:  417   Comments: 0
SOO BOXES
Title:  SOO BOXES
Description:  Found this on a siding in Hastings. Needed to shot them before they all disappeared.
Photo Date:  1/10/1987  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 7:35:49 PM
Location:  Hastings, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  522   Comments: 0
SOO X 5001
Title:  SOO X 5001
Description:  This was taken when I was in Kansas City. The Soo reached there with the Milwaukee Road take over of the Soo.
Photo Date:  1/15/1987  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:25:09 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  160   Comments: 1
SOO 754
Title:  SOO 754
Description:  Eastbound on the BN going between Shoreham to St. Paul.
Photo Date:  5/1/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:35:21 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 754(SD40)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
SOO 738
Title:  SOO 738
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:17:45 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 738(SD40) HLC 5020(SD40A)
Views:  796   Comments: 0
Power at Humbolt Yard
Title:  Power at Humbolt Yard
Description:  A mix of Soo and Milw power working together.
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/13/2009 8:38:36 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4452(GP38-2)
Views:  354   Comments: 0
SOO 771
Title:  SOO 771
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/11/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:36:41 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 771(SD40-2) SOO 6313(SD40-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
Rerailing SOO 2551-4230
Title:  Rerailing SOO 2551-4230
Description:  Never a good thing, an ex Milw crane is doing the duty.
Photo Date:  5/21/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:38:20 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2551(GP9) SOO 4230(GP9)
Views:  1198   Comments: 0
SOO 748
Title:  SOO 748
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/21/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:34:50 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 748(SD40) SOO 6314(SD40-2)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
SOO 755
Title:  SOO 755
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/10/2009 8:36:09 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 755(SD40)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
SOO 6308
Title:  SOO 6308
Description:  Built as MILW #24, it was wrecked in 1986 at Rutledge, IA and reportedly rebuilt in-kind mid-1990s and sold to an industrial railroad in Chile.
Photo Date:  7/10/1987  Upload Date: 12/13/2009 8:36:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  SOO 6308(SD40-2)
Views:  881   Comments: 1
SOO 6610
Title:  SOO 6610
Description:  Soo and CP units working together.
Photo Date:  7/21/1987  Upload Date: 12/14/2009 10:28:20 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6610(SD40-2) CP 5411(SD40)
Views:  707   Comments: 0
SHOREHAM SHOPS
Title:  SHOREHAM SHOPS
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/31/1987  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 4:24:24 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  126   Comments: 0
SOO 4444
Title:  SOO 4444
Description:  Fresh out of the paint shop.
Photo Date:  8/3/1987  Upload Date: 7/26/2009 9:47:06 AM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4444(GP38-2)
Views:  869   Comments: 2
SOO 789-780
Title:  SOO 789-780
Description:  Soo Power on the old Milwaukee Road mainline to LaCrosse.
Photo Date:  3/10/1989  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 8:35:32 PM
Location:  Minneiska, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 789(SD40-2) SOO 780(SD40-2)
Views:  697   Comments: 0
SOO 4403
Title:  SOO 4403
Description:  I was on my way to the credit union one day. This was when the new red paint scheme was released. This was sitting outside of the diesel shop at Shoreham.
Photo Date:  7/10/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 7:45:06 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4403(GP38-2)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
SOO 411
Title:  SOO 411
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 8:54:40 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 411(GP9)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SOO 6028-742
Title:  SOO 6028-742
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/11/1989  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 8:29:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 6028(SD60) SOO 742(SD40)
Views:  569   Comments: 3
SOO 2119
Title:  SOO 2119
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 8:55:50 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2119(SW9)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
LOAD TESTING
Title:  LOAD TESTING
Description:  These were being load tested after being serviced.
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 8:56:42 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2407(GP9) SOO 4229(GP9)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
SOO 4
Title:  SOO 4
Description:  One of the last trains I saw with a caboose.
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 3/11/2010 8:34:26 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  235   Comments: 2
SOO WOODEN BOXCAR
Title:  SOO WOODEN BOXCAR
Description:  This was used in work service.
Photo Date:  7/21/1989  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 7:37:25 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  456   Comments: 0
SOO 403-1545
Title:  SOO 403-1545
Description:  Switching the westend of Humboldt Yard.
Photo Date:  8/10/1989  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 8:59:20 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 403(GP9) SOO 1545(MP15AC)
Views:  625   Comments: 0
SOO 410
Title:  SOO 410
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/15/1989  Upload Date: 3/31/2010 9:00:13 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 410(GP9)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SOO 4229-4230
Title:  SOO 4229-4230
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/16/1990  Upload Date: 11/30/2010 8:57:51 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  Mitch Cline
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 4229(GP9) SOO 4230(GP9)
Views:  392   Comments: 0

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