SOO LINE STEAM, Locomotive Photos from the Roy Campbell Collection, is now available in book version (previously released only on CD) @ $29.95 plus $3.95 S&H...
does any one in the list have a down on shot of soo 1518? the bell location? missed getting one so changed a number on one of my soo mp 15s thanks much Don...
While talking to a retired SOO engineer the subject of pile drivers came up.He would like to know what happened to the SOO pile drivers so could someone let me...
In talking with a DSS&A retiree in Marquette this past weekend I found out that the caboose yellow ends were the result of a rear end collision in which the...
Hi Bob: Hows things going?? The era that your talking about 49 to 56 is just before I started on the SS. I surely cannot remember of anyone talking about rear...
Here is a listing of piledrivers that I have. Old Soo X-51 Built by Wells & French Mar 1887 as Mpls & Pacific 5001. Renum Soo 5001, renum X-51 Nov 16, 1915 ...
At one time in Duluth The Soo had a matching pair of Switchers one named Duluth and the other one named Superior. Usually photographed together. I would be...
John, The "Dolly Sisters" were a pair of Alco RS27's No 415 & 416 that were yard transfer engines in and around the Twin Cities area. I can't find anything in...
See message #1960 through 1964 -- Keith Meacham mentions the 2118 and 2119 being painted that way. I remember seeing pictures, but don't remember where;...
... ============================================= John: "Duluth" and "Superior" were a pair of EMD SW-9 Switch Engines equipped with Multiple-unit connections...
... There were actually three SW-9s on the Soo roster with MU, all on the cab end only, 2117, 2118, and 2119, built in 1953 and originally owned by the WC. I...
... There were actually three SW-9s on the Soo roster with MU, all on the cab end only, 2117, 2118, and 2119, built in 1953 and originally owned by the WC. I...
John's post asking about the 2118 & 2119 being painted up as "Duluth" and "Superior" for the Twin Ports celebrations back in the early '80's got me thinking...
Hi: I had the 415 on the head end of Train 26 the "hotshot" to Schiller Park from FDL. I never went so fast with an engine before, but we had two other units...
... Always the place to show off new power. Those trains were the justification for the 5000 series O-20 4-8-4's, then the "Queen Mary" three unit sets of F...
FYI, there is a photo of 2119 Superior on pg. 88 of "Trains of the Upper Midwest" by Marvin Nielsen - an Iconografix "Photo Archive" book. Dick Moessner ... ...
As long as we are on the topic of the 2117, 2118, and 2119, when was the 2118 made into a slug? Luke Lemmens [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi all, Did anyone save the announcement, I believe from Canadian Hobbycraft Ltd about these new products? I somehow lost mine and want to reserve one. If ...
Daryl, Try Canadian Model trains. _www.modeltrains.com_ (http://www.modeltrains.com) Here is a link to the Trueline Trains portion of their web site....
... by June 1987. ... made into a slug? ... 1987 sounds about right. The 2118 was the test bed for the larger tenders. EJ Currie wanted tenders to operate...
For those who are interested in Soo Line history, you may be interested in a special photo train I'm putting together next month. On Sunday Sept. 7 we will be...
Sounds like a great time to be had... For those of us unable to attend (in my case due to something called the "Atlantic Ocean" being in the way), where can we...
The Concord SST would have made getting over that large body of water much easier. Hopefully (I'm in this country and won't be able to make it - fuel prices,...
I don't know if others have receive notice in the mail, but I received by mail information on 2713 from Friends of 2713. SOO 2713 - located in Stevens Point...
... Actually, Gerry, preservation of Soo Line equipment and artifacts is well within the scope of this discussion group. Thanks for the heads up. This is ...
Dennis, I agree wholeheartedly! I'm going to do all I can. I attended the Annual Soo Line Medford WI picnic (last time I think 2004?) and stopped to see the...
List, Just picked this up on Mike Brock's SEMFC list, and it is warning worth heeding: It has been brought to my attention that there is a possible "hoax" ...
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