I’ve always been fascinated with the Soo Line though for some odd reason it feels like an exotic foreign railroad. Last time I looked at a map the upper mid-west of the U.S. is very much still within our boundaries so I’m not sure where this feeling comes from. Maybe its the fact the Soo Line was a Canadian Pacific subsidiary for most of its history?
That side note aside I ran across a non-graffitied Soo Line grain car today in Vancouver. This is of those classic 100 ton cars with the large “Soo Line” letters and a wheat stem and head. A southbound UP grain train, in which this car was entrained, had a few bad orders to set out in the NP Pass. This car passed by me several times during the set out. When the air test I took a minute to capture these images as I’m certain a 29 year old grain car won’t be around forever.
Soo Line
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Wheat
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