Freshly repainted Soo Line SD40-2 No. 757 leading a freight train east (south) at Sabula, Iowa, passes a Soo grain train waiting to proceed pulled by SD60 No. 6026 on April 7, 1990. Fresh candy apple red is somewhat brighter than the Soo’s traditional red.

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With thunderstorms moving east, a westbound Chicago and North Western freight storms out of Boone, Iowa, during the last rays of sunlight on April 15, 1995.

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Westbound Chicago Central train 51 leaves Dubuque, Iowa, on October 23, 1993, with a pair of clean GP38s.

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Chicago and North Western SD40-2 No. 6848 flies along U.S. 30 west of Lowden, Iowa, on April 16, 1995.

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A southbound Soo Line train travels through the town of Bellevue, Iowa, on September 10, 1994.

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