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

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Iowa Traction Railway steeple cab No. 54 switches the AGP bean plant in Mason City, Iowa, on April 15, 2008. The size of the 50-ton electric locomotive built in 1920 is dwarfed by the modern covered hoppers it is pulling, which in turn is made small by the large grain elevator complex. No. 54 may be small, but it sure gets the job done—not bad for a 88-year-old! (in 2008, and still going strong today…)

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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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Soo Line tested the Burlington Northern SD60MACs in 1993. Here, Nos. 9500, 9503 and 9502 are leading Soo Line train No. 430 through the Iowa countryside north of Green Island on October 17, 1993.

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