Leaving Town
It wasn't speed that Hiawatha was used to but Lake States train 12 is blowing past the boarded up depot in an hurry on August 8, 1987 at Rudyard. The 187 and 4232 have 31 cars of mainly newsprint and are kicking along at slightly over the authorized 40mph on the Soo Sub. In a couple hundred feet the train will slam over the Pine River bridge and lean into the sharp curve at the west end of the bridge while the hogger lays on the horn for the Highway 40 crossing. I'm getting all nostalgic but I sure miss the SOO, even this version of it. Hard to believe this was 31 years ago.
Leaving Town
It wasn't speed that Hiawatha was used to but Lake States train 12 is blowing past the boarded up depot in an hurry on August 8, 1987 at Rudyard. The 187 and 4232 have 31 cars of mainly newsprint and are kicking along at slightly over the authorized 40mph on the Soo Sub. In a couple hundred feet the train will slam over the Pine River bridge and lean into the sharp curve at the west end of the bridge while the hogger lays on the horn for the Highway 40 crossing. I'm getting all nostalgic but I sure miss the SOO, even this version of it. Hard to believe this was 31 years ago.