Winter 2005 Issue

IN EVERY ISSUE

Soo News
WC News
Editor's Report
Executive Report
Gallery
Rip Track
Letters
Transfer Table
Less-Than-Carload

STAFF

Editor
Reid D. Van Sluys

Associate Editor
Ken Soroos

Associate Editor
Andy Roth

Associate Editor
Jason Korth

News Editor
Galen Fromm

Wiconsin Central News
Galen Fromm

Associate Editor/Modeling
Chuck Derus

Contributing Editors
Doug Fleming

Production Manager
Rick Johnson

Technical Consultants
Stuart J. Nelson, Wallace W. Abbey

Commercial Accounts
Joe Lallensack

Advertising Manager
Burnell Breaker

Back Issues
Roger Wurtzel

Winter 2005 Issue Hightlights

The Wreck of the Velvet Special

by David J. Leider

Modeler's Roundtable - Grain Door Boxcars

by Ken Soroos

Riding the Rock Train

by Reid D. Van Sluys

Soo Line Mill Gondolas

by Chuck Derus

The Last Steam on the Soo Line

Examples of the wheel arrangements used by the Soo Line and WC during the last few years of steam operations

by Ken Soroos

Back cover

Photograph by Lewis Ableidinger, July 2004.

Questions about the content of the SOO? Contact:

Reid Van Sluys, Editor
W61 N327 Washington Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012-2404
or E-mail.

Questions about reselling the SOO in your store? Contact:

Joe Lallensack, Commercial Accounts Manager
3818 Mangin St.
Manitowoc, WI 54220
or E-mail.