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Memories: For the Love of the Railroad (Link to Table of Contents)

A 1983 joint publication of the SLHTS and SOO Line RR/Stories and
memories from the first 100 years of the SOO Line

Society Note: This issue is back in stock due to a recent stash being uncovered outside of the archives.

$10.00

Wisconsin Central Review

Gallery 1999
Changes at Schiller
Building the Iron Interstate
Upper Peninsula Gallery
Modeling paper service cars on the W.C.
Neenah, Wisconsin
Motive power review

$10.00

THE SOO back issues:

Vol.-No.

Description

Price

1-1 (reprint)

"Covered Wagons Come to the Soo"-part one
"Waukesha, Wisconsin"-part one
EMD F3, F7, FP7, Thrall gondola and GATC hopper plans.

$4.00

1-2

"The Laker" passenger train article
"Waukesha, Wisconsin" part two with centersptread drawings of passenger station
"Covered Wagons Come to the Soo"-part two, with builder's photos and detail chart

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1-3

"the Manitowoc Line" - part one, with fold-out panorama of downtown Manitowoc photographed in 1898
Diesel Photo Roster - part one.

SOLD OUT

1-4

"the Manitowoc Line" - part two, with fold-out plans of the Manitowoc depot and photo tour of the depots on the line
Diesel Photo Roster - part two.

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2-1

"the Manitowoc Line" - part three,with maps and plans of Hilbert Junction Depot
Fond du Lac Shops
Diesel Photo Roster - part three.

SOLD OUT

2-2

GP7 diesel plans in color
HO gauge diesel modeling article
Diesel Photo Roster-part 4

SOLD OUT

2-3

Finney's RR-the M.&L.W.
S. Oshkosh enginehouse & depot plans
Diesel Photo Roster-part 5

SOLD OUT

2-4

The Mineral Range Railroad Company
Copper Country Railroad Map
Diesel Photo Roster-part 6

SOLD OUT

3-1

Plans of Crandon Depot
Wisconsin & Northern Railroad Company
Soo Line Gandy Dancer

SOLD OUT

3-2

Plans of Electric Cars
Valley City Street and Interurban Railway Company
Railroading In Waupaca

SOLD OUT

3-3

Duluth - Superior
Fond du Lac Coaling Station
Cole Boehler Rides the Soo

SOLD OUT

3-4

John R. Davis Lumber Company - part one
plans of 1884 Combination Baggage and Smoking Car

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4-1

John R. Davis Lumber Company - part two
Soo Line acquires M.N.&S.
New intermodal center.

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4-2

John R. Davis Lumber Company - part three
Wisconsin & Northern-part two
Greenwood Branch Abandoned

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4-3

Motor Cars on the Soo/ John R. Davis Lumber Company - part four
Plans of M-1 Motor Car.

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4-4

Mixed Train Memories
John R. Davis Lumber Company - part five
Center Valley depot plans
Lake Shore & Eastern

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5-1

Plans of Caboose No. 99030
Je Me Souviens
The West Lumber Company

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5-2

Wisconsin and Northern
Cuyuna Range Ore Operations
Outside Braced 40' Boxcars

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5-3

6th Annual Soo Weekend
Registration Materials

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5-4

The Brief, Busy Lines of Solana - White Pine
M.S. Ste M.& A. First Annual Report
Outside Braced 40' Boxcars - part two.

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6-1

Wisconsin Central Suburban Service at Chicago - part one
W.W. Rich's First Report
Oak Park Depot Plans.

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6-2

Wisconsin Central Suburban Service at Chicago - part two
Glory Days of Trains
Marshfield - On The Old Wisconsin Central.

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6-3

The Railroads of Marquette - part one
Heafford Junction Depot
C.J.L.Meyer's 1885 Letter

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6-4

The Railroads of Marquette - part two
Soo Line standard 24X24 Deport
Caboose 99116's Last Run.

SOLD OUT

7-1

The Railroads of Marquette - part three
"Steam's Last Work Day"
Radio Frequency Assignments
Soo Line Corporation

SOLD OUT

7-2

The Railroads of Marquette - part four
DSS&A Ore Cars
North Dakota Memories
South Shore Ore Dock No. 6

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7-3

The Railroads of Marquette - part five
Northbound on the Wisconsin Central
North Dakota Memories

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7-4

North Dakota Memories - part three
Hewitt Depot Plans
Wisconsin's Postcard King
Diesel Photo Roster - part seven
Soo Locks Boxcars.

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8-1

Steam Locomotive Bells
The Blueberry Line - part one
Russell Snowplows
Wheeling Depot Plans
North Dakota Memories - part four.

SOLD OUT

8-2

The Blueberry Line - part two
Wisconsin & Northern - part four
North Dakota Memories - part five
Diesel Photo Roster - part eight.

SOLD OUT

8-3

Schiller Park Yard
Mellen depot, water tank, hotel, and enginehouse plans
Sixth Subdivision.

SOLD OUT

8-4

The Blueberry Line-part three
"Hey Kid, You Wanna' Go For a Ride?"
Mellen Coal Dock Plans.

$4.00

9-1

Requiem for a Depot - Cardigan Jct.
Marengo Depot plans
"The 17"-pt 1
Diesel Photo Roster-part 9
Duplainville Connection
South Shore
The Soo Line's Best Kept Secret-Mixed Train Passenger Service

SOLD OUT

9-2

Manitowoc's Railroad Shops
Cedar Lake depot plans
"The 17"-part 2
Diesel Photo Roster-part 10

SOLD OUT

9-3

Picnic Trains to Waverly Beach
"The 17"-part three
Penokee Railroad Company
The Three Button Wonder.

$5.00

9-4

North Dakota Memories-part six
"The 17"-part four
Rough Ride On A Hot Freight
In The Dead of Night
Riding Gas Electric M-1
Wisconsin Central's Diesel Loco Roster 10-11-1987

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10-1

White Lake, Wisconsin - part one
Dunbar's Depot
"The 17" - part five.

SOLD OUT

10-2

White Lake, Wisconsin - part two
"The 17" - part six.

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10-3

The Wishek-Pollock Branch-part one
Marquette's Coaling Facilities
"The 17"-part seven.

$5.00

10-4

The Wishek-Pollock Branch-part two
Building on the Pollock Line
Adventures of a Soo Brakeman
A Terrible Wreck
2nd Class Depot plans
"The 17"-part eight.

$5.00

11-1

W.C. 1898 Combination Depot
W.C. 2-story depot plans
Stevens Point Water Tank
"The 17"-part nine

SOLD OUT

11-2

W.C. 1898 Combination Depot - part two
W.C. 1-story depot plans
Soo Line Fan Trips Remembered
North Dakota Memories - part seven
"The 17"-part ten

SOLD OUT

11-3

Soo Line's "Rail Runner" Trains
A Semi-Centennial (Almost)
Stevens Point Terminal
"The 17"-part eleven.(Quantity Limited!!!)

$4.00

11-4

Rail Runner Reprise
A Railroad Buff Remembers
Wild Bob's Fast Ride
Neenah's Elevated Crossing Tower.

$5.00

12-1

MStP&P Ry Official Car No. 102
The Clark County Extension
DSS&A Section House plans and models-St. Ignace
Wisconsin Central 1899 one-stall enginehouse plans

$5.00

12-2

The Clark County Extension-part two
North Dakota Memories-part eight
Soo 1917 Loyal depot plans.

$5.00

12-3

The Clark Cty Ext-part 3
What's At The Saults
Soo 1923 Greenwood depot plans.

SOLD OUT

12-4

Detroit, Mackinac, and Marquette
Dunbar Revisited
Soo Trains to Willard?

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13-1

Detroit, Mackinac, and Marquette-part two
North Fond du Lac in 1940
Soo Junction depot plans
Algoma plans.

$5.00

13-2

Narrow Gauge on the Soo Line
Hilbert Junction Depot
Washburn's Dream
Pullman's and Private Sleeping Cars.

$5.00

13-3

Oshkosh Bridge Wrecks
Hamilton, Wisconsin
An Engineer's Recollections

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13-4

IXL and the Soo
Blaney & Southern's Railcar
Ye Ol' Pickle Factory

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14-1

Action at Duplainville
Train Orders and Hoops
"Foreman" Derailred the Engine

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14-2

A Little More IXL
Marquette Hill

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14-3

Soo Line's Cuyuna Range Ore Operations - part 1
Houghton Deport with plans

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14-4

Soo Line's Cuyuna Range Ore Operations - part 2
Rail Battles of the Soo

SOLD OUT

15-1

Desert Storm - Desert Fix
Soo Line's Cuyuna Range Ore Operations - part 3

SOLD OUT

15-2

Depots of Champion
Copper Country Ltd.
Soo Line's Cuyuna Range Ore Operations - part 4

SOLD OUT

15-3

The Art of Telegraphy
News from the SOO-WC-MN&S.

$5.00

15-4

My Ride on 261
Cuyuna Range Ore Operations -Final Chapter
Unloading Coal

SOLD OUT

16-1

Cadott's Last Steam Passenger Local
The Manistique & Lake Superior RR.

$5.00

16-2

The DSS&A Railway Today
Riding the Rails in Upper Michigan
DSS&A Customer Flyers
Remnants of the South Shore.

SOLD OUT

16-3

Soo Line Steam Funeral Trains
Farewell to an Old Friend

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16-4

The Evolution of the Freight Car Fleet
Maintenance-of-Way Equipment--Speeders.

$5.00

17-1

Bucking Snow on the Soo

SOLD OUT

17-2

Ashland, Wisconsin
Modeling Soo Line FA-1s in HO Scale.

SOLD OUT

17-3

Lake Villa, Illinois.

$6.00

17-4

The Restoration of FP7 No. 2500A -- (w/ Color Drawings)
St. Paul Meat Traffic in the early '60s
PS2CD 4427 Covered Hoppers (w/ Color Drawings)

SOLD OUT

18-1

Ski trains of the Soo
The Gogebic Range Part One: The early years
Algoma Central joins the Wisconsin Central family.

SOLD OUT

18-2

The Soo Line 5000s
The Gogebic Range Part Two: 1897 to the mid 1920s

SOLD OUT

18-3

Soo's home-built RBL boxcars (with colored drawings)
The Gogebic Range, Part Three: From the Depression to dieselization--the consolidation years

$6.00

18-4

Reminiscing Rhinelander
The Gogebic Range Part Four: Conclusion

SOLD OUT

19-1

Metra's North Central Service
Soo Line's Milwaukee Connection
Drake, North Dakota, part one.

$6.00

19-2

Last Train to Fordville
Soo's GP9 Locomotives
Drake, North Dakota, part two.

$6.00

19-3

Soo Line's Insulated DF boxcars
Chippewa Falls and its Soo Line Heritage
An Engineer's Memories of Chippewa Falls

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19-4

Trip report: In search of the old Soo
Wisconsin Central: What makes it tick? (Wisconsin Central anniversary issue)
Reflections of a DSS&A Railroader.

$6.00

20-1

SD40s
Plummer Line remembered
Pullman-Standard "Jumbo" covered hoppers.

$6.00

20-2

SD40-2s
Wisconsin Central's "P" (Portage) Line
The many faces of Stevens Point, part one.

$6.00

20-3

The many faces of Stevens Point, part two
Maroon and gold passenger power in service once again (MTM's Soo Line GP9 559)
A Soo Line telegrapher remembers
Soo's "kitbashed" covered hoppers.

$6.00

20-4

2719: Back in Steam
Savoring the Soo: a Philadelphian travels the Soo Line
50 Years of Soo Line Covered Hoppers, part one
Stevens Point, part three: WC in the Point.

$6.00

21-1

50 years of Soo Line Covered Hoppers, part 2
Soo Line Operations in the Twin Ports at the end of the Steam Era
Soo Line 950 at home in Ashland
Soo Line 2nd Class Depot.

SOLD OUT

21-2

Neenah Engine Facilities
Off-Line Soo Line
Soo Line's 7-Post Boxcars

$6.00

21-3

New life for an old depot (The Marshfield, Wis., depot relocation project)
Soo South Shore Saga
Diesel Photo Roster
Off-Line Soo Line

$6.00

21-4

Building the Wisconsin Central (Menasha to Stevens Point)
Restoration on a shoestring (the 321/X90)
A Soo Engineer's album

$6.00

22-1

James Sullivan's 1-1/2" scale live-steam 5000
Turn of the Century
The LRC and the Soo
Waupaca, Wis., the Wisconsin Central years
Modeling ex-DSS&A 50-foot double-door boxcars

$6.00

22-2

Soo Line baggage cars
Soo Line's intermodal service, part 1: history
The accident streak of 1947
50 years ago in the Soo-Liner, first installment
Improving the SLHTS 7-post boxcar model

$6.00

22-3

Soo Line's intermodal service, part 2: equipment
The Winnipeger, part 1: history and operation
The "Iron Horse Central" Railroad Museum

$6.00

22-4

Soo Line's wide-vision cupola cabooses
the Winnipeger, part 2
Railfanning the Soo in miniature

$6.00

23-1

The survival of Soo 2-8-0 2425
Life along the tracks
Gonvick, Minnesota
Easy black ends for SLHTS boxcar models
Soo F-units on the Escanaba & lake Superior Railroad

$6.00

23-2

Rugby Junction
The Dolly Sisters (Soo's RS-27s)

$6.00

23-3

Excursion to the past
Rugby Junction (part 2)
Experiences of a new engineer on the Laker

$6.00

23-4

Soo Line's U30C locomotives
A Patriotic Locomotive
The Laker
Soo Line
DSS&A Slanted-end 50-ton ore cars
Modeling the slanted-end cars

SOLD OUT

24-1

Burlington, Wisconsin
Soo Line 353 (restored 0-6-0)
Saving the Frederic depot
My first Soo Line Encounter: 1977
Modeling HO 2-8-0 (Bachman)

$6.00

24-2

Soo Line-Built wood cabooses
Soo Line caboose painting and lettering variations
Soo Line in the Hawkeye state
Background, assembly and detailing for the new Centralia Car Shops Soo Line wood caboose

$7.00

24-3

The Armourdale Line
DSS&A's Baldwin road switchers
Orange and yellow boxcars

$7.00

24-4

A history of the Portage Branch of the Wisconsin Central
Soo Maroon .. and colorful related topics

$7.00

25-1

Soo Line 550- and 2550-series Passenger GP9s
Waupaca, Wis. The Soo Line years 1909-1987
Canadian Pacific Railway’s Emerson Subdivision. An in-Canada link to the Soo Line
The freight car fleet
Bethlehem HK ballast cars Series 60431-60629

$7.00

25-2

A detail worth noting for Chippewa Falls Yard
Recollections of a new operator’s harried first night shift
Reflections on my railroad years Part one: Hiring on in 1945 to the winter of 1949-1950

$7.00

25-3

The Port of Gladstone. Part one: the city is built by the Soo Line
Here is your chance to own the original art featured on the Summer 2003 cover of "the SOO."
The history, preservation and restoration of the
Soo Line depot in Thief River Falls
General Steel Castings bulkhead flatcars Series 5567–5573, 5911–5959

$7.00

25-4

The Port of Gladstone. Part 2: Facilities
GP30's on the Soo (w/ color drawings.)
Modeling Soo Line passenger cars, part 2: underbody & final detailing.

$7.00

26-1

Reflections on my RR years, part 3
Mid-Continent Railway Museum, Site of 2004 SLHTS Convention
Northern Plains RR
Hjelle Ice Company, Barrett, MN

$7.00

26-2

Stock trip on the Wheatline
Shipping livestock on the Soo Line
SD60's - Soo Line's final new locomotives
River View, Illinois
Thrall bulkhead gondolas

$7.00

26-3

Stray Cats of the Soo w/ GP15C and GP30C drawings
South Shore Caboose Memories
Kitbashing 1950's Piggyback Equipment
Wild West and The Soo
Soo Lines' Woodchip Cars

$7.00

26-4

F-units revisted w/ F-units poster
Soo Line Steam Excursions - The Crew's Perspective
The Business Car "Minneapolis"
Wheelmen, Wheeling, and the WC
Russ Porter's Mellen Painting
Stranded in New Town, North Dakota

$7.00

27-1

The Wreck of the Velvet Special
Riding the Rock Train
Grainloading Boxcar Model
New Editor Marks Up
Funeral Train of Soo Engines Heads for "Graveyard"

$7.00

27-2

Milk Cars & Milk Trains on the WC & Soo
The Diesels that Did-It, Dieselization on the Soo and WC
Steam Wreckers on the Soo, DSS&A Gondolas (Part 1)

$7.00

27-3

The Manitowoc Terminal Co.
Wrecking on the Soo-Pt 2
Working in Manitowoc
The Soo Line saves the day
Modeling the Soo - Fond du Lac to Stevens Point

$7.00

27-4

The Chelsea-Rib Lake Branch (Part I)
A Night to Remember: May 6, 1960
SD9 2381
Wrecking on the Soo (Part 3)
The Freight Car Fleet (Soo Line Bulkhead Flatcars - Part 2)

$7.00

28-1

The Chelsea-Rib Lake Branch-Part 2
Working the Byron Hill Helper
Soo Line Centenial Towns
Soo's First Red & White Boxcars
Winter Wonder Soo Line Land

$8.00

28-2

Tale of Two Penningtons-Early Division Terminals-Pt 1
2381 Curtain Call
Close Call for a Soo Line Brakeman
Occurance at Silver Lake
Stars on the SOO-Conductor's Doodle on Freight Cars

$8.00

28-3

Long Carreer of DSS&A RS-1 #101
Tale of Two Penningtons-Pt 2
Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer RR-Pt 1
Soo Line in the Twin Ports Gallery
Prentice Depot Plans
Hermansville MI

$8.00

28-4

The Frost & Granger Inspired WC Depots-Pt 1
Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer RR-Pt 2
Medford WI

$8.00

29-1

Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer RR-Pt 3
Saving the Waupaca Depot
Modeling the Waupaca Depot
Snowplow Extra Gallery
DSS&A Rotary 711
1905 Stanley Depot Drawings
Minnesota Transfer RR

$8.00

29-2

WC's Race Horses, K-20 Atlantics
Gogebic Range Ore Trains
DSS&A Motorcar R-1
Heavy Lift in Twin Ports
Soo Heavy-Duty Flat 54011

$8.00

29-3

WC in Eau Claire, the Unknown Branch Line
Eau Claire Branch in Color, 1960-93
2719 Wakes Up
Eau Claire Freight House & Depot Plans

$8.00

29-4

Building the Soo Line's Chicago Freight House
Soo Line's Chicago Tunnel RR Connection
Phantom Steam on the Soo in 1956
25 yrs of SLHTS freight cars
1003 & 2719 All Color Steam Gallery

$8.00

30-1

Enderlin, ND - Part One
The Blizzard of 1923
A Fireman on the Copper Country Limited
Homage to An Old Soldier - The Soo's GP9s All Color Photo Gallery

$8.00

30-2

Enderlin, ND - Part Two
The Soo Line Standard Two-Story Section House
Archives Adventures: The Long and Winding Road to the SLHTS Archives
The Archives, Research and You
All-Color North Dakota Gallery
Special Archives Gallery
Modeler's Roundtable: Using the Archives for Modeling

$8.00

30-3

Enderlin, ND - Part Three
Great Waukesha Shops
Conductor Eiteuner Rides Again
The Waukesha Local Vs April Blizzard
Photo Essay on Waukesha Depot
All Waukesha Photo Gallery
Modeling Soo Line Signals

$8.00

30-4

Enderlin, ND - Part Four
My First Trip on A Way Freight
Baby It's Cold Outside!
The S.S. Sainte Marie

$8.00

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