Vol. 8 Issue 1

Volume 8 Issue 1, January 1986

• Editor’s Report
• Contributing Members
• On The Drawing Board
• SOO News
• Transfer Table
• Questions & Answers
• Nostalgia for the Steam Locomotive Bell – Aurele A. Durocher
• Summer Scenes at Wheeling in 1950
• Wisconsin Central Depot Plans – Wheeling, Illinois – William F. Armstrong
• The Blueberry Line Part 1 – Robert Wundrock
• Russell Snowplows on the Soo – Mike Daniels
• Russell Snowplow Plans – Floyd Schmidt
• South Shore – Bob Oom
• North Dakota Memories Part 4 – Les Kruta
• Related Reading
• Letters
• Photos:
  • Cover “The Blueberry Line” illustration of Soo No. 36 pulling a short passenger train into Reserve – Dewey Harden
  • Two units at Stevens Point (4451, GP38-2 and MILW 159 SD40-2) ), July 1985 – Larry Mishkar
  • Dewey Harden – uncredited
  • Extra West Soo 747 (SD40) and CN 5027, CN 5209 on reroute potash train, June 30, 1984, Glenwood, MN – Karl F. Rasmunssen
  • Night shot No. 767 (SD40-2) 1st place “Rare or Unusual” 1985 Convention Contest – Mike Daniels
  • Soo Line Car Shops (Interior), September 21, 1985, NFDL – Robert Oom
  • Soo 4-6-2 2718 Minnesota Railfan trip to Ridgeland, WI, August 1956 – SLHTS Archives photo
  • DSS&A 4-6-2 No. 553 – Wes Perron collection
  • M&SE 4-4-0 No. 32 (LS&I No. 3) – A.A. Durocher
  • Typical Bell Diagram – no credit
  • DSS&A 4-6-2 No. 552 on EB Passenger Train, Hancock, MI Aug. 23, 1947 – Batchelder, courtesy, Stan Mailer collection
  • More to come