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Soo 582
Title:  Soo 582
Description:  Roger Bee slide. A former Milwaukee Road SDL39 on lease to the DM&E
Photo Date:  5/7/1987  Upload Date: 2/7/2017 12:45:37 PM
Location:  Rochester, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 582(SDL39)
Views:  1022   Comments: 0
Milwaukee 555
Title:  Milwaukee 555
Description:  The 555 and I have run into each other before. I photographed it in Wisconsin on the Viroqua and Mineral Point branchlines as well as having several cab rides in it. The 555 and three Soo SDL39s are at Waseca. The 555 was painted blue & gold by 1994, sold to the Indiana Railroad in 1997, and then worked in Texas for Progress Rail Services.
Photo Date:  6/27/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:46:23 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MILW 555(SD10) SOO 585(SDL39) SOO 583(SDL39) SOO 582(SDL39)
Views:  1216   Comments: 1
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  Passing the M&StL Albert Lea depot with a northbound. Only 4 SDL39's got the Soo Line patch. They were sold to the Wisconsin Central in 1988 and eventually ended up in Chile.
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:16:19 PM
Location:  Albert Lea, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39) SOO 585(SDL39)
Views:  810   Comments: 0
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  A rare SDL39 is northbound at Glenville on the "Spine Line". The C&NW spent millions of dollars rebuilding the former Rock Island mainline and it was good for 50mph.
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:33:22 PM
Location:  Glenville, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39)
Views:  377   Comments: 0
Soo 583
Title:  Soo 583
Description:  I found Soo 583 at Mason City, IA on lease to the DM&E
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 2/7/2017 12:46:36 PM
Location:  Mason City, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  Northbound through Hartland
Photo Date:  5/10/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:40:51 PM
Location:  Hartland, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39)
Views:  396   Comments: 1
Soo Line 583
Title:  Soo Line 583
Description:  Note the Rock Island style signal at the north end of Manly yard
Photo Date:  6/29/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:48:45 PM
Location:  Manly, IA
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 583(SDL39)
Views:  478   Comments: 1
Soo Line 584
Title:  Soo Line 584
Description:  In 1969 and 1972, the Milwaukee Road took delivery of the unique SDL39....a light weight six axle roadswitcher. These 10 units were especially built for the Milwaukees light rail branchlines in the midwest. They featured a 12 cylinder turbocharged 645 engine, a short frame (shorter than a GP9), export trucks and weighed in at 249,000 lbs. The 581 was wrecked, but the other 9 units were transferred to the Soo Line. A few of the SDL39s were leased to the DM&E in 1987. The remaining 9 units were purchased by the Wisconsin Central but deemed surplus when the Canadian National took over the WC and are now in service in Chile on the Ferrocarril del Pacifico (FEPASA).
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 6/13/2016 2:14:36 PM
Location:  Dodge Center, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SOO 584(SDL39) DME 1463(GP9)
Views:  680   Comments: 1
Soo 584
Title:  Soo 584
Description:  I shot this SDL39 at Dodge Center, MN while it was leased to the DM&E
Photo Date:  5/9/1987  Upload Date: 2/7/2017 12:47:51 PM
Location:  Dodge Center, MN
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SOO 584(SDL39)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
Mankato bound
Title:  Mankato bound
Description:  One of the main intechange points with the CNW was at Makato, about 25 miles to the west. This train, WAMAA, is rolling 31 cars there behind an interesting set of power, including one of the MILW only SDL39s. We see it here getting unnderway from Waseca.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2015 2:58:34 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  DME 550(SD10) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 6618(SD7R)
Views:  750   Comments: 0
SDL39
Title:  SDL39
Description:  Milwaukee Road ordered these SDL39s, a version of EMDs 39 line on pared down C trucks, designed to lighten the axle load on the light rail branch lines in the system. MILW got ten of them, the only such order in the US. They wound up on DM&E at start up. I was lucky to catch one in the yard at Waseca. It would go out shortly on a train to Mankato.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2015 3:02:34 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SOO 584(SDL39) DME 550(SD10)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
WAMAA power
Title:  WAMAA power
Description:  A shot of the power that will shorly take WAMAA to Mankato. Have a better shot from the other side.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2015 3:13:24 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DME 6618(SD7R) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 550(SD10)
Views:  602   Comments: 0
What a set of power
Title:  What a set of power
Description:  This 31 car WAMAA has a power set you wont find anywhere today. It was pretty wild even then. The second unit is the real find. Only ten SDL39s were built, all for MILW. It was a slimmed down version of the SD 39, designed for light rail on prairie branch lines. Here its stretching its legs a little on this run to Mankato.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 3:38:18 AM
Location:  Janesville, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DME 550(SD10) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 6618(SD7R)
Views:  592   Comments: 0
Rolling right along
Title:  Rolling right along
Description:  Unlike the line to Mason City, the line to Mankato was in somewhat better shape. Chasing on then two lane US 14 was a bit of a challenge in traffic, but I was still able to get a couple of shots before the construction forced a detour. This one shows the train stretched out as it rolls through the farmland just out of the yard in Waseca
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/11/2015 3:41:59 AM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  DME 550(SD10) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 6618(SD7R)
Views:  696   Comments: 1
Great mix
Title:  Great mix
Description:  This set of power was getting prepped to go out to Mankato on WAMAA. What a set: an SD 9, SDL 39 and MILW rebuild SD 10.
Photo Date:  6/23/1987  Upload Date: 5/7/2015 3:15:09 PM
Location:  Waseca, MN
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  DME 6618(SD7R) SOO 584(SDL39) DME 550(SD10)
Views:  791   Comments: 0


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