Saw this sweet little EMD come through on Railpictures. I did a quick google search and it seems the Soo Line only had one SW-1. If this is the real one she was built in 1939. I could not find out who owns her or if she is operable.

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 64&nseq=31

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.p ... 63&nseq=32

She is indeed the real thing, and is now owned by Independent Locomotive Leasing Services (ILSX). Looked like I picked the wrong week to mark to a yard job...I would have taken a road train to Glenwood this afternoon!

Jeff Terry

That looks like the critter all right, complete with the cover over the radiator shutter operating mechanism. The paint scheme they chose to restore the unit to is the as-delivered 1939 scheme. This unit spent most of it's life in Oshkosh, WI.

According to the Unofficial Soo Line Diesel Roster web site:

http://sooline.dieselrosters.com/

This unit was retired in 1977, sold to Great Lakes Coal & Dock #320, then Great Western Dock & Terminal #320. I don't have any info after that.

Good to see she still exists, pretty much unmodified.