Best of the SOO Line Part I Early 90's

My best of the SOO Line in the early 90's mostly filmed in Davenport and Bettendorf, IA. Thanks for watching comment like and subscribe.

[@dkservice424]

My 1970’s childhood home in river forest Illinois was literally 30 feet away from the soo tracks. My bedroom would shake every hour or so during the night. It was before they replaced the jointed rail with welded continuous rails. The click clack of the wheels was like a lullaby helping me to go to sleep. I actually remember seeing unit 1776 decorated for the bicentennial in 1976 with fresh paint. I thought it was cool as hell!

[@jefftoft5568]

I don’t know how you slept with all that noise, Thanks for watching.

[@dkservice424]

My mother would complain that she had to straighten the pictures out on the walls every day. 😂

[@gletrains]

EMD seemed to rule the rails back in those days. The whistle of an EMD turbo is nice

[@jefftoft5568]

Yep, SD40-2 still worked the main lines.

[@denniscoleman8802]

Wow! Where to start😮 SOO locos all looked great… Switchers, GPs, SDs, X Milwaukee Roads, Cabooses, SP Caboose….. and NO GRAFFITI 👍😁 A true home run Jeff…awesome. I almost forgot…. The guy running to climb on the loco😳😮that brought back some memories… some scary. They finally ruled no getting on or off moving equipment.😎

[@jefftoft5568]

Thank you Dennis, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

[@VisionsofEd]

SOO are great to see

[@jefftoft5568]

Thank you Ed!

[@nancy8521]

Love the. Classics trains

[@jefftoft5568]

Thank you Nancy!

[@cnwtrain]

Another fantastic video. Thanks for the upload.

[@jefftoft5568]

Your welcome, thanks for watching!

[@kens.3729]

The Nicest looking SOO Line Unit I have ever seen. Railroad History is an Interesting subject. Thanks Jeff! 👍

[@jefftoft5568]

Thanks for watching Ken!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

Boy that is a excellent collection of $oo Line videos, Jeff! I thoroughly enjoyed watching that! (Dave),

[@jefftoft5568]

Thank you Dave, I appreciate that.

[@LeeK-31]

Just amazing video. SOO 1400 with the spark arrestors and hot dog builder plate in good condition, fantastic. SSS Bettendorf will always be railfanning home for me so those views are always a treat. I can almost feel the mosquitos in some of those clips.

[@jefftoft5568]

Glad it brought back good memories, thanks for watching Lee.

[@lexpo181]

Great old footage! It surely was cool to follow those trains at that time with good motive power and caboose. ;)

[@jefftoft5568]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching Alexandre!

[@athoshadjiantoni6403]

Great trains in action during there hay days, now it's all gone.

[@jefftoft5568]

Yes, unfortunately they are gone. Thanks for watching.

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

Great video

[@jefftoft5568]

Thanks!

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Nice video!

[@jefftoft5568]

Thank you!

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Your welcome @@jefftoft5568!

[@AlikStansberry]

7:05 WOAH HEY HEY!!! That is extremely dangerous and stupid on that guy’s part trying to climb onto a train when it’s moving that quickly! Jesus, what an idiot he could have gotten seriously hurt or killed doin that!

[@jefftoft5568]

I think he was trying to pass on some news about another railroad worker and the crew didn't realize he wanted to get on. Yeah it didn't look real good.

[@gordonkennaway3847]

Great footage, how does an SP caboose end up on the Soo?

[@jefftoft5568]

Probably through interchange of trains in hubs like Chicago, I have footage of a Rio Grande caboose back then also on the SOO. Thanks for watching Gordon.

[@hobojo2072]

Not a very flattering paint scheme for the old SOO line engines. Thanks for a glimpse of the past..

[@jefftoft5568]

Thanks for watching Hobo Jo!

[@Joe-d7m6k]

WHAT???? The red and white,with black letters, for SOO, was one of the most visible, eye catching, and just plain neat paint schemes ever put on a loco. Better than 75% of these colors/ lettering of today. !!

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

Leslie s3p 8:02

[@jefftoft5568]

Thanks for watching.