North Dakota

Soo Line
Minot, North Dakota
June 15, 1972




The adjacent westbound Soo Line freight led by nos. 741, 733 and 721 is about to make the right turn to cross the Great Northern main in Minot, North Dakota, as seen from Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder. Soo was a heavy user of EMD GP-30s; witness the third unit (no. 721) in the consist.




This page posted 5/1/2018. Text and photo ©2018 Lamont Downs.