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Soo Line 2-8-2 #1003

On July 7, 2005, Soo Line 2-8-2 Mikado steam engine traveled from its home at Wisconsin Automotive Museum^ in Hartford, WI, along the Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, to Janesville, Wisconsin.  On July 9th, SOO #1003 was the steam-powered star of the Janesville Roundhouse centennial, and helped with the WSOR's 25th Anniversary celebration in Madison on July 23rd before heading back home on the 24th.  Ken Stoker got photos of the steamer on its way down to Janesville and its way home, and his wife Brenda got pictures of the unit at the Roundhouse Centennial.

Ken had sent me a few of his photos a while back, and I came across them recently while going through my e-mails.  Inspired by the quality of those photos, I asked Ken about coming up with a whole album of 1003 pictures, hosted on Fuzzy World 3.  Ken was definitely interested, and we spent most of January 2006 sending e-mails back and forth to each other as I put together mock-ups and he kept sending photos!  The results of both our efforts can be seen in the album below.

Click here to start viewing photos in the album, or click a thumbnail to see a larger view.  Press F11 to toggle a full-screen view (in most browsers).

SOO #1003 rolls past the back yard

SOO #1003

SOO #1003 enters Whitewater

SOO #1003

SOO #1003 at the CPI complex

SOO #1003

SOO #1003 smokeshow west of CPI

SOO #1003

SOO #1003 at CTH KK

SOO #1003

SOO #1003 east of Milton

SOO #1003

SOO #1003 at its coal and water stop in Milton

SOO #1003 at Milton

SOO #1003 poses as WSOR 10A looks on

SOO #1003 at Janesville

SOO #1003 at Janesville

SOO #1003 at Janesville

SOO #1003 at Janesville

The massive machine

SOO #1003 and WSOR 4025

SOO #1003 and WSOR 4025

SOO #1003 on the turntable

SOO #1003 rides the turntable

SOO #1003 rides the turntable

SOO #1003 rides the turntable

SOO #1003 on the turntable

SOO #1003 rides the turntable

SOO #1003 at Palmyra

SOO #1003 at Palmyra

SOO #1003 at Williams

SOO #1003 at Williams

SOO #1003 at Williams

SOO #1003 at Williams

SOO 268 at Williams

SOO 268

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