dumb question??

[HemiAdda2d]

Hi!
I am new to this room, but I frequent the N scale and BNSF forums. I would like to know if Soo Line is the same as CP Rail? I live in Minot, ND, and see lots of CP Rail trains, and an occasional grain train hauled by a pair of Soo Line locos. Are they the same railroad?

[Catt]

Yup,The SOO is owned lock,stock and barrell by the Canadian Pacific. By the way the only dumb question is the one you don't ask. :D

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[yankinoz]

The CP owned the whole Soo Line for many years yet allowed it to operate as a seperate entity and maintain it's own identitiy. Then a few years ago, CP decided to fully merge the Soo Line into CP and started repainting equipment as CP. The Soo Line image is not long to this world - exept on our model rails that is :(

Check out the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company forum under "Fallen Flags" for more Soo Line at Trainboard.

[rsn48]

Let me know when they repaint the SOO SD60's into CP colours. I have four N Scale 60's in Soo colours and would prefer them in CP.

[JPindar]

Soo SD60's repainted........at the rate they are going, I think I will see pigs fly first......

Jon

[Daniel D]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JPindar:
Soo SD60's repainted........at the rate they are going, I think I will see pigs fly first......

Jon<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Something just flew over my house and dropped a "CP" SD60 :eek: :D smile.gif

[BN9900]

CP took over Soo in Early 90s but ran them seperatly for a number of years. :eek: