How the Soo Line Got Its Name

You've seen their freight cars for years, with "Soo Line" painted in giant block capital letters. Now you know its full name (quite a mouthful, wasn't it?)

This long concrete nameplate was on the top of the Soo Line's freight terminal at Roosevelt and Canal for years before the building was finally torn down in the late '90's for a shopping center.

It's been set into a retaining wall of the Illinois Railway Museum Restaurant's alfresco dining area.

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[1xsooliner]

so where was it in chicago ???? a lot of the old soo stuff from the soo line buiding was tossed nice to see it saved nice video

[artistmac]

@1xsooliner It was at Roosevelt and Canal. There's a gigantic shopping center there now, with a Dominick's, Walgreen's, FedEx Office, Subway and several other stores. I wonder what they did with that red neon sign that I used to be able to see from the Lake-Dan Ryan el. They took it down in the mid-70's, but the slanted framework stayed on the building till it was torn down in the late 90's.

[fnm9908]

thats nice at least its name will go on

[artistmac]

Yes, that's the great thing about the Illinois Railway Museum. They rescue and display so many fragments of Chicago's railroading history.

[1xsooliner]

@artistmac the best people to ask would be the soo line hist and tech soc they are under groups in yahoo type in soo line

[SD457500]

Nice...

[maxibluegremlin]

My dear Dad was an engineer for the SOO LINE. He worked 30 years for the Soo. Mostly out of Enderlin, North Dakota