A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
Thomas Lowry was one of the most influential and admired men in Minneapolis at the time of his death in 1909. Streetcars, railroads, libraries, and many other endeavors benefited from his involvement.
Soo Line wooded boxcars at Shoreham Yards, Central Avenue and Twenty-Eighth, Minneapolis, 1982. Photograph by R. G. Smedley
Enameled steel Soo Line sign from the mid-twentieth century. Manufactured by Vertibrite Signs, Chicago.
Soo Line dining car tray showing map of Soo Line route, 1930s.
Soo Line shops and yard, Minneapolis, c.1925. Photograph by Charles P. Gibson.
Soo Line terminal elevator, Forty-Eighth and Penn Avenues North, Minneapolis, 1923. Photograph by Charles J. Hibbard
Soo Line depot, Pierz, c.1915.
Laying track near Detroit Lakes, Soo Line Railway Company, 1904.
Soo Line railway employee pass, 1901.
Arrival of harvesting machinery by Soo Line train, possibly in the Red River Valley, c.1895