My Grandfather, Frank Schneppenheim was a Conductor for many years for SooLine. He was based out of Onamia Depot. Prior to that I believe he was with CP- Canadian Pacific. I was born in 1950’s and have great memories of seeing him at work. I can picture the SooLine name across the burgundy/reddish colored cars and the CP on white cars and tanks.
He always wore his blue/white striped engineer hat with overalls. He would wave from his office (The Caboose) just like ‘Casey Jones’!
Every time I cross the tracks in Onamia, a sense of respect still follows me!
Great article.
My Grandfather, Frank Schneppenheim was a Conductor for many years for SooLine. He was based out of Onamia Depot. Prior to that I believe he was with CP- Canadian Pacific. I was born in 1950’s and have great memories of seeing him at work. I can picture the SooLine name across the burgundy/reddish colored cars and the CP on white cars and tanks.
He always wore his blue/white striped engineer hat with overalls. He would wave from his office (The Caboose) just like ‘Casey Jones’!
Every time I cross the tracks in Onamia, a sense of respect still follows me!
Great article.
Thank you Rosemary for the comments and glad you enjoyed the article 🙂
Mike Worcester
Thanks for the information of soo-line trail