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The engine can regularly be seen switching out E&LS customers in that area, and at the car maintenance facility in Escanaba, or at the E&LS engine shop at Wells, moving the stored engines and cars. In early January 2020, the railroad bought the ILSX SD40-2 #1344 and later in the year re-numbered it 502.
The locomotives were originally delivered to the New York Central Railroad, as units 3805 and 3816, later renumbered to 1205 and 1216 in 1966, shortly before being traded in to General Electric. [2] They were then sold to the Monongahela Railway in 1967, where they worked coal drag service until 1972, by which point they were the only operable ...
Escanaba, Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad: AA: 1895 1895 Ann Arbor Railroad: Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western Railroad: CNW: 1890 1947 Chicago and North Western Railway: Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway: 1898 1901 Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad: Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway: CNW: 1880 1882 Chicago and North Western Railway ...
The railroad of the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad, located in the northern peninsula of Michigan. The main line extends northwesterly from Wells to Channing, a distance of 62.836 miles, and the branch lines extend from Flat Rock to Escanaba and from ...
The Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Western was incorporated January 24, 1890, under the general laws of the State of Michigan to construct a railroad in Delta, Menominee, and Iron Counties, Mich., and Florence County, Wis. The date of organization was August 29, 1890.
Williams used the existing railroad for supplies, but the town, like many towns in this region, formed largely because of the timber business. Karrick traced the origins of Atmore to about 1870.
The collection includes the William Crooks, which became the first locomotive to operate in the state of Minnesota in 1861, and Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Number 227, a 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" locomotive that was among the largest steam engines to operate. Several museum spaces are available for rent as an event venue.
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