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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.
Escanaba (/ ˌ ɛ s k ə ˈ n ɑː b ə / ES-kə-NAH-bə), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula.
This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards ...
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad box car, built in 1901, on display at Mid-Continent Railway Museum. In 1904 the railroad carried over 1.2 million short tons (1.1 Mt) of freight, and over 1.1 million short tons (1.00 Mt) of that was iron ore. It had 489 ore cars, 14 locomotives, and 121 employees. [2]
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.
It is located along M-35 near the forks of the east and middle branches of the Escanaba River. The Gwinn 49841 ZIP Code serves a much larger area, including most of Forsyth Township, as well as portions of Turin Township to the east, Wells and Ewing townships to the south, Tilden Township to the west, and Richmond, Sands, and West Branch ...
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.
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 ...