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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.
It is located in Bark River Township near the Bark River, from which it is named. [3] It is situated on U.S. Highway 2 and U.S. Highway 41 about 13 miles west of Escanaba and just east of the Hannahville Indian Reservation. Bark River is at latitude 45° 42' north and longitude 87° 18' west. The ZIP code is and the FIPS place code is 05400.
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 ...
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]
Berlin: Berlin Yard (St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad) Concord: Concord Yard (New England Southern Railroad, New Hampshire Central Railroad) Conway: North Conway Depot and Railroad Yard (Conway Scenic Railroad) Dover: Dover Yard (Pan Am Railways, New Hampshire Northcoast Railroad) Nashua: Nashua Yard (Pan Am Railways)
U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) passes through Rapid River and joins with US 41 just west of town; the two then run concurrently from Rapid River south to Escanaba. The Rapid River ZIP code is 49878 and also serves areas in the nearby townships in Delta County of Baldwin, Bay de Noc, Brampton, Ensign, Garden, Maple Ridge, Masonville, and Nahma.
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.
North Shore Scenic Railroad #652, EMD GP9, Ex-MKT 95: Sold to Minnesota Northern as ILSX 1380. Northern States Power Co, EMD SW1 #1364: Given to Rail Legacy Museum, St. Cloud; Peavey Grain Co, EMD SW1 #1279: Scrapped after engine seized