Lake Superior Railroad Museum

Lake Superior Railroad Museum
	The museum is housed at the Duluth Depot
Established	1973
Location	506 W. Michigan St.,; Duluth, Minnesota
Coordinates	46°46′53″N 92°06′14″W / 46.7814°N 92.1039°W
Type	Railroad museum
Public transit access	DTA
Website	http://www.lsrm.org/

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum (reporting mark LSRX)^[1] is a railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.

Opened in 1973, the museum focuses on railroading in the Lake Superior region. It is housed in the restored Duluth Union Depot complex.

The museum also operates the North Shore Scenic Railroad, which runs excursion trains from Memorial Day through mid-October using historic rail equipment from the museum collection.

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.

Equipment[edit]

Steam locomotives[edit]

Locomotive	Type	Built	Retired	Acquired	Status
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range #227	Class M-3, 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone"	Baldwin, 1941	1960	Donated 1974	Static Display
Duluth & Northeastern #28	Class C-3, 2-8-0 "Consolidation"	Alco, 1908	1965	Donated 1974	Operational
Duluth & Northern Minnesota #14	2-8-2, "Mikado"	Baldwin, 1913	1966	Donated 1981	Static Display
Minnesota Steel Co. #7	0-4-0 ST	Porter, 1915	1950s	Donated 1973	Static Display
Northern Pacific #1 "Minnetonka"	0-4-0 ST+T	Porter, 1870	1948	Loaned 1975	Static Display
Northern Pacific #2435	Class T, 2-6-2 "Prairie"	Alco, 1907	1954	Donated 1978	Static Display
Soo Line #2719	Class H-23, 4-6-2 "Pacific"	Alco, 1923	1959	Purchased 2019	Awaiting overhaul
St. Paul & Pacific #1 "Wm Crooks"	4-4-0 "American"	New Jersey Locomotive & Machine Co. 1861	1948	Loaned 1974	Static Display

Electric locomotives[edit]

Locomotive	Type	Built	Retired	Acquired	Status
Hanna Ore Mining Co. #307	GE 60-Ton Steeple-cab	1928	1968	Donated 1974	Static Display
Milwaukee Road #10200	GE EF-1	1915	1974	Donated 1977	Static Display
Lisbon Tramway Co. #530	Carris/Brill 508-531	1925	Unknown	Purchased 1978	Operational

Diesel locomotives[edit]

Locomotive^[2]	Type	Built	Retired	Acquired	Status
Burlington Northern Santa Fe #1550 (GN 573)	EMD SD9	1954	2022	Donated 2022	Operational
Copper Range #200	BLW S-12	1951	1995-96	Donated 2017	Under Cosmetic Restoration
Defence Plant Corp. #1309	EMD 40-Ton	1941	2008	2008	Display
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range #193	EMD SD-18	1960	1998	Donated 1998	Operational
Duluth South Shore & Atlantic #101	Alco RS1	1945	2002	Donated 2017	Operational
Erie Mining Co. #4211	EMD F9A	1956	2001	Donated 2002	Operational
Erie Mining Co. #4222	EMD F9B	1956	2001	Donated 2006	Under Restoration
Erie Mining Co. #7243	BLW S-12	1956	1992	Donated 1992	Awaiting Cosmetic Restoration
Fegles Construction Co. #171007	MTC 12-Ton	1931	1970	1973	Operational
Great Northern #192	EMD NW5	1947	1996	Purchased 1996	Operational
Great Northern #400	EMD SD45	1966	1984	Leased 2019-	Operational
Minneapolis Northfield & Southern #11	FM H-10-44	1946	2005	Donated 2005	Under Cosmetic Restoration
Minnesota Power & Light Co.	GE 45-Ton	1952	Unknown	2003	Operational
Northern Pacific #245	EMD GP9	1956	2019	Traded 2019	Operational
Northern Pacific #3617	EMD SD45	1967	1987/again 2007	Donated 2007	Operational
Oliver Iron Mining #900	ALCO HH1000	1940	1973	Donated 1974	Awaiting Cosmetic Restoration
Soo Line #320	EMD SW1	1939	2017	Donated 2017	Operational
Soo Line #700	EMD GP30	1963	2001	Donated 2001	Operational
Soo Line #2500	EMD FP7-A	1949	1986	Donated 1986	Operational

Diesel railcars[edit]

Locomotive	Type	Built	Retired	Acquired	Status	Image
Alaska #712	Budd RDC-2	1951	2008	Loaned 2009	Operational
Chicago & North Western #9934	Budd RDC-1	1950	Unknown	Loaned 1996	Operational, Painted as NSSR #9169

Passenger Cars[edit]

Railroad Company	Operating Number	Car Name	Car Type	Status
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe	551	Sky View	Full Dome	Operational
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe	76		Baggage/Dorm	Under Restoration
Canadian National	9299		Baggage	Operational
Canadian National	92	Scottish Thistle	Business	Under Private Restoration
Chicago & North Western	51		Bi-Level Coach	Operational
Chicago & North Western	222		Bi-Level Coach	Operational
Chicago & North Western	321		Bi-Level Coach	Operational
Chicago & North Western	6700	Deerpath	Parlor/Lounge	Operational (Stored at ELS)
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy	250	Silver Club	Vista Dome	Operational
Duluth & Iron Range	19		Coach	Gallery Display
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range	W-24		Combine	Operational
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range	33		Coach	Operational
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range		Northland	Business	Operational
Duluth, Missabe & Northern	68		Coach	Dining Display
Duluth, Missabe & Northern		Missabe	Business	Display
Grand Trunk Western	5327		Lounge	Operational
Great Northern	257		Baggage	Used For Storage
Great Northern	1115	Liz Prebich	Coach	Operational
Great Northern	1116		Coach	Operational
Great Northern (CB&Q)	1250	Lake of the Isles	Diner	Operational
Great Northern	1323	Puget Sound	Sleeper/Dome	Operational
Northern Pacific	255		Baggage	Gallery Car
Northern Pacific	390	Rainier Club	Observation	Operational
Northern Pacific	517	Minnesota II	Coach	Operational
Northern Pacific	1447		Railroad Post Office	Display
Spokane, Portland & Seattle	66		Baggage	Operational
St. Paul & Pacific	1		Combine	Display
St. Paul & Pacific	3		Coach	Display

Cabooses[edit]

Burlington Northern #12410
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range #C-9
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range #C-12
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range #C-205
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific #76923
Great Northern #X-452
Northern Pacific #1311
Soo Line #1
Soo Line #99017

Service & miscellaneous equipment[edit]

Burlington Northern Motor Powered Wrecker #D-161 - Built 1915
Erie Mining Co. #8440 Pontiac Hy-rail Inspection Car - Built 1957
Northern Pacific Rotary Snow Plow #2 - Built 1887 by the Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, #2 is the world's oldest surviving rotary snow plow. The museum acquired it in 1975 and it was designated a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 2015.^[3]
Northern Pacific Wedge Snowplow #19 - Built 1907
Northern Pacific Steam Powered Wrecker #38 - Built 1913
1920 McGiffert log loader

Former equipment[edit]

Burlington Northern, Dynamometer Car #B10: Sold to the Ironhorse Railroad Park
Canadian National, Coach #5375: Sold to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum
Duluth Missabe & Iron Range, Refrigerator Car #7122: Sold to the Mid-Continent Railway Museum
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, EMD SD-M #316: Traded for Northern Pacific #245
Metra, Bi-Level Coach #7781: Scrapped
Milwaukee Road, EMD F7B #X1: Sold to the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Minntac, EMD SW9 #935: Sold to Cargill, to provide funds for the purchase of GN #192
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

References[edit]

^ Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed September 2009
^ "North Shore Scenic Railroad Roster". www.thedieselshop.us. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Northern Pacific rotary snowplow designated as mechanical engineering landmark". Trains. January 7, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links[edit]

Museum's website

[1] Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed September 2009

[2] "North Shore Scenic Railroad Roster". www.thedieselshop.us. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[3] "Northern Pacific rotary snowplow designated as mechanical engineering landmark". Trains. January 7, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

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