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When it began operations, the ELS used steam locomotives purchased second hand from other railroads in the Midwest.<ref name="g43"/> It bought a new Shay locomotive for logging service in 1904, followed by various locomotives from [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]].<ref name="g44">{{harvp|Glischinski|2007|p= 44}}.</ref> Its first diesel locomotive, a [[Baldwin VO-1000]], was purchased in 1946.<ref name="g44"/> The railroad continued buying new and used Baldwins for the next several decades. Some notable mentions are the E&LS 300, the engine that can often be seen running the “Shippers Special” train. Other locomotives include the now decrepit RS-12s 207-217 series. 10 RS-12s have either been sold off or put in a deadline at the E&LS Wells Facility. Other engines are the E&LS [[Baldwin_RF-16|Shark Nose Baldwin]]’s, originally from the Delaware & Hudson RR (D&H). Numbered 1205 & 1216, these engines have not seen the light of day since the late 1980s. They are presumed to be in a warehouse with security personnel guarding them after it was found that parts had been stolen from one of the locomotives, including its horn. Other notable mentions are engines 100 & 101, a pair of [[Baldwin DS-4-4-660|DS44-660]]s. The 101 can still be seen in Wells with its [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|GN]] inspired paint scheme. The railroad also owns two Ex-[[Wisconsin & Calumet Railroad|Wisconsin & Calumet (WICT)]] [[EMD F7|F7A]]s & F7Bs. There were several other engines, the 201, 202, & 204. These were the DS44-1000s.<ref name="g44"/> In 1985, the first [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] diesel, a [[EMD GP38|GP-38]] (ELS 400) was purchased, followed shortly by additional GP-38s (Ex-[[Conrail]] ELS 401 & 402) and [[EMD SD9|SD9s]] (1220-1224).<ref name="g45">{{harvp|Glischinski|2007|p= 45}}.</ref> |
When it began operations, the ELS used steam locomotives purchased second hand from other railroads in the Midwest.<ref name="g43"/> It bought a new Shay locomotive for logging service in 1904, followed by various locomotives from [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]].<ref name="g44">{{harvp|Glischinski|2007|p= 44}}.</ref> Its first diesel locomotive, a [[Baldwin VO-1000]], was purchased in 1946.<ref name="g44"/> The railroad continued buying new and used Baldwins for the next several decades. Some notable mentions are the E&LS 300, the engine that can often be seen running the “Shippers Special” train. Other locomotives include the now decrepit RS-12s 207-217 series. 10 RS-12s have either been sold off or put in a deadline at the E&LS Wells Facility. Other engines are the E&LS [[Baldwin_RF-16|Shark Nose Baldwin]]’s, originally from the Delaware & Hudson RR (D&H). Numbered 1205 & 1216, these engines have not seen the light of day since the late 1980s. They are presumed to be in a warehouse with security personnel guarding them after it was found that parts had been stolen from one of the locomotives, including its horn. Other notable mentions are engines 100 & 101, a pair of [[Baldwin DS-4-4-660|DS44-660]]s. The 101 can still be seen in Wells with its [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|GN]] inspired paint scheme. The railroad also owns two Ex-[[Wisconsin & Calumet Railroad|Wisconsin & Calumet (WICT)]] [[EMD F7|F7A]]s & F7Bs. There were several other engines, the 201, 202, & 204. These were the DS44-1000s.<ref name="g44"/> In 1985, the first [[Electro-Motive Diesel|EMD]] diesel, a [[EMD GP38|GP-38]] (ELS 400) was purchased, followed shortly by additional GP-38s (Ex-[[Conrail]] ELS 401 & 402) and 4 [[EMD SD9|SD9s]] (1220-1224).<ref name="g45">{{harvp|Glischinski|2007|p= 45}}.</ref> |
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In 2003, the railroad bought two [[EMD SD40-2|SD-40-2s]] (Ex-[[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Diesel Leasing]] ELS 500 & 501), and, unusually, an [[EMD FP7|FP7]] (ELS 600) two years later. The [[EMD FP7|FP7]] was originally a [[Milwaukee Road]] [[EMD FP7|FP7]], then was bought by the [[Wisconsin and Southern Railroad|Wisconsin Southern]], and sold to the E&LS. The [[EMD SD9|SD9]]s except for 1223 have been retired as of 2020. 1223 still operates in [[Wells Township, Delta County, Michigan|Wells]] and [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]], but it is has been restricted from mainline service ever since an inspection found that the [[Prime mover (locomotive)|prime mover]] was failing. The engine can regularly be seen switching out ELS customers in that area, and at the car maintenance facility in [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]], or at the ELS engine shop at [[Wells Township, Delta County, Michigan|Wells]], moving the junk engines and cars. In early January of 2020, the railroad bought the [http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=ILSX ILSX] 1344 and numbered it 502. The trucks from the since decommissioned [[EMD_SD40-2|SD-40-2]], ELS 500, were replaced with the original worn-out trucks on E&LS 502. They were the original silver trucks from when the engine was a [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] [[EMD SD40-2|SD40-2]]. In May of 2020, the railroad bought a former [[Grand Trunk Western Railroad|GTW]] / [[BNSF Railway]] EMD [[EMD SD40|SD-40]] (Note the absence of the "Dash 2") and numbered it 503.<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Operational E&LS Locomotives |url=http://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/Escanaba_%26_Lake_Superior |website=Railroadfan.com Wiki |publisher=Railroadfan.com Wiki |access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref> |
In 2003, the railroad bought two [[EMD SD40-2|SD-40-2s]] (Ex-[[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Diesel Leasing]] ELS 500 & 501), and, unusually, an [[EMD FP7|FP7]] (ELS 600) two years later. The [[EMD FP7|FP7]] was originally a [[Milwaukee Road]] [[EMD FP7|FP7]], then was bought by the [[Wisconsin and Southern Railroad|Wisconsin Southern]], and sold to the E&LS. The [[EMD SD9|SD9]]s except for 1223 have been retired as of 2020. 1223 still operates in [[Wells Township, Delta County, Michigan|Wells]] and [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]], but it is has been restricted from mainline service ever since an inspection found that the [[Prime mover (locomotive)|prime mover]] was failing. The engine can regularly be seen switching out ELS customers in that area, and at the car maintenance facility in [[Escanaba, Michigan|Escanaba]], or at the ELS engine shop at [[Wells Township, Delta County, Michigan|Wells]], moving the junk engines and cars. In early January of 2020, the railroad bought the [http://rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=ILSX ILSX] 1344 and numbered it 502. The trucks from the since decommissioned [[EMD_SD40-2|SD-40-2]], ELS 500, were replaced with the original worn-out trucks on E&LS 502. They were the original silver trucks from when the engine was a [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] [[EMD SD40-2|SD40-2]]. In May of 2020, the railroad bought a former [[Grand Trunk Western Railroad|GTW]] / [[BNSF Railway]] EMD [[EMD SD40|SD-40]] (Note the absence of the "Dash 2") and numbered it 503.<ref>{{cite web |title=Current Operational E&LS Locomotives |url=http://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/Escanaba_%26_Lake_Superior |website=Railroadfan.com Wiki |publisher=Railroadfan.com Wiki |access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref> |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Wells, Michigan |
| Locale | Michigan, Wisconsin |
| Dates of operation | 1898– |
| Technical | |
| Electrification | no |
| Length | 347 miles (558 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | http://www.elsrr.com/ |
The Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (reporting mark ELS) is a privately held shortline railroad that operates 347 miles (558 km) of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.[1] Its main line runs 208 miles (335 km) from Rockland, Michigan, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it also owns various branch lines and out-of-service track.[1]
History
Founding–1978
The railroad was founded as the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railway on November 17, 1898, by Isaac Stephenson, a local businessman, with seven miles (11 km) of track from Wells, Michigan, northwest.[2] Over the next several years it built track to Channing, Michigan, where it connected with the Milwaukee Road.[3] In 1900, the Milwaukee Road built a dock for iron ore transport near Escanaba, Michigan, and began using the ELS to access its new facility.[3] As part of the agreement that allowed the Milwaukee Road access to its line, the ELS was reincorporated as the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad on February 12, 1900; it has used this name ever since.[3] In 1902, the ELS built three miles (4.8 km) of track southeast out of Wells into the center of Escanaba.[3]
In 1935, the Milwaukee Road moved its ore trains off the ELS and entered into an agreement with the Chicago & North Western Railroad (CNW) to jointly operate ore trains into Escanaba.[3] Though the ELS petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and later the US Supreme Court to be allowed to join the joint operations, it was blocked from doing so in 1938 by the Supreme Court.[3]
In the 1940s, two major sources of traffic were developed near Escanaba—the Harnischfeger Corporation, which built large cranes, and the Escanaba Paper Company.[4] In the early 1960s, the ELS was purchased by the Hanna Mining Company.[4] In 1969, the ELS stopped serving the Escanaba Paper Company during a strike at the mill; in response, the mill's owners built a new connection to the CNW and Soo Line, and cut car movements on the ELS more than five-fold in two years, from 2,200 carloads in 1968 to 449 in 1970.[4]
The ELS continued skeleton service during the 1970s.[4] In 1978, Hanna requested permission from the ICC to abandon the railroad.[4]
1978–2009
On October 6, 1978, Hanna sold the railroad to John Larkin, a businessman from Minneapolis who had organized a passenger excursion on the railroad earlier in the decade.[5] He planned to return the railroad to profitability by reducing labor costs and entering the business of leasing boxcars to other railroads.[5] Shortly thereafter, the leasing market collapsed.[5] Additionally, with the Milwaukee Road going bankrupt in 1977, it planned to abandon its trackage in Michigan, consisting largely of a route between Ontonagon, Michigan, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.[6] This plan would break the ELS's connections at Channing, as well as end rail service to shippers on the line.[6] One of these shippers, Champion Paper, which operated a mill in Ontonagon, approached the ELS with a proposal for the railroad to buy the Milwaukee Road track to Ontonagon.[6]
Purchasing ex-Milwaukee Road lines
The ELS was able to reach an agreement with the Milwaukee Road's bankruptcy court to take control of the Ontonagon route, as well as additional trackage south. They were backed by many of the line's shippers and the states of Michigan and Wisconsin, but opposed by the CNW, which wanted to retain iron ore transport from the Groveland Mine in Randville, Michigan, and Hanna Mining, the former owner of the ELS and owner of the Groveland Mine.[6] The CNW and Milwaukee Road had previously shared service to the Groveland Mine under a decades-long agreement between the two, called the Menominee Range Iron Ore Pool.[7][8] By 1979, the mine impacted 31,000 of the 50,000 cars moved over the Milwaukee Road's tracks in the area, a level of traffic so high that Larkin publicly stated that the ELS would not make a profit without it.[7] The ICC, and a US court, ruled in ELS' favor.[9][10]
On March 10, 1980, the ELS formally bought the ex-Milwaukee Road between Ontonagon through Channing south to Iron Mountain, Michigan.[11] It also obtained a lease-to-own agreement of the tracks south from Iron Mountain to Green Bay; this section was purchased in 1982.[11] Upon purchase, the ELS immediately began rebuilding its new trackage, which had been neglected by the Milwaukee Road in the years leading up to its bankruptcy.[11] Major funding came from the state of Michigan, which paid $1.6 million (equivalent to $4.97 million in 2023[12]) to install new ties on the track to Ontonagon.[11]
In 1981, the ELS bought additional trackage, this time a branch line from Channing north to Republic, Michigan.[11] In 1985, it bought a branch from Crivitz, Wisconsin, on the Green Bay line, east to Marinette, Wisconsin, and Menominee, Michigan.[11] During 1987 and 1988, the line to Ontonagon had its lightweight rails replaced with new, heavier rails.[11] In 1991, it bought a line from Sidnaw, Michigan, on the Ontonagon line, east to Nestoria.[11] The following year, the line from Channing to Wells was taken out of service, with access to Escanaba retained via a new trackage rights agreement with the Wisconsin Central Railroad, under which the ELS was granted access the WC's line from Pembine, Wisconsin, to North Escanaba.[11]
In 1995, the railroad bought a short branch line between Stiles Junction, Wisconsin, just north of Green Bay, to Oconto Falls from the CNW.[13] In 2005, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation provided a $2.01 million (equivalent to $3.01 million in 2023[12]) grant to rebuild trackage from Crivitz north to the Michigan state line.[11] This was the last section of mainline track that had not seen a complete rebuild since it was bought in 1980.[6] The various branch lines are often used by the railroad to store rolling stock.[6]
Post-2009 and track closures
After the closure of the Smurfit-Stone Paper Mill in Ontonagon in 2009, the Escanaba and Lake Superior abandoned 15 miles (24 km) of track between Ontonagon and Rockland in 2011, severing the railroad's closest trackage to Lake Superior. The remaining track between Rockland and Mass City is used for third-party long term car storage. The trackage between Escanaba & Channing is now only used for long term car storage, and to occasionally move the E&LS Shippers Special Train between the engine shops at Wells, and the E&LS mainline. The line between Crivitz & Marinette is also used for car storage only. The railroad's northernmost customer ships logs from an open air transload in the yard near the junction of East Branch Road and Depot Road in Mass City.[14]
Rolling stock
| Number | Marked | Type | Prev owners | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 254 | ELS | HEP Generator | stenciled "Northern Pacific" | has fences over baggage doors. |
| 758 | ELS | Parlor Car | 6 axle | platform observation style |
| 1082 | ELS | Pullman | Ex RSMX, ex GN 1082, nee "Dolly Madison". | Not marked 1082 externally. |
| 1100 | ELS | parlor | Ex VIA | sleeper car |
| 1101 | ELS | parlor | Ex VIA #1101l built 1954 | sleeper car |
| 1348 | ELS | parlor | Ex VIA | sleeper car |
| 1237 | ELS | coach | Soo Line | Stenciled "Soo Line" 6 axle coach. |
| 6700 | CNW | Parlor car | Ex CNW Twin Cities 400 parlor car. | Owned by Lake Superior Railway Museum and was stored on the E&LS. |
| 7000 | ELS | flatcar | unknown | open air flatcar multiple table for 4 patio bar car |
When it began operations, the ELS used steam locomotives purchased second hand from other railroads in the Midwest.[13] It bought a new Shay locomotive for logging service in 1904, followed by various locomotives from Baldwin.[16] Its first diesel locomotive, a Baldwin VO-1000, was purchased in 1946.[16] The railroad continued buying new and used Baldwins for the next several decades. Some notable mentions are the E&LS 300, the engine that can often be seen running the “Shippers Special” train. Other locomotives include the now decrepit RS-12s 207-217 series. 10 RS-12s have either been sold off or put in a deadline at the E&LS Wells Facility. Other engines are the E&LS Shark Nose Baldwin’s, originally from the Delaware & Hudson RR (D&H). Numbered 1205 & 1216, these engines have not seen the light of day since the late 1980s. They are presumed to be in a warehouse with security personnel guarding them after it was found that parts had been stolen from one of the locomotives, including its horn. Other notable mentions are engines 100 & 101, a pair of DS44-660s. The 101 can still be seen in Wells with its GN inspired paint scheme. The railroad also owns two Ex-Wisconsin & Calumet (WICT) F7As & F7Bs. There were several other engines, the 201, 202, & 204. These were the DS44-1000s.[16] In 1985, the first EMD diesel, a GP-38 (ELS 400) was purchased, followed shortly by additional GP-38s (Ex-Conrail ELS 401 & 402) and 4 SD9s (1220-1224).[17]
In 2003, the railroad bought two SD-40-2s (Ex-Electro-Motive Diesel Leasing ELS 500 & 501), and, unusually, an FP7 (ELS 600) two years later. The FP7 was originally a Milwaukee Road FP7, then was bought by the Wisconsin Southern, and sold to the E&LS. The SD9s except for 1223 have been retired as of 2020. 1223 still operates in Wells and Escanaba, but it is has been restricted from mainline service ever since an inspection found that the prime mover was failing. The engine can regularly be seen switching out ELS customers in that area, and at the car maintenance facility in Escanaba, or at the ELS engine shop at Wells, moving the junk engines and cars. In early January of 2020, the railroad bought the ILSX 1344 and numbered it 502. The trucks from the since decommissioned SD-40-2, ELS 500, were replaced with the original worn-out trucks on E&LS 502. They were the original silver trucks from when the engine was a Union Pacific SD40-2. In May of 2020, the railroad bought a former GTW / BNSF Railway EMD SD-40 (Note the absence of the "Dash 2") and numbered it 503.[18]
Motive power
| Number | Model | Status | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| numberless | GE 45 Ton | Shop switcher | Built 4/1953 as #31795. Ex White Pine Copper mine WPCR #1. Built as 45 Ton but now has no siderods. |
| 1371 | EMD SW1 | service ? | Built 11/50 # 11222., ex Ex ILSX 1371, ex WPCR 1371, ex Amtrak 740, ex Amtrak 253:1, ex PC 8528, nee PRR 9428. |
| 1 | Plymouth 25 Ton | Active | Built 4/1936. Ex B&D RR Co. Lettered for the fictitious Buckwheat & Durham Railroad (B&D). Used as the Crivitz yard switcher. |
| 112 | Russel Snow Plow | Active | Built from a 40ft boxcar by the E&LS shop men at Wells to replace wooden Russell plow, is painted in company colors, stored at Channing, Mi. |
| 300 | RS-12 | Active | built 1/1953 as # BLW 75767. Ex SAL 1474, ex SCL 215. Sold as Michigan Northern 215 in 1976. It was sold as E&LS 215 in 1980 and rebuilt in 1982 as ELS 300. Painted in ELS scheme. |
| 400 | GP38 | Active | built 5/70 as # EMD 36459. Ex Conrail 7843, nee PC 7843. Sold as E&LS 401 in 1985 and renumbered 2nd 400 in 1986. Painted in ELS scheme. |
| 402 | GP38 | Active | built 9/69 as # EMD 35401. Ex Conrail 7772, nee Penn Central 7772. Sold to E&LS in 1985. |
| 501 | SD40-2 | Active | built 7/73 as #EMD 72641-2. Ex EMDX 6306, ex S00 RR 6306, nee Milwaukee Road 22. |
| 502 | SD40-2 | Active | Built 1/80 as # 796297-35. Ex Union Pacific 3693, ex SLRG 202, ex ILSX 202, ex ILSX 1344. Trucks swapped With ELS 500. |
| 503 | SD40 | Active | Built 1/1970 as # 7221. Ex ILSX 1338, GTW 5915, ex BNSF 7303. Painted in patched out BNSF H1 paint scheme. |
| 600 | FP7 | Active | Built 1/51 as # EMD 10361. Ex Wisconsin & Southern 71A, ex Wisconsin & Calumet 96A, ex Milwaukee Road 96A. Returned to service in 2020. |
| 1200 | SW8 | Active | Built June 1952 as #16925. Ex Reserve Mining 1200. It was sold as E&LS 1200 in 1992. Based in Menominee, secondary locomotive. |
| 1201 | SW8 | Active | Built 6/1952 as #6412. Ex Reserve Mining 1201. Based in Menominee. |
| 1202 | TR4A | Active | Built 9/1950 as #4032. Ex Belt Railway of Chicago. TR4A is a cow-calf version of EMD SW7. |
| 1223 | SD9 | Limited service | Built 9/1956 as #21066. Ex Reserve Mining 1223. It was sold as E&LS 1223 in 1992. Assigned to Wells as backup switching power, restricted from interchange. |
| Number | Model | Status | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | VO-1000 | Scrapped | built 6/46 as # BLW 72227. |
| 101 | DS-4-4-660 | OOS | built 11/47 as # BLW 73367. Painted in ELS scheme. |
| 102 | DS-4-4-660 | OOS | built 11/47 as # BLW 73367. |
| 102B | F7B | OOS | Built 10/51 as # EMD 15243. Ex Wisconsin & Calumet, ex Wisconsin & Southern 71A, ex Milwaukee Road 102B. |
| 106 | F7A | OOS | Built 11/51 as # EMD 15218. Ex Wisconsin & Calumet 106, ex Janesville & Eastern 106, ex Milwaukee Road 117C. |
| 201 | DS44-1000 | OOS | built 7/48 as # BLW 73956. Ex Calumet & Hecla 201. |
| 202 | DS44-1000 | OOS | built 7/48 as # BLW 73957. Ex Calumet & Hecla 202. |
| 204 | DS44-1000 | OOS | built 5/50 as # BLW 74777. Ex Calumet & Hecla 204 nee US Corps of Engineers L4. |
| 207 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 5/1952. Ex SAL 207, ex SCL 207, ex Oregon California & Eastern 7908, ex Oregon California & Eastern 207. |
| 209 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 5/1952 as #75477. Ex Seaboard Air Line RR 1468, ex Seaboard Coast Line 209, ex Oregon California & Eastern 7909. Acquired in 1984. |
| 210 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 5/1952 as #75478. Ex SAL 1469, Ex SCL 210, ex Oregon California & Eastern 7910. Sold to E&LS as # 210 in 1984. |
| 211 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 5/1952 as #75479. Ex SAL 1470, ex SCL 211, ex Oregon California & Eastern 7911. Sold to E&LS as # 211 in 1984. |
| 212 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 5/52 as # BLW 75480. Ex Michigan Northern 212, ex SCL 212, nee SAL 1471. |
| 213 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 1/53 as # BLW 75765. Ex Michigan Northern 213, ex SCL 213, nee SAL 1472. |
| 214 | RS-12 | OOS | Built 1/1953 as #75766. Ex SAL 1473, ex SCL 214, sold to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. It was sold as Neosha Construction Co. 6494 and sold as E&LS 210 in 1983. It was renumbered 214 in 1984. |
| 401 | GP38 | OOS 1991 | Used as a parts source at Escanaba shop. built 10/69 as # EMD 35438. Penn Central 7809, Conrail 7809. Sold as E&LS 400 in 1985. It was renumbered 2nd 401 in 1986 and retired in 1991. |
| 500 | SD40-2 | OOS | Built 6/74 as # EMD 73687-1. Ex GATX 7349/9339/6349, ex S00 RR 6349, nee Milwaukee Road 182 2nd. OOS engine failure. |
| 901 | F7A | OOS | Built 7/49 as # EMD 8358. Ex Wisconsin & Calumet 109, ex CMN 562, ex ACLZ 64, ex DRGW 5644, nee DRGW 564D. |
| 950 | F7B | OOS | Built 7/1950 as EMD # 3035. Ex Wisconsin & Calumet, nee Milwaukee Road 71B. |
| 1205 | Baldwin RF16A | OOS | Built 12/1951. Ex Michigan Northern 1205, ex Delaware & Hudson RR 1205, ex Monongahela Railway 1205, nee NYC 3805. Baldwin "Shark Nose". Stored In Escanaba shop warehouse. |
| 1216 | Baldwin RF16A | OOS | Built 1952. Ex Michigan Northern 1216, ex Delaware & Hudson RR 1216, ex Monongahela Railway 1216, ex NYC 1216, nee NYC 3816. Baldwin "Shark Nose". Stored In Escanaba shop warehouse. |
| 1220 | SD9 | OOS | Built 6/1955 as #19989. Ex Reserve Mining 1220. It was sold as E&LS 1220 in 1992 and stored for parts. |
| 1221 | SD9 | OOS | Built 6/1955 as #19990. Ex Reserve Mining 1221. It was sold as EL&S 1221 in 1992. |
| 1222 | SD9 | OOS | Built 6/1955, #19991. Ex Reserve Mining 1222. It was sold as E&LS 1222 in 1992. |
| 1224 | SD9 | OOS | Built 12/1956 as #5485. Ex Reserve Mining 1224. |
Facilities
Engine Shops
Railroad Yards
- Channing, MI
- Crivitz, WI
- Iron Mountain, MI
Engine Housing Facilities
Wood Yards
Interchange locations
The E&LS interchanges with the Canadian National Railroad in several different locations:
Trackage rights
The E&LS RR has trackage rights on several parts of the Canadian National Railroad.
- Howard, WI, to North Green Bay Yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Pembine, WI to North Escanaba, Michigan
See also
References
- ^ a b Glischinski, Steve (2007). Regional Railroads of the Midwest. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI Publishing Company. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-7603-2351-9.
- ^ Glischinski (2007), p. 36.
- ^ a b c d e f Glischinski (2007), p. 37.
- ^ a b c d e Glischinski (2007), p. 38.
- ^ a b c Glischinski (2007), p. 40.
- ^ a b c d e f Glischinski (2007), p. 41.
- ^ a b Huntley, Craig (May 11, 1980). "E&LS faces ore hurdle". Upper Peninsula Sunday Times. Vol. 3, no. 11.
- ^ Conant, Michael. Railroad Mergers and Abandonments. University of California Press. pp. 95–96.
- ^ "Hanna Min. Co. v. Escanaba L. S. R. Co., 498 F. Supp. 1267 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
- ^ Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, May 1981–October 1982. Interstate Commerce Commission Reports. Vol. 365. 1981. pp. 144–173.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glischinski (2007), p. 42.
- ^ a b Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved November 30, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ a b Glischinski (2007), p. 43.
- ^ Rail Series, Thornapple River. "TRRS 516: Escanaba & Lake Superior RR - Mass City to Sidnaw". YouTube. Alex Christmas. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ^ "Passenger Cars of the E&LS". E&LS 300 content. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
{{cite web}}:|first1=missing|last1=(help) - ^ a b c Glischinski (2007), p. 44.
- ^ Glischinski (2007), p. 45.
- ^ "Current Operational E&LS Locomotives". Railroadfan.com Wiki. Railroadfan.com Wiki. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Current Operational E&LS Locomotives". Escanaba & Lake Superior. Railroadfan.com Wiki. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad Comp Photographic Roster". Railroad Picture Archives. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ WG, Thompson. "Old Time Trains". Trainweb. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Escanaba & Lake Superior". Don's Rail Photos. Don Ross Group. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Escanaba & Lake Superior". The Diesel Shop. R. Craig. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
Further reading
- Lautala, Pasi; Graman, Gregory; Pentti, Frank; Nelson, David; Rasul, Irfan; Tafesse, Akalu; Pengelly, Sean; Kalluri, Sumanth (2014). "Rural Freight Rail and Multimodal Transportation Improvements – the Upper Peninsula of Michigan" (PDF). Michigan Department of Transportation. Michigan Technological University.
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External links
Media related to Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad at Wikimedia Commons- E&LS RR web site — official corporate site
