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Railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota
The Lake Superior Railroad Museum (reporting mark LSRX )[1] is a railroad museum in Duluth , Minnesota , United States.
The museum has seven steam, 14 diesel, and two electric locomotives ; and more than 40 other pieces of rolling stock. 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.
The museum operates a heritage railroad called the North Shore Scenic Railroad .
The museum is housed in the former Duluth Union Depot , now the Saint Louis County Heritage and Arts Center's Historic Union Depot. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places , the depot also houses the Duluth Art Institute , Duluth Playhouse, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Louis County Historical Society.
Collection
Steam Locomotives
Locomotive
Type
Built
Retired
Acquired
Notes
Image
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway #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"
Pittsburgh, 1906
1965
Donated 1974
Operational
Duluth & Northern Minnesota #14
2-8-2 "Mikado"
Baldwin, 1913
1966
Donated 1981
Static Display
Minnesota Steel #7
0-4-0ST "Saddle Tank Engine"
Porter, 1915
1950's
Donated 1973
Static Display
Northern Pacific #1 "Minnetonka"
0-4-0ST "Saddle Tank Engine"
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 Restoration
St. Paul & Pacific #1 "William Crooks"
4-4-0 "American"
New Jersey Locomotive & Machine Co. 1861
1948
Loaned 1974
Static Display
Electric Locomotives
Locomotive
Type
Built
Retired
Acquired
Notes
Image
Hanna Iron Mining #307
GE Steeple-cab
1928
1968
Donated 1974
Static Display
Milwaukee Road #10200
GE EF-1
1915
1974
Donated 1977
Static Display
Carris #530
Carris/Brill 508-531
1925
Purchased 1978
Operational
Diesel Locomotives
Diesel Railcars
Locomotive
Type
Built
Retired
Acquired
Notes
Image
Alaska Railroad #712
Budd RDC-2
1951
2008
Loaned 2009
Operational
Chicago and Northwestern #9934
Budd RDC-1
1950
?
Loaned 1996
Operational, Painted as NSSR #9169
Passenger Cars
Railroad Company
Operating Number
Car Name
Car Type
Notes
Canadian National
9299
Baggage
Operational
Canadian National
92
Scottish Thistle
Business
Restoration
Chicago and Northwestern
51
Bi-Level Coach
Operational
Chicago and Northwestern
222
Bi-Level Coach
Operational
Chicago and Northwestern
321
Bi-Level Coach
Operational
Chicago and Northwestern
6700
Deerpath
Parlor/Lounge
Operational
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy
250
Silver Club
Vista Dome
Operational
Duluth & Iron Range
19
Coach
Gallery Display
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
W-24
Combination
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
Static Display
Great Northern
257
Baggage
Restoration
Great Northern
1115
Liz Prebich
Coach
Operational
Great Northern
1116
Coach
Operational
Great Northern (CB&Q)
1250
Lake of the Isles
Diner
Operational
Northern Pacific
255
Baggage
Exhibition Car
Northern Pacific
390
Rainier Club
Observation
Restoration
Northern Pacific
517
Minnesota II
Coach
Restoration
Northern Pacfic
1447
Railroad Post Office
Static Display
Spokane, Portland and Seattle
66
Baggage
Operational
St. Paul & Pacific
1
Combine
Static Display
St. Paul & Pacific
3
Coach
Static Display
Cabooses
Burlington Northern #12410
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #C-9
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #C-12
Duluth, Missabe and 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
Burlington Northern Steam 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.[2]
Northern Pacific Wedge Snowplow #19 - Built 1907
Northern Pacific Steam Powered Wrecker #38 - Built 1913
1920 McGiffert log loader
Former equipment
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
Milwaukee Road, EMD F7B #X1: Sold to the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
Northern States Power Co, EMD SW1 #1364: Given to Rail Legacy Museum, St. Cloud
Peavey Grain Co, EMD SW1 #1279: Scrapped after engine seized
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References
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