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
Website	http://www.lsrm.org/

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	On Display	Operational
Duluth and Northeastern #28	2-8-0 "Consolidation"	1906	1965	Donated 1974	No	Operational
Minnesota Steel #7	0-4-0T "Tank Engine"	1915		Donated 1973	Yes	No
St. Paul and Pacific #1 "William Crooks"	4-4-0 "American"	1861	1948	Loaned 1974	Yes	No
Northern Pacific #2435	2-6-2 "Prairie"	1907	1954	Donated 1978	Yes	No
Duluth and Northern Minnesota #14	2-8-2 "Mikado"	1913	1964	Donated 1992	Yes	(No) 1992 - 1998
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #227	2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone"	1941	1960	Donated 1974	Yes	No
Northern Pacific #1 "Minnetonka"	0-4-0T "Tank Engine"	1870	1948	Donated	Yes	No
Soo Line #2719	4-6-2 "Pacific"	1923	1959	Purchased 2015	Yes	(No) 2007 - 2013

Electric Locomotives

Locomotive	Built	Retired	Acquired	On Display	Operational
Hanna Iron Mining #307	1928	1968	Donated 1974	Yes	No
Milwaukee Road #10200	1915	1974	Donated 1977	Yes	No
Carris #530	1925	1973	Purchased 1978	Yes	Yes

Diesel Locomotives

Locomotive	Type	Built	Retired	Acquired	On Display	Operational
Soo Line #2500	FP7-A	1949	1986	Donated 1986	Yes	1995 -
Soo Line #700	GP-30	1963	2001	Donated 2001	Yes	2001 -
Soo Line #320	EMD SW1	1939	2017	Donated 2017	Yes	2017 -
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #193	SD-18	1960	1998	Donated 1998	Yes	2002 -
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #316	SD-M	1960	2008	Donated 2008	Yes	2008 -
Great Northern #192	NW5	1947	1996	Purchased 1996	Yes	1999 -
Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic #101	Alco RS1	1945	2002	Leased 2002	Yes	2009 -
Erie Mining Company #4211	F9A	1956	2001	Donated 2002	Yes	2002 -
Erie Mining Company #4222	F9B	1956	2001	Donated 2006	Yes	No
Erie Mining Company #7243	S-12	1956	1992	Donated 1992	Yes	No
Copper Range Railroad #200	S-12	1951	?	Donated ?	Yes	No
Oliver Iron Mining #900	HH1000	1940	1973	Donated 1974	Yes	Yes
Hallett Dock Company #11	H-10-44	1946	2005	Donated 2005	Yes	Yes
Northern Pacific #3617	SD45	1967	1987/again 2007	Donated 2007	Yes	In restoration

Passenger Cars

Car Type	Operating Number	Car Name	Railroad Company	Notes
Coach	33		Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
Coach	19	Exhibit Car	Duluth & Iron Range	Display only
Coach	68	China Car	Duluth, Missabe and Northern	Display only
Coach	517	Minnesota II	Northern Pacific
Coach	1115	"Liz Prebich"	Great Northern
Coach	1116		Great Northern
Observation	390	Rainier Club	Northern Pacific
Business		Northland	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
Business		Missabe	Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range	Display only
Diner	1250	Lake of the Isles	Great Northern
Baggage	66		Spokane, Portland and Seattle
Baggage	1000		North Shore Scenic Railroad
Baggage	257		Great Northern
Baggage	255	Gallery Car	Northern Pacific
Combination	W-24		Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
Railroad Post Office	1447		Northern Pacific	Display only
Lounge			Grand Trunk Western	In restoration
Parlor/Lounge	6700		Chicago and Northwestern	In storage
Bi-Level Coach	51		Chicago and Northwestern
Bi-Level Coach	222		Chicago and Northwestern
Bi-Level Coach	321		Chicago and Northwestern
Vista Dome	250	Silver Club	Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy (Burlington Route)
Rail-Diesel Car (RDC)	9169		North Shore Scenic Railroad
Rail-Diesel Car (RDC)	712		Alaska Railroad	On lease from third party

Cabooses

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #C9
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #C12
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific #76923
Soo Line #99017
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range #C205
Great Northern #X452
Northern Pacific #1311
Soo Line #1

Service equipment

Northern Pacific Rotary Snow Plow #2: Built in 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]
Burlington Northern Steam Powered Wrecker #D161 - Built 1915
Northern Pacific Wedge Snowplow #19 - Built 1907
Northern Pacific Steam Powered Wrecker #38 - Built 1913

References

↑ Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed September 2009
↑ "Northern Pacific rotary snowplow designated as mechanical engineering landmark". Trains. January 7, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.

External links

Museum's website

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[1] Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed September 2009

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

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