The Lake Superior Railroad Museum is a

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, 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

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, 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.

Collection

Steam locomotives

Electric locomotives

Diesel locomotives

Diesel railcars

Passenger cars

Cabooses

* 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

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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

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, #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. * 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 * Minntac, EMD SW9 #935: Sold to Cargill, to provide funds for the purchase of GN #192 * Peavey Grain Co, EMD SW1 #1279: Scrapped after engine seized

References

External links

Museum's website
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