The
Locomotive
The locomotive is a General Electric Center Cab 50T Type Industrial
Switcher Built in 1946. It spent its
working life until August 1984 at the
Flambeau Paper Mill in Park Falls,
Wisconsin as a switch engine. In 1985 it was donated by the Flambeau
Paper Co. to the Lake Superior and
Mississippi Railroad. A similar engine
in the same livery once operated in
the Duluth Union Station.
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The Coaches
Coach 29 was built in 1912 by the American Car and Foundry for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. It was remodeled in 1939 but many original fittings remain.
Coach 85 was built in 1912 by the American Car and Foundry for the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway. It was later converted into a crew bunk car in a wrecking train. It has been fitted with seats from a 1950's coach.
They were used on services between the Iron Range and Duluth. The were purchased by the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad and have been rebuilt , repainted and given new seating but wherever possible the original fittings have been retained.
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The Safari Car
Once a flat car built by Siems - Staubel Co of St Paul MN. in 1928 for the Northern Pacific Railway. It was donated to the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad by the Hallett Dock Co. and was converted by the LSMR to passenger use. It now provides passengers with an open air trip along the rails.
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