Lake Superior Railroad Museum
railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota
The Lake Superior Railroad Museum (reporting mark LSRX) is a railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
Opened in 1973, the museum focuses on railroading in the Lake Superior region. It is housed in the restored St. Louis County Depot.
The museum also operates the North Shore Scenic Railroad, 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.
Equipment
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
Burlington Northern 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 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.
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