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Revision as of 18:03, 9 August 2019
E&LS Background Information
- AAR Reporting Marks - ELS
- The current operation was founded in 1978, after John Larkin purchased the original railroad.
- Operates a 196 mile main line from Green Bay, WI to near Rockland, MI.
- Operates a branch between Stiles Junction, WI to Oconto Falls, WI.
- Provides switching services to both E&LS and CN customers in Marinette, WI and Menominee, MI.
- E&LS has trackage rights on CN from Pembine, WI to Escanaba, MI.
- Rail freight traffic on the E&LS is interchanged with CN at Green Bay, North Escanaba, Pembine, and Marinette.
Car Storage Operations
- The line from Mass City, MI to Rockland, MI is used for car storage.
- The line from Sidnaw, MI to Nestoria, MI is used for car storage.
- The old E&LS mainline from Channing, MI to Wells, MI line is used for car storage.
- The line from Crivitz, WI to Marinette, WI is used for car storage.
- The line from Channing, MI to Republic, MI is used for car storage. There is also a cement transload on this line located in Floodwood.
- All together, these lines have capacity for storing over 5,000 rail cars.
Current Operational E&LS Locomotives
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| Number
|
Model
|
Built
|
History
|
Notes
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| WP 1
|
45-Tonner
|
1953
|
Former White Pine Refinery switcher.
|
Used as the Escanaba Car Shops switcher. (No side rods).
|
| BW&D 1
|
Plymouth 25 ton
|
1936
|
Ex- Pioneer and Fayette Railroad 10 (102)/Colasanti's Tropical Gardens (B&D 1)/W.G. Thompson & Sons
|
Lettered for for the fictitious Buckwheat and Durham Railroad (B&D). Used as the Crivitz yard switcher.
|
| 300
|
RS12
|
1953
|
ex-SAL 1474/SCL 215/MIGN 215
|
Used for special occasions.
|
| 400
|
GP38
|
1970
|
ex-PC/CR 7843
|
|
| 402
|
GP38
|
1969
|
ex-PC/CR 7772
|
|
| 501
|
SD40-2
|
1973
|
ex-MILW 22/SOO 630/EMDX 6306
|
|
| 502
|
SD40-2
|
1980
|
ex-UP 3693/SLRG 202/ILSX 202/ILSX 1344
|
Purchased from ILSX.
|
| 1200
|
SW8
|
1952
|
ex-RSMX 1200
|
Based in Menominee. Secondary locomotive.
|
| 1201
|
SW8
|
1952
|
ex-RSMX 1201
|
Based in Menominee.
|
| 1202
|
TR4A (SW7)
|
1950
|
Ex-BRC 506A/ILSX 907.
|
Purchased from Mineral Range. Based in Menominee.
|
| 1223
|
SD9
|
1956
|
ex-RSMX 1223
|
Restricted from interchange since 2003, and used only in Escanaba. Rumored to have a weak main generator.
|
| 1338
|
SD40-2
|
1970
|
ex-GTW 5915/BNSF 7303/BNSF 6964/ILSX 1338
|
Purchased from ILSX.
|
|
Out of Service/Stored E&LS Locomotives
|
|
| Number
|
Model
|
Built
|
History
|
Notes
|
| 101
|
DS44-660
|
1947
|
Built for E&LS.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 102
|
DS44-660
|
1952
|
Built for E&LS.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stripped of all valuable parts. Derelict.
|
| 102B
|
F7B
|
1951
|
ex-MILW 102B/WICT 102B/MRAX 102B
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
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| 106
|
F7A
|
1951
|
ex-MILW 117C/WICT 106/JSE 106/MRAX 106
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| 201
|
DS44-1000
|
1948
|
ex-C&H 201
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 202
|
DS44-1000
|
1948
|
ex-C&H 202
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 204
|
DS44-1000
|
1950
|
ex-US Army Corps of Engineers #L-4.
|
Stored OOS in the swamp outside the Wells shops. Derelict.
|
| 207
|
RS12
|
1952
|
ex-SAL 1466/SCL 207/OCE 207/OCE 7908/NBN 207
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 209
|
RS12
|
1952
|
Ex-SAL 1468/SCL 209/OCE 7909.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 210
|
RS12
|
1952
|
ex-SAL 1469/OCE 210/OCE 7910
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 211
|
RS12
|
1952
|
ex-SAL 1470/OCE 211/OCE 7911
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 212
|
RS12
|
1952
|
ex-SAL 1471/SCL 212/MIGN 212
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stripped of almost all parts.
|
| 213
|
RS12
|
1953
|
ex-SAL 1472/MIGN 213
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 214
|
RS12
|
1953
|
ex-SAL 1473/SCL 214
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| 401
|
GP38
|
1969
|
ex-PC/CR 7809.
|
Stored OOS behind the Escanaba Car Shops. Parts source.
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| 500
|
SD40-2
|
1974
|
ex-MILW 182/GATX 7349.
|
Placed into the Wells deadline in 2019. Worn out trucks from E&LS #502 were swapped with it.
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| 600
|
FP7A
|
1951
|
ex-MILW 96A/WICT 96A/WSOR 71A.
|
Stored in the Wells Roundhouse. #600 was damaged in a derailment and is slowly being repaired.
|
| 901
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F7A
|
1949
|
ex-DRGW 564D/ACSZ 64/CMN 564/CWC 901/WICT 901/MRAX 901
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| 950
|
F7B
|
1950
|
ex-MILW 71B/MILW X1
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| 1205
|
RF-16A
|
1951
|
ex-NYC 3805/MGA 1205/DH 1205/MIGN 1205.
|
Baldwin Shark. Stored deep inside an E&LS Warehouse. It has not been outside in decades.
|
| 1216
|
RF-16A
|
1952
|
ex-NYC 3816/NYC 1216/MGA 1216/DH 1216/MIGN 1216.
|
Baldwin Shark. Stored deep inside an E&LS Warehouse. It has not been outside in decades.
|
| 1220
|
SD9
|
1955
|
ex-RSMX 1220.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Parts source.
|
| 1221
|
SD9
|
1955
|
ex-RSMX 1221.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stacks capped.
|
| 1222
|
SD9
|
1955
|
ex-RSMX 1222.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stacks capped.
|
| 1224
|
SD9
|
1956
|
ex-RSMX 1224.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stacks capped.
|
|
Escanaba & Lake Superior Customers
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| City/Town
|
Customer
|
Company Description
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Type of Railcar
|
Notes
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| Mass City, MI
|
LP Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
Active shipper?
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| Sidnaw, MI
|
Paint Ore Loading
|
Paint Ore
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Gondolas
|
Loading occurs a few times per year.
|
| Sidnaw, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Gondolas/Pulpwood Flatcars
|
Active shipper?
|
| Amasa, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Floodwood, MI
|
E&LS Bulk Transload Site
|
Cement Transload
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
| Channing, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Sagola, MI
|
Louisiana-Pacific Mill
|
Building Materials
|
Boxcars/Centerbeam Flatcars/Tank Cars
|
|
| Randville, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Escanaba, MI
|
A&L Iron & Metal
|
Scrapyard
|
Gondolas
|
Active shipper?
|
| Escanaba, MI
|
E&LS Railcar Repair and Paint Shops
|
Railcar Repair and Painting
|
Various
|
|
| Kingsford, MI
|
Alter Metal Recycling
|
Scrapyard
|
Gondolas
|
|
| Pembine, WI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Beecher, WI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Crivitz, WI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Crivitz, WI
|
Lakes Gas
|
LPG
|
Tank Cars
|
|
| Menominee, MI
|
Resolute Forest Products
|
Pulp and Paper Products
|
Boxcars
|
|
| Menominee, MI
|
Dunn Paper
|
Pulp and Paper Products
|
Boxcars
|
|
| Marinette, WI
|
Kimberly-Clark
|
Paper Mill
|
Tank Cars/Boxcars
|
|
| Marinette, WI
|
Marinette Marine Corporation
|
Shipbuilder
|
Boxcars
|
Active shipper?
|
| Marinette, WI
|
Chem Design
|
Chemical Plant
|
Tank Cars
|
|
| Marinette, WI
|
Quality Assembly and Logistics
|
Electro-Mechanical Assembly
|
Boxcars
|
|
| Marinette, WI
|
KK Integrated Logisitics
|
Integrated Logisitics
|
Boxcars
|
|
| Coleman, WI
|
United Cooperative
|
Fertilizer
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
| Oconto Falls, WI
|
McDermid Warehousing
|
Warehouse
|
Boxcars/Reefers
|
|
| Oconto Falls, WI
|
United Cooperative
|
Elevator
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
| Sobieski, WI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
Active shipper?
|
| Green Bay, WI
|
Wisconsin Building Supply
|
Lumber
|
Centerbeam Flatcars
|
|
| Green Bay, WI
|
NPS Corporation
|
Sorbents and Spill Kits
|
Covered Hoppers
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