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| | |1953 | | |1953 |
| | |Former White Pine Refinery switcher. | | |Former White Pine Refinery switcher. |
| − | |Used as the Escanaba Car Shops switcher. (No side rods). | + | |Escanaba Car Shops switcher. |
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| | |[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5529329 BW&D 1] | | |[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5529329 BW&D 1] |
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| | |1952 | | |1952 |
| | |Ex-RSMX 1200. | | |Ex-RSMX 1200. |
| − | |Based in Menominee. Secondary locomotive. | + | |Escanaba Car Shops switcher. |
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| | |[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5134194 ELS 1201] | | |[http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=5134194 ELS 1201] |
Revision as of 20:40, 22 July 2021
E&LS Overview
- 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
|
|
| Number
|
Model
|
Built
|
History
|
Notes
|
| WPC 1
|
45 Tonner
|
1953
|
Former White Pine Refinery switcher.
|
Escanaba Car Shops switcher.
|
| BW&D 1
|
25 Tonner
|
1936
|
Ex-WGT&S/B&D 1/P&FRR 10.
|
Lettered for for the fictitious Buckwheat & Durham Railroad (B&D). Used as the Crivitz yard switcher.
|
| ELS 300
|
RS12
|
1953
|
Ex-MIGN 215/SCL 215/SAL 1474.
|
Used for special occasions.
|
| ELS 400
|
GP38
|
1970
|
Ex-CR 7843/PC 7843.
|
|
| ELS 402
|
GP38
|
1969
|
Ex-CR 7772/PC 7772.
|
|
| ELS 501
|
SD40-2
|
1973
|
Ex-EMDX 6306/SOO 630/MILW 22.
|
|
| ELS 502
|
SD40-2
|
1980
|
Ex-ILSX 1344/ILSX 202/SLRG 202/UP 3693.
|
Purchased from ILSX.
|
| ELS 503
|
SD40-2
|
1970
|
Ex-ILSX 1338/BNSF 6964/BNSF 7303/GTW 5915.
|
Purchased from ILSX.
|
| ELS 600
|
FP7A
|
1951
|
ex-WSOR 71A/WICT 96A/MILW 96A.
|
Returned to service in 2020.
|
| ELS 1200
|
SW8
|
1952
|
Ex-RSMX 1200.
|
Escanaba Car Shops switcher.
|
| ELS 1201
|
SW8
|
1952
|
Ex-RSMX 1201.
|
Based in Menominee.
|
| ELS 1202
|
TR4A
|
1950
|
Ex-ILSX 907/BRC 506A.
|
Purchased from Mineral Range. Based in Menominee.
|
| ELS 1223
|
SD9
|
1956
|
Ex-RSMX 1223.
|
Restricted from interchange since 2003, and used only in Escanaba. Rumored to have a weak main generator.
|
|
Out of Service/Stored E&LS Locomotives
|
|
| Number
|
Model
|
Built
|
History
|
Notes
|
| ELS 101
|
DS44-660
|
1947
|
Built new for E&LS.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 102
|
DS44-660
|
1952
|
Built new for E&LS.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stripped of all valuable parts. Derelict.
|
| ELS 102B
|
F7B
|
1951
|
Ex-MRAX 102B/WICT 102B/MILW 102B.
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| ELS 106
|
F7A
|
1951
|
Ex-MRAX 106/JSE 106/WICT 106/MILW 117C.
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| ELS 201
|
DS44-1000
|
1948
|
Ex-C&H 201.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 202
|
DS44-1000
|
1948
|
Ex-C&H 202.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 204
|
DS44-1000
|
1950
|
Ex-USACE L-4.
|
Stored OOS in the swamp outside the Wells shops. Derelict.
|
| ELS 207
|
RS12
|
1952
|
Ex-NBN 207/OCE 7908/OCE 207/SCL 207/SAL 1466.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 209
|
RS12
|
1952
|
Ex-OCE 7909/SCL 209//SAL 1468.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 210
|
RS12
|
1952
|
Ex-OCE 7910/OCE 210/SAL 1469.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 211
|
RS12
|
1952
|
Ex-OCE 7911/OCE 211/SAL 1470.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 212
|
RS12
|
1952
|
Ex-MIGN 212/SCL 212/SAL 1471.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stripped of almost all parts.
|
| ELS 213
|
RS12
|
1953
|
Ex-MIGN 213/SAL 1472.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 214
|
RS12
|
1953
|
Ex-SCL 214/SAL 1473.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline.
|
| ELS 401
|
GP38
|
1969
|
Ex-CR 7809/PC 7809.
|
Stored OOS behind the Escanaba Car Shops. Parts source.
|
| ELS 500
|
SD40-2
|
1974
|
Ex-GATX 7349/MILW 182.
|
Placed into the Wells deadline in 2019 after engine failure. Worn out trucks from E&LS #502 were swapped with it.
|
| ELS 901
|
F7A
|
1949
|
Ex-MRAX 901/WICT 901/CWC 901/CMN 564/ACSZ 64//DRGW 564D.
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| ELS 950
|
F7B
|
1950
|
Ex-MILW X1/MILW 71B.
|
Stored outside the Wells roundhouse.
|
| ELS 1205
|
RF-16A
|
1951
|
Ex-MIGN 1205/DH 1205/MGA 1205/NYC 3805.
|
Baldwin Shark. Stored deep inside an E&LS Warehouse. It has not been outside in decades.
|
| ELS 1216
|
RF-16A
|
1952
|
Ex-MIGN 1216/DH 1216/MGA 1216/NYC 1216/NYC 3816.
|
Baldwin Shark. Stored deep inside an E&LS Warehouse. It has not been outside in decades.
|
| ELS 1220
|
SD9
|
1955
|
Ex-RSMX 1220.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Parts source.
|
| ELS 1221
|
SD9
|
1955
|
Ex-RSMX 1221.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stacks capped.
|
| ELS 1222
|
SD9
|
1955
|
Ex-RSMX 1222.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stacks capped.
|
| ELS 1224
|
SD9
|
1956
|
Ex-RSMX 1224.
|
Stored OOS in the Wells deadline. Stacks capped.
|
|
Escanaba & Lake Superior Customers
|
|
| Location
|
Customer
|
Company Description
|
Type of Railcar
|
Notes
|
| Mass City, MI
|
LP Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
Active shipper?
|
| Sidnaw, MI
|
Poquette Leasing
|
Paint Ore Transload
|
Gondolas
|
Loading occurs a few times per year.
|
| Sidnaw, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Gondolas/Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Amasa, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Floodwood, MI
|
E&LS Transload Facility
|
Transload Facility
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Currently inactive. Cement went back to trucks.
|
| Channing, MI
|
Associated Constructors
|
Paint Ore Transload
|
Open Hoppers
|
|
| Sagola, MI
|
Louisiana-Pacific Mill
|
Building Materials
|
Boxcars/Centerbeam Flatcars/Tank Cars
|
|
| Randville, MI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| Wells, MI
|
U.P. Propane
|
Propane Supplier
|
Tank Cars
|
|
| Escanaba, MI
|
A&L Iron & Metal
|
Scrapyard
|
Gondolas
|
|
| Escanaba, MI
|
E&LS Railcar Repair and Paint Shops
|
Railcar Repair and Painting
|
Various
|
|
| East Kingsford, MI
|
Alter Metal Recycling
|
Scrapyard
|
Gondolas
|
|
| Pembine, WI
|
Pulpwood Yard
|
Pulpwood
|
Pulpwood Flatcars
|
|
| McConnell Landing, 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
|
Oconto County Lumber
|
Lumber Yard
|
Centerbeam Flatcars
|
Transloaded near McDermid Warehousing.
|
| 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
|
FyterTech Nonwovens
|
Sorbents and Spill Kits
|
Covered Hoppers
|
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