Lake Superior Railroad Museum

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum 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 Duluth Union Depot complex.

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.

Equipment[]

Locomotives[]

Number	Heritage	Type	Builder	Built	Status	Notes
1	St. Paul and Pacific Railroad	4-4-0	New Jersey Locomotive & Machine	1861	Display	It was the first locomotive to operate in Minnesota.
227	Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad	2-8-8-4	Baldwin Locomotive Works	1941	Display
2	Northern Pacific Railway	Rotary Snowplow	Cooke	1887	Display
9934	Chicago and North Western Railway	Budd RDC-2	Budd Company	1950	Operational	It is painted as NSSR #9169.
332	Duluth & Northeastern Railroad	2-8-0	American Locomotive Company	1906	Operational
10200	Milwaukee Road	GE EF-1	American Locomotive Company	1915	Display
1309	Defence Plant Corp.	EMD 40-Ton	Electro-Motive Diesel	1941	Display
7	Minnesota Steel	0-4-0ST	H.K. Porter	1915	Display
1	Northern Pacific Railway	0-4-0ST	Smith & Porter	1870	Display	It was the first engine built for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
14	Duluth & Northern Minnesota Railroad	2-8-2	Baldwin Locomotive Work	1913	Display
2719	Soo Line Railroad	4-6-2	American Locomotive Company	1923	Display
2435	Northern Pacific Railway	2-6-2	American Locomotive Company	1907	Display
320	Soo Line	EMD SW-1	Electro-Motive Diesel	1939	Operational
1550	BNSF Railway	EMD SD9	Electro-Motive Diesel	1954	Operational
200	Copper Range Railroad	Baldwin S-12	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation	1951	Under Cosmetic Restoration
193	Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range	EMD SD-18	Electro-Motive Diesel	1960	Operational
3617	Northern Pacific Railway	EMD SD45	Electro-Motive Diesel	1967	Operational	Previously operated as WC 7495
900	Oliver Iron Mining	ALCO HH1000	American Locomotive Company	1940	Awaiting Cosmetic Restoration
101	Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic	Alco RS-1	American Locomotive Company	1945	Operational
4211	Erie Mining Company	EMD F9	Electro-Motive Diesel	1956	Operational
4222	Erie Mining Company	EMD F9B	Electro-Motive Diesel	1956	Under Restoration
307	Hanna Iron Mining	GE 60-Ton Steeple-cab	General Electric	1928	Display
	Minnesota Power & Light Co.	GE 45-ton switcher	General Electric	1952	Operational
712	Alaska Railroad	Budd RDC-2	Budd Company	1951	Operational
7243	Erie Mining Company	BLW S-12	Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation	1956	Awaiting Cosmetic Restoration
2500	Soo Line	EMD FP7	Electro-Motive Diesel	1949	Operational
171007	Fegles Construction Company	MTC 12-Ton	Mack Truck Company	1931	Operational
700	Soo Line	EMD GP30	Electro-Motive Diesel	1963	Operational
192	Great Northern Railway	EMD NW5	Electro-Motive Diesel	1947	Operational
400	Great Northern Railway	EMD SD45	Electro-Motive Diesel	1966	Operational
530	Carris	Trolley		1925	Operational
11	Hallett Dock Company	FM H-10-44	Fairbanks-Morse	1946	Awaiting Cosmetic Restoration
245	Northern Pacific Railway	EMD GP9	Electro-Motive Diesel	1956	Operational

Former Locomotives[]

Number	Heritage	Type	Builder	Notes
935	Minntac	Diesel	Electro-Motive Diesel	Sold to Cargill, to provide funds for the purchase of GN #192.
1279	Peavey Grain Co.	Diesel	Electro-Motive Diesel	Scrapped
1364	Northern States Power Co.	Diesel	Electro-Motive Diesel	Given to Rail Legacy Museum, St. Cloud.
X1	Milwaukee Road		Electro-Motive Diesel	Sold to the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad.
316	Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range	Diesel	Electro-Motive Diesel	Traded for Northern Pacific #245.