Summer 2006 Issue

IN EVERY ISSUE

Soo News
WC News
Editor's Report
Executive Report
Gallery
Rip Track
Letters
Transfer Table
Less-Than-Carload

STAFF

Editor
Reid D. Van Sluys

Associate Editor
Ken Soroos

Associate Editor
Andy Roth

Associate Editor
Jason Korth

News Editor
Galen Fromm

Wiconsin Central News
Galen Fromm

Associate Editor/Modeling
Chuck Derus

Production Manager
Rick Johnson

Technical Consultants
Stuart J. Nelson, Dennis Storzek

Commercial Accounts
Joe Lallensack

Advertising Manager
Burnell Breaker

Back Issues
Roger Wurtzel

Summer 2006 Issue Hightlights

A Tale of Two Penningtons - Part II

by Larry E. Easton

A Tale of Two Penningtons - Part II

Rhinelander is Final Choice as Division Point

by Larry E. Easton

Early in July 1899 the two daily trains between Rhinelander and Heafford Junction were cancelled. The mixed train to Pembine was also taken off. This prompted a lot of criticism and concern from the citizenry and business sector: ...

Spring of 1902 brought renewed activity at the Rhinelander Yard. The coal shed and derrick moved in from Prentice in late 1899 was retired and a new automated coaling facility of a different design was built. The Rhinelander New North, July 17, 1902, described the new structure: ...

The Long Career of DSS&A Alco RS1 No. 101

by Andrew Roth

The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad management decided during World War II that they needed to dieselize its locomotive fleet. Two Alco RS1s were ordered in 1944 and were delivered as the war was nearing its end. Locomotive Nos. 100 and 101 arrived from Alco painted in black with white end pin-striping and basic lettering on the sides. No. 100 was delivered in May 1945 and no. 101 arrived in June. ...

Soo Line In the Twin Ports

A Photo Gallery

The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway - Part I

by Andrew Roth

A Little Known Part of the Soo Line

Few people know that the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic (and later the Soo Line) owned a portion of the Lake Superior Terminal and Transfer Railway.

The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway of the State of Wisconsin, its official name, was created in 1883 by six railroads according to Douglas County History Archives information printed in a local newspaper in 1975. The original six railroads were: Northern Pacific; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha; St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba; Duluth & Iron Range; St. Paul & Duluth and Lake Superior & Southwestern (Eastern Minnesota) Railroad. The Duluth and Iron Range withdrew from the association in its early history. The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic was added into the association in 1887 while it was building its connection from Nestoria to Superior. ...

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