Fall 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

Contributing Editors
Doug Fleming

Production Consultant
Rick Johnson

Technical Consultants
Stuart J. Nelson, Dennis Storzek

Commercial Accounts
Joe Lallensack

Advertising Manager
Burnell Breaker

Back Issues
Roger Wurtzel

Editors Emeritus
Larry Easton & Rick Johnson

Fall 2006 Issue Hightlights

 

The Frost and Granger-Inspired Wisconsin Centrals Depots - Part I

By David J. Leider

In 1900, the Wisconsin Central was out of bankruptcy and President Henry F. Whitcomb prepared a preliminary report for the Board of Directors for improving the property. Included was the statement: "Station buildings from time to time prove inadequate for the enlarged business and as the towns grow ther is pressure to provide better accomidations and these matters must be dealt with from time to time as they come up. No general plan can be made up that will be at all accurate and no large amount needs to be expended during any one given year, but when the necessity arises at a given point it must be dealt with." ...

The Lake Superior Terminal & Transfer Railway - Part II

by Andy Roth

The LST&T handled an interesting passenger business without ever operating a passenger train itself. The Terminal built and operated Union Depot on its trackage for three of its owners. An LST&T employee operated the ticket office and baggage room in Union Depot. The Omaha built its own Superior, WI depot but its passenger trains did use some LST&T trackage on their way between Superior and Duluth viathe Wisconsin-Minnesota drawbridge. ...

LST&T Locomotive and Equipment Roster

Including Locomotive & Equipment Rosters; As well as INCAN SUPERIOR

 

50 Years Ago In The Soo-Liner

Medford, WI

The busy main street of Medford is only a hundred feet from the Soo Line right-of-way. There, on a ledge fifteen feet higher than the tracks, are retail stores, theaters, bank, restaurants, newspaper, laundry, dry cleaner.

Industry, Civic, Transportation are headings in this article.

 

Questions about the content of the SOO? Contact:

Reid Van Sluys, Editor
W61 N327 Washington Avenue
Cedarburg, WI 53012-2404
or E-mail.

Questions about reselling the SOO in your store? Contact:

Emory Luebke, Commercial Accounts Manager
2124 N. Locust St
Appleton, WI 54914
or E-mail.

Questions about Back Issues of the SOO? Contact:

Roger Wurtzel, Back Issues Manager
910 Chandler Avenue
Plover, WI 54467
or E-mail.

 

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