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Soo Line locomotives

Included in this list of Soo Line locomotives, are those of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway, as well as those of the Wisconsin Central Railway, which it inherited on its lease in 1909. The M.St.P.&S.Ste.M. finally merged the WC, and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway on 1961-12-30.

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Note that WC locomotives are shown as after they were re-numbered and reclassified into the Soo Line scheme, with WC locomotives having numbers 2000 higher, and classes 20 higher, than their M.St.P.&S.Ste.M. counterparts.

Steam locomotives

Soo Line steam locomotives were organized into classes by wheel arrangement.

Class A: 0-4-0

Class A was for the 0-4-0 switcher type.

Class B: 0-6-0

Class B was for the 0-6-0 switcher type.

Class C: 4-4-0

Class C was for the 4-4-0 "American" type.

Class D: 2-6-0

Class D was for the 2-6-0 "Mogul" type.

Class E: 4-6-0

Class E was for the 4-6-0 type.

Class F: 2-8-0

Class F was for the 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type.

Class G: 2-10-0

Class G was the 2-10-0 type.

Class H: 4-6-2

Class H covered the 4-6-2 "Pacific" type.

Class J: 2-6-2

Class J comprised 2-6-2 "Prairie" locomotives.

Class K: 4-4-2

Class K comprised 4-4-2 "Atlantic" locomotives.

Class L: 2-8-2

Class L was for 2-8-2 "Mikado" locomotives.

Class N: 4-8-2

Class N comprised 4-8-2 "Mountain" locomotives.

Class O: 4-8-4

Class O were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives.

ALCO

  • ALCO FA: 22 units (205A+B–211A+B, 2220A+B–2223A+B).
  • ALCO S-2: 7 locomotives (2103–2107, 2109–2110).
  • ALCO S-4: 1 locomotives (2116).
  • ALCO RS-1: 13 examples (350–353, 2360–2368), plus 8 from Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (100–107)
  • ALCO RSC-2: 4 locomotives (368–371).
  • ALCO RSC-3: 4 locomotives (372–374, 2380).
  • ALCO RS-27: 2 locomotives (415–416).
  • Baldwin

  • Baldwin VO-1000: 1 locomotive (310)
  • Baldwin DS-4-4-1000: 2 locomotives (311–312)
  • Baldwin S-12: 2 locomotives (313–314)
  • Baldwin DRS-4-4-1500, 8 locomotives (360–367)
  • Baldwin AS-16, 2 locomotives (379–380)
  • Baldwin DRS-6-6-1500 4 locomotives (384–387) from the DSS&A (200–203).
  • Baldwin AS-616, 8 locomotives (388–395) from the DSSA (204–211).
  • Baldwin DT-6-6-2000 4 locomotives (396–399) from the DSS&A (300–303).
  • Switchers

  • EMD SW1: 1 locomotives (320).
  • EMC NW1A: 3 locomotives. (2100–2102 — entire production for this model).
  • EMD NW2: 3 locomotives (300, 301, 2108).
  • EMD SW9: 8 locomotives. (2111–2115, 2117–2119)
  • EMD SW1200: 16 locomotives (321–328, 2120–2127).
  • Cab units

  • EMD F3: 13 units (12 A units 200A+B–204A+B, 2200A+B, 1 B unit 2200C)
  • EMD F7: 36 examples (26 A units 212A+B–214A+B, 2201A+B–2203A+B, 2224A+B–2230A+B, 10 B units: 2201C–2204C, 500C–503C, 2500C, 2501C)
  • EMD FP7: 8 examples (500A–503A, 504, 505, 2500A, 2501A)
  • Hood units

  • EMD GP7: 7 locomotives (375–378, 381–383).
  • EMD GP9: 45 locomotives (400–414, 550–558, 2400–2413, 2550–2556).
  • EMD SD9: 1 locomotives (2381).
  • EMD GP30: 22 locomotives (700–721).
  • EMD GP35: 10 locomotives (722–731).
  • EMD GP40: 4 locomotives (732–735).
  • EMD SD40: 21 locomotives (736–756).
  • EMD SD40-2: 57 locomotives (757–789, 6600–6623).
  • EMD GP38-2: 53 locomotives (4400–4452).
  • EMD SD60: 58 locomotives (6000–6057).
  • EMD SD60M: 5 locomotives (6058–6062).
  • Fairbanks-Morse

  • FM H-12-44: 5 locomotives (315–319) built 1952 and 1954.
  • General Electric

  • GE 44-ton: 1 locomotive (330) built in 1941.
  • GE U30C: 10 locomotives (800–809) built in 1968.
  • References

    Soo Line locomotives Wikipedia


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