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	Images 	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 	frameless	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	Images	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.
== Trivia==
*Several museum spaces are available for rent as an event venue.
== External links==
* Official Website
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