Escanaba & Lake Superior

E&LS article pages:
  • E&LS Private Passenger Trains - Photos and Story by Michael Koprowicz, 2018
  • Chasing a Daydream - Photos and Story by Michael Koprowicz, 2017
  • E&LS Baldwins - Photos and Story by Pete Jensen, 2005

    The E&LS was an original owner, it acquired these models new from Baldwin:
    VO1000, DS4-4-660, S8
    Other models were acquired from other sources.

    VO1000

    E&LS 100
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - July 4, 1972     		100

    VO1000
    c/n 72227, b/d 6/46

    - built for the Escanaba & Lake Superior as #100
    - scrapped 1974

    DS4-4-660

    E&LS 101
    photo by: Mark Jorgensen
    Wells, MI - July 2, 2004     		101

    DS4-4-660
    c/n 73367, b/d 11/47

    - built for the Escanaba & Lake Superior as #101     		E&LS 101 photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry

    S8

    E&LS 102
    photo by: C. Henkels
    - Jim Aldridge collection via David Baer
    Escanaba, MI - 7/5/67     		102

    S8
    c/n 75700, b/d 8/52

    - built for the Escanaba & Lake Superior as #102     		E&LS 102
    photo by: Craig Levine
    Wells, MI - Sept 2004

    DS4-4-1000(SC)

    E&LS 201
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Marinette, WI - March 18, 1992     		201

    DS4-4-1000(SC)
    c/n 73956, b/d 8/48

    - built for the Calumet & Hecla as #201     		E&LS 201
    photo by: Mark Jorgensen
    Wells, MI - July 2, 2004


    E&LS 202
    photo by: Larry Nast
    - collection of Thomas Hillebrant
    Green Bay, WI - Aug. 1982     		202

    DS4-4-1000(SC)
    c/n 73957, b/d 8/48

    - built for the Calumet & Hecla as #202

    E&LS 202 E&LS 202 E&LS 202
    photos by: Mark Jorgensen
    Menominee, MI - March 31, 2004


    E&LS 204
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - May 25, 1974     		204

    DS4-4-1000(SC)
    c/n 74777, b/d 5/50

    - built for US Army Corps of Engineers as #L-4
    - to Calumet & Hecla as #204
    - to E&LS in 1971     		E&LS 204
    photo by: Craig Levine
    Wells, MI - Sept 2004

    RS12

    all ex. SAL/SCL

  • see the SAL RS12 Roster and History page

    E&LS 207
    photo by: Mark Jorgensen
    Wells, MI - July 2, 2004     		207

    RS12
    c/n 75475, b/d 5/52

    - built for SAL as #1466
    - became SCL #207
    - to OC&E as #7908
    - to E&LS, Dec. 1984
    - leased to the Nicolet Badger Northern Railroad in the early '90s, then returned     		E&LS 207
    photo by: Pat Monahan
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells MI. - Dec. 20, 1996


    E&LS 209
    photo by: John Schumann
    Wells, MI - Sept. 25, 2007     		209

    RS12
    c/n 75477, b/d 5/52

    - built for SAL as #1468
    - became SCL #209
    - to OC&E as #7909
    - to E&LS, May 1984     		E&LS 209
    photo by: Mark Jorgensen
    Wells, MI - July 2, 2004     		E&LS 209
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - Dec. 9, 1989


    E&LS 210
    photo by: John Schumann
    Wells, MI - Sept. 25, 2007     		210

    RS12
    c/n 75478, b/d 5/52

    - built for SAL as #1469
    - became SCL #210
    - to OC&E as #7910
    - to E&LS, Dec. 1984     		E&LS 210
    photo by: Craig Levine
    Wells, MI - Sept 2004


    E&LS 211
    photo by: John Schumann
    Wells, MI - Sept. 25, 2007     		211

    RS12
    c/n 75479, b/d 5/52

    - built for SAL as #1470
    - became SCL #211
    - to OC&E as #7911
    - to E&LS, Dec. 1985     		E&LS 211
    photo by: Eddie Gross
    Wells, MI


    E&LS 212
    photo by: John Schumann
    Wells, MI - Sept. 25, 2007     		212

    RS12
    c/n 75480, b/d 5/52

    - built for SAL as #1471
    - became SCL #212
    - to Michigan Northern as #212
    - to E&LS, 1980     		E&LS 212
    photo by: Craig Levine
    Wells, MI - Sept 2004


    E&LS 213
    photo by: John Schumann
    Wells, MI - Sept. 25, 2007     		213

    RS12
    c/n 75765, b/d 1/53

    - built for SAL as #1472
    - became SCL #213
    - to Michigan Northern as #213
    - to E&LS, 1980     		E&LS 213
    photo by: Mark Jorgensen
    Wells, MI - July 2, 2004     		E&LS 213
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - May 11, 1981


    E&LS 214
    photo by: John Schumann
    Wells, MI - Sept. 25, 2007     		214

    RS12
    c/n 75766, b/d 1/53

    - built for SAL as #1473
    - became SCL #214
    - to Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
    - leased to Neosho Constuction as #6494, 1979
    - to E&LS, 1983     		E&LS 214
    photo by: Craig Levine
    Wells, MI - Sept 2004

    ELS 711
    photo by: Robert Lambrecht
    Roundout, IL - May 1983 red     		E&LS 214
    photo by: Tom Golden -collection of Sam Beck
    B&OCT's Barr Yard, Riverdale, Illinois - June of 1983



    E&LS 300
    photo by: Michael Koprowicz
    Wells, MI - August 23, 2018     		300

    RS12
    c/n 75767 b/d 1/53

    - built for SAL as # 1474
    - became SCL #215
    - to Michigan Northern as #215
    - to E&LS as #300, 1980
    - rebuilt 1982     		E&LS 300
    photo by: Michael Koprowicz
    Wells, MI - August 23, 2018

    E&LS 300 E&LS 300 E&LS 300
    photos by: Peter Jobe
    Escanaba MI. - Aug. 3, 2003

    ELS 32
    photo by: Tom Trencansky
    Escanaba, MI - Sept. 19, 1985     		E&LS 300 & 210
    photo by: Unknown
    - collection of Mark Laundry

    RF16

    E&LS: The Last Remaining Sharks

    E&LS 1205
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - March 11, 1983     		1205

    RF16
    c/n 75361, b/d 12/1951

    - to E&LS in 1979
    - in 1988 moved to indoor storage at the E&LS shops in Wells, MI.
    - follow the complete history below     		E&LS 1205
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - March 11, 1983

    E&LS 1216
    photo by: J. M. Seidl
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Wells, MI - April 27, 1982     		1216

    RF16
    c/n 75372, b/d 1/1952

    - to E&LS in 1979
    - operated in 1979 & 1982
    - in 2021 moved from the E&LS car shop in Escanaba to Wells, MI.
    - follow the complete history below     		E&LS 1216
    photo by: Richard Adams
    Wells, MI - 5/26/1982

    1205 & 1216 History:

    - built for the NYC as 3805 & 3816, renumbered 1205 & 1216 in 1966, traded to GE
    - resold by GE to the Monongahela in 1967
    - sold to locomotive/scrap metal dealer D.J Joseph, 1974
    - resold to the Delaware & Hudson in 1974
    - sold to John Kunzie / Castolite Corp. in 1978 and kept on the E&LS
    - leased to the Michigan Northern. See the Michigan Northern Gallery Page for a more detailed history
    - to the E&LS, 1216 operated in 1979 & 1982. Both currently stored indoors at Wells, MI.


    On Dec. 2, 2021 Shark 1216 was moved from the E&LS car shop in Escanaba. It will be moved to a heated shop in Wells.

    More info available at:
    - ELS Facebook page: Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad
    - Trains Magazine: News Wire / Baldwin Sharknose moved in Michigan

    Thanks to Jim Schwake for allowing us to re-post his photos of the move:
    E&LS 1216 E&LS 1216
    E&LS 1216 E&LS 1216
    photos by: Jim Schwake
    Escanaba, MI - Dec. 2, 2021




    data source: bibliography [3], [4] & [5]


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