Erie Mining Company

EMCo was an original owner, it acquired four S12s new from Baldwin:
- became LTV Steel Mining in 1992, mine shutdown in 2001, see roster below for disposition of units

  • Also see Doug Buell's photos of the EMCo Baldwins spanning four decades, 1970's to 2000's

    S12

    EMCo 7240
    photo by: Doug Buell
    Panel Yard - 8/10/1979
    		 7240

    S12
    c/n 76116 b/d 10/55

    - built for EMCo as #400
    - renumbered 7240
    - to SMS for parts
    		 EMCo 400
    Baldwin photos - collection of Chuck Brewster     		EMCo 400 EMCo 400


    EMCo 7241
    Blackhawk Films slide
    (Fred Byerly collection)
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Hoyt Lakes, MN - Aug. 14, 1970     		7241

    S12
    c/n 76117 b/d 10/55

    - built for EMCo as #401
    - renumbered 7241
    - cab donated to the wrecked
    7244, see below
    - to SMS for parts
    		 7241 shown here with the remains of the cab from wrecked 7244
    EMCo 7241
    photo by: Doug Buell


    EMCo 7242
    photo by: Doug Buell
    West Approach - 1972
    		 7242

    S12
    c/n 76118 b/d 10/55

    - built for EMCo as #402
    - renumbered 7242
    - fire 1973, scrapped 1976


    EMCo 7243
    photo by: Lester Zmudzinski
    Rice's Point yard - April 25, 2005
    		 7243

    S12
    c/n 76125 b/d 10/56

    - built for EMCo as #403
    - renumbered 7243
    - acquired by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, currently stored at the Rice's Point yard, Duluth MN
    		 The last standard line locomotive shipped from Eddystone. Completed in Dec. 1955 but withheld at Eddystone to be used as a generator for testing the New Haven RP-210. It was shipped to EMCo Oct. 1956, hence b/d 10/1956.


    EMCo 7244
    photo by: Doug Buell
    Additive plant - 11/3/78
    		7244

    S12
    c/n 75846 b/d 7/53

    - build for Monongahela as #415
    - to EMCo as #404, renumbered 7244
    - to SMS as SLRS 304,
    arrived at SMS Feb. 11, 2005
    		 "The cab of the 7244 contacted the counterweight of the pellet stacker and was destroyed. The remainder of the locomotive was not damaged. Sitting out in the deadline at the time was the 7241 with a perfectly good cab but it was bad ordered mechanically. It's cab was cut off and was in the process of being united with the 7244 when the mine was shut down (2001) and work was stopped on the project. As I recall it was ready to go except for some work on the remote control system. The number on the side of the cab was never changed (until it went to SMS) to indicate that the locomotive was essentially the 7244, at least mechanically."
    - Doug Buell


    EMCo 7245
    photo by: Lone Coone
    Hoyt Lakes MN. - Sep. 6, 1992
    		 7245

    S12
    c/n 76016 b/d 6/54

    - build for Monongahela as #425
    - to EMCo as #405, renumbered 7245
    - to SMS as SLRS 305,
    arrived at SMS Feb. 11, 2005
    		 EMCo 7245
    photo by: Bob Hanson
    September of 2000 at the pellet stockpile
  • Also see the SMS Roster page for recent photos for 7244 (SMS 304) & 7245 (SMS 305)


    EMCo 7246
    photo by: D.A. Buell
    - collection of Mark Laundry
    Sep. 24, 1988
    		 7246

    S12
    c/n 75821 b/d 02/53

    - build for Great Northern as #27
    - to EMCo as #406, renumbered 7246
    - to SMS as SLRS 306, rented by the contractor that is doing some cleanup of pellets and pellet fines on the Cliffs Erie property (ex LTV Steel Mining Company facility, Hoyt Lakes, MN).
    - shipped to SMS July 2008


    EMCo 7247
    photo by: Doug Buell
    A2 Shop - 3/15/91
    		 7247

    S12
    c/n 75818 b/d 02/53

    - build for Great Northern as #24
    - to EMCo as #407, renumbered 7247
    - to SMS for parts


    EMCo 7248
    photo by: Doug Buell
    General Shop - 12/1/76
    		 7248

    S12
    c/n 76013 b/d 03/54

    - build for Monongahela as #422
    - Balkan Mining as #2
    - to EMCo as #7248
    - to SMS for parts

  • Also see SMS for EMCo Parts Units



    Erie Mining Company Baldwin S12 Roster
    number c/n b/d acquired disposition
    7240 76116 10/55 new from Baldwin as #400 SMS for parts, arrived at SMS Feb. 2006
    7241 76117 10/55 new from Baldwin as #401 SMS for parts, arrived at SMS Jan. 2006
    7242 76118 10/55 new from Baldwin as #402 fire 1973, scrapped 1976
    7243 76125 10/56 new from Baldwin as #403, the last unit shipped from Eddystone Lake Superior Railroad Museum
    7244 75846 07/53 ex Monongahela #415, acquired in 06/64 as #404, cab wrecked see above SMS (running) as SLRS 304, arrived at SMS Feb. 11, 2005
    7245 76016 06/54 ex Monongahela #425, acquired in 06/64 as #405 SMS (running) as SLRS 305, arrived at SMS Feb. 11, 2005
    7246 75821 02/53 ex Great Northern #27, acquired mid '60s as #406 SMS (running) as SLRS 306, shipped to SMS July 2008
    7247 75818 02/53 ex Great Northern #24, acquired mid '60s as #407 SMS for parts, arrived at SMS Jan. 2006
    7248 76013 03/54 ex Balkan Mining #2, nee Monongahela #422, acquired in 08/71 as #7248 SMS for parts, arrived at SMS Jan. 2006
    parts 75820 02/53 ex Great Northern #26, acquired mid '60s for parts scrapped late 60's



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