U.S. Steel Michigan Limestone Operations


Michigan Limestone was an original owner, it acquired two S12s new from Baldwin.

U.S. Steel acquired control of the Michigan Limestone & Chemical Co. in the 1920s and it became a U.S. Steel division in 1951.


Michigan Limestone 116 after being acquired by SMS
PJRL 116
photo by: Tim Darnell
Fairless Hills, PA - 5/1/1999 		116

S12
c/n 75959 - b/d 11/1953

- built for Michigan Limestone as #116
- acquired by SMS in 1998 as PJRL 116
- painted as SMS 308 in 2006
- repainted SMS green in 2020
- see the SMS Roster Page for more photos of SMS 308 & PJRL 116


Michigan Limestone 117
photo by: Joe Brockmeyer
- Jim Aldridge collection via
David Baer
June 29, 1971 		117

S12
c/n 75960 - b/d 12/1953

- built for Michigan Limestone as #117



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