SOO 950 at Ashland, WI, 1/17/16. When built in 1900, it was the
world's largest steam locomotive. 950 spent most of it's life working
the ore docks of Superior and Ashland. It was retired in 1954.
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SOO 346 at Tracy, MN, 9/08/24 was built in 1915. In 1955 it was
sold to Koppers where it worked at their coke plant in St Paul, MN, into
the 1960's. In the 70's it was part of the Depot House Restaurant
in Rochester, MN, which was home until the late 80's and where the balloon
stack was added. Some time in the 1990's it was moved to the Wheels
Across the Prairie Museum in Tracy where it became "DME 1"! It is
now "CNW 850".
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SOO 2645 at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North
Freedom, WI, 9/17/02. Built in 1900, it spent all it's
life working NE WI.
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