M&StL Locomotives

What might have been!
The M&StL had these on order but couldn't get them because of WWII.

All time M&StL Locomotive roster compiled by Sam Cook

M&StL RS-1s on Don's Rail Photos website operated by Don Ross
M&StL Steam Locomotives on Don's Rail Photos website operated by Don Ross

Minnesota Steam Locomotives
In the section on Chaska you can read about M&StL steam locos numbered 457, 471 and 452

Mechanical Drawings I have blueprints of various parts for the GE gas electric units.

Minneapolis & St. Louis #457, a 2-8-0, is on display at East Park Mason City, IA

Some M&StL Steam Locomotive drawings are at http://www.midiowa.com/warp9/mstlLocodiagrams.html

See the Dennis Holmes pages for more M&StL rolling stock.

There are more M&StL Photos on the Sam Cook Website

Yesteryear Depot sells a few B&W prints of M&StL steam photos http://www.yesteryeardepot.com/minnstl.htm

EMD Builder's Plate from GP9 #712

Bob Lehmuth has just frame-checked Southern California RR's newly-arrived 4303. It is 7537-3, which means that it is ex-MSTL 702. Norm Metcalf, Boulder CO. From MStL Yahoo! List No. 746

Iowa Central Locomotives Follow the links on the IaC page to see many locomotives that later became M&STL equipment.

1500hp EMD F7A B-B Tractive Effort 58000lbs., Weight 232000lbs. Delivered 01/1951
Lyndon Groth Collection

Copy from the Original Painting by the Electro-Motive Staff Artist, H. Bockewitz
of the Minneapolis & St. Louis FT Locomotives built in 1945

RS1 #215 at Steamboat Rock, Iowa
Original #746 Later MSL 215(1956), CNW 215(1st), retired 1970
1000hp Alco RS1 B-B, tractive effort 60625lbs., weight 242500lbs., Delivered 07/1946
Photo from Dennis Holmes collection

From Post #740 and #741 M&StL Yahoo! Groups Sat, 04 Jan 2003

Here's what was happening on 10-23-60.
Remember this does not include switch jobs.

Train #      Engine#
1      407-606 (this train changes engines with train #94)
2      606-704-700 (annulled 10-23-60 engines from10-22-60)
19      407-713-409-412-401
20      408-413-411-403-703
96      704-700-713
95      706-701
94      IC9048-708
Ex W      410-710
StP Tfr      230
50      600-607
51      404-405
196      607-600
197      702-711
99      301
98      300
74      603
75      603
116      608
MI      709-604
57      215
58      222
61      215
32      402-707
90      605-713
91      605
391      231
341      211
MG #2      602
Ex W      705

Clark Propst

Putting Clark's post into some kind of context let's look at the rostered locomotives on that day. Maybe all of you are ahead of me on this, but I'll plow forward nontheless. I'll not consider the switchers since they were scattered in a few places, some working and a few in the shop. As of the day in question there were 22 rostered RS-1s and one (208) was probably inactive as it was sold for parts in 1961. Five are listed here. The others are likely scattered about with several definitely in the Twin Cities area. That leaves 39road units, F3, F7, SD7, GP9m and GP9. All but two of the Fs are listed (400 and 406 are missing.) Of the GP9m only 601 and 608 are not listed, and of the GP9 only 711 and 712 are absent. Overall I would guess that's probably an average day and represents pretty good utilization.

A GE 44 tonner
Photo from Dennis Holmes collection
From the 1942 Annual Report: Two 380 H.P. diesel switching locomotives D742 and D842 were purchased.
From Clark Propst: The 742 was asigned to Mason City right away and the 842 went to work at Ft. Dodge.

What follows are figures for the years 1947-1956 taken from the 1956 annual report:

* Steam and diesel

Thank you Louis Claeson for typing this up.

EMD GP9 #705
1750hp EMD GP9 B-B, tractive effort 61600lbs., weight 246400lbs., Delivered 1958
Photo from Dennis Holmes collection

Subject: M&StL Locomotive Rosters
From Gene Green's M&StL Yahoo! Groups Message 594 Date: Fri Dec 8, 2000

See July 1979 issue of NORTH WESTERN LINES for a roster of M&StL diesel locomotives plus plenty of good black and white photos. By the way, it was this article that motivated me to join the C&NW Historical Society. They do great work. Membership is worth the money - I heard dues went up to $24.50 per year - and the NWL magazine has M&StL material often enough.

The Summer 1990 issue of NORTH WESTERN LINES had an article with black and white photos on Baldwin steam locomotives of the Iowa Central, and a roster of just those Baldwin locomotives, as I recall.

See The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin No. 31 (April 1933) and The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Inc. RAILROAD HISTORY 154 (Spring 1986) for very good M&StL steam locomotive rosters. The last mentioned source also includes C&NW, Omaha and CGW steam locomotive rosters and articles as well as more and better photos than the April 1933 number.

The Spring 1984, Volume VII, Number 3 issue of Locomotive Quarterly contains a nice selection of M&StL steam photos.

RAILROAD Magazine for April 1944 also has an M&StL steam roster in conjuction with an article on the M&StL by the editor but this roster ignores the renumberings that occurred.

RAILROAD Magazine was printed on VERY POOR PAPER. My copy is barely holding together. Either of the RL&HS issues is no doubt the best source on M&StL steam locomotives. There are M&StL steam locomotive diagram books out there but I don't know how well they handle renumbering.

F units #407 & #411 at the Cedar Lake shops
I've been informed that these may be the wrong unit numbers.
Can someone help verify this?

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