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SOO 4-6-0 #2610 - Minneapolis, St Paul, & Sault Ste Marie (SOO)
Title:  SOO 4-6-0 #2610 - Minneapolis, St Paul, & Sault Ste Marie (SOO)
Description:  Born as Wisconsin Central #212, this 4-6-0 ten wheeler eventually became SOO #2610. Brooks Locomotive Works built the loco and 9 others in the E-21 class in November of 1891. The loco lasted a little over a year and a half after this picture was taken before being scrapped. No photographer was lsited.
Photo Date:  5/25/1931  Upload Date: 3/6/2020 9:36:32 AM
Location:  Stevens Point, WI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2610(4-6-0)
Views:  284   Comments: 1
SOO 4-6-0 #2623 - Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie
Title:  SOO 4-6-0 #2623 - Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie
Description:  Built by the Brooks Locomotive Works (later part of ALCO) in March of 1898, it was originally Wisconsin Central 4-6-0 #225 ten wheeler. When the WC was finally merged into the Soo Line, the loco was renumbered to 2623. Note the crude swinging arm coal bucket loading that the fireman is doing. Specifics - serial #2927, nee-WC #225, class E-22,63" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 20x26" cylinders, engine weight of 149,000 lb, tractive effort of 28,063 lb. No exact day in 1935 was given for the photo. Leslie Truesdell photo
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 6/18/2020 10:51:01 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2623(4-6-0)
Views:  197   Comments: 0
SOO 2632
Title:  SOO 2632
Description:  SOO 2632 at Waupaca, Wisconsin on 8/11/1939. Ralph Graves photo, collection of Spencer Wagen
Photo Date:  8/11/1939  Upload Date: 11/16/2014 3:09:13 PM
Location:  Waupaca, WI
Author:  Ralph Graves
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2632(4-6-0)
Views:  438   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  This was a display in a park in Waukesha for many years before arriving at the Mid-Continent Railway museum.
Photo Date:  10/9/2005  Upload Date: 2/12/2006 11:16:46 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Ted Blank
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  833   Comments: 0
MCRY 7
Title:  MCRY 7
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 2:49:09 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jay Tester
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1) SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  516   Comments: 0
MCRY 7
Title:  MCRY 7
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2006  Upload Date: 1/31/2007 3:21:20 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jay Tester
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1) SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  484   Comments: 0
MCRY 7
Title:  MCRY 7
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2006  Upload Date: 2/2/2007 2:38:54 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Jay Tester
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MCRY 7(S1) SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  628   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  SOO Line 2645 sits at Mid-Continent Railway Museum.
Photo Date:  8/15/2006  Upload Date: 8/23/2006 8:22:24 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Chris Henchey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  428   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  This Brooks Locomotive Works 4-6-0 is one of the Mid-Continent Railroad Museum's few completely cosmetically restored steam locomotives.
Photo Date:  8/19/2006  Upload Date: 11/17/2006 12:11:12 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  737   Comments: 0
1900 Brooks Ten-Wheeler MStP&SSteM (Soo Line) 2645
Title:  1900 Brooks Ten-Wheeler MStP&SSteM (Soo Line) 2645
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2006  Upload Date: 11/17/2006 12:11:32 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  495   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2006  Upload Date: 11/17/2006 12:11:56 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  517   Comments: 0
One of SOO 2645's Brooks builder's plates
Title:  One of SOO 2645's Brooks builder's plates
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2006  Upload Date: 11/17/2006 12:12:49 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  422   Comments: 0
SOO 2645's ALCo reversing gear
Title:  SOO 2645's ALCo reversing gear
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/19/2006  Upload Date: 11/17/2006 12:13:22 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
Night at the museum
Title:  Night at the museum
Description:  KGBW 49 and SOO 2645 sit at North Freedom.
Photo Date:  4/11/2008  Upload Date: 4/14/2008 6:53:56 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  KGBW 49(2-8-0) SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  494   Comments: 1
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  SPP 2645 and GB&W 49 sit at North Freedom.
Photo Date:  6/20/2009  Upload Date: 6/27/2009 12:53:01 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  475   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/9/2009  Upload Date: 7/10/2009 9:45:44 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  595   Comments: 0
Flagg Coal 75 loads passengers for the 11:30 train
Title:  Flagg Coal 75 loads passengers for the 11:30 train
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/9/2011  Upload Date: 8/13/2011 2:11:06 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FCC 75(0-4-0T) SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  380   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  SOO Line 4-6-0 #2645 sits on display at the Mid Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom
Photo Date:  6/7/2014  Upload Date: 6/12/2014 9:06:10 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Spencer Wagen
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  306   Comments: 0
SOO 2645 remains one of the more complete exhibits in the museum's collection
Title:  SOO 2645 remains one of the more complete exhibits in the museum's collection
Description:  Looks ready to fire up and chuff away if not for the missing main rods.
Photo Date:  7/18/2015  Upload Date: 7/21/2015 2:32:48 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Andre Wehrle
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  Soo Line 2645 in the early 1940s at the Main St. crossing at Neenah, WI. Built in 1900.
Photo Date:  8/5/2019  Upload Date: 8/5/2019 7:37:43 AM
Location:  Neenah, WI
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Track,Action
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  713   Comments: 2
Brooks Locomotive Works plate on WC 247 which became Soo Line 2645
Title:  Brooks Locomotive Works plate on WC 247 which became Soo Line 2645
Description:  In 1901, Brooks merged with several other manufacturers forming the American Locomotive Company.
Photo Date:  9/21/2019  Upload Date: 9/27/2019 1:29:12 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  343   Comments: 0
Ten-Wheeler built in 1900 by Brooks Locomotive Works as Wisconsin Central 247
Title:  Ten-Wheeler built in 1900 by Brooks Locomotive Works as Wisconsin Central 247
Description:  In 1901, Brooks merged with several other manufacturers forming the American Locomotive Company.
Photo Date:  9/21/2019  Upload Date: 9/27/2019 12:54:44 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0) WC 247(4-6-0)
Views:  671   Comments: 1
Ten-Wheeler built in 1900 by Brooks Locomotive Works as Wisconsin Central 247
Title:  Ten-Wheeler built in 1900 by Brooks Locomotive Works as Wisconsin Central 247
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2019  Upload Date: 9/27/2019 12:55:17 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Edward Weisensel
Categories:  Station,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0) WC 247(4-6-0)
Views:  637   Comments: 1
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  SOO 2645 sits on display in North Freedom.
Photo Date:  5/31/2020  Upload Date: 6/5/2020 11:32:44 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  SOO 2645
Photo Date:  6/30/2021  Upload Date: 12/26/2021 11:14:29 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  70   Comments: 0
SOO 2645
Title:  SOO 2645
Description:  SOO 2645
Photo Date:  6/30/2021  Upload Date: 12/26/2021 11:18:27 AM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  J Fischer
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  63   Comments: 0
Vintage manifest at Mid-Continent
Title:  Vintage manifest at Mid-Continent
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/29/2022  Upload Date: 3/5/2023 2:10:02 PM
Location:  North Freedom, WI
Author:  Paul Leach
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SOO 2645(4-6-0)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
SOO 4-6-0 #2652 - Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie
Title:  SOO 4-6-0 #2652 - Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie
Description:  Built by the Brooks Locomotive Works just before the company joined the ALCO coalition in 1901, it was originally Wisconsin Central 4-6-0 #254 ten wheeler but was renumbered after the WC merged officially into the Soo Line. The original photo has some mold issues that I couldn't clean up, hence the "fuzzy clumps". Specifics - serial #3709, nee-WC #254, class E-25, 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure 20x26" cylinders, engine weight of 158,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,018 lb. No date or location was given for the photo by Leslie Truesdel, the photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 6/18/2020 10:51:05 AM
Location:  Unknown, WI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2652(4-6-0)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
SOO 4-6-0 #2653 - Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie
Title:  SOO 4-6-0 #2653 - Minneapolis, St Paul & Sault Ste Marie
Description:  Originally built by the Brooks Locomotive Works in December of 1900 as Wisconsin Central 4-6-0 #255 ten wheeler, the loco was later renumbered when the WC was officially merged into the roster. Specifics - serial #3710, nee-WC #255, class E-25, 57" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 20x26" cylinders, engine weight of 158,000 lb, tractive effort of 31,018 lb. No date or location was given for the photo by Leslie Truesdel, the photographer.
Photo Date:  6/1/1935  Upload Date: 6/18/2020 10:51:08 AM
Location:  Unknown, WI
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2653(4-6-0)
Views:  123   Comments: 0
SOO 2653
Title:  SOO 2653
Description:  SOO 4-6-0 #2653 at Burlington, Wisconsin. Date estimated. Edwin Wilson photo, collection of Spencer Wagen
Photo Date:  4/1/1938  Upload Date: 11/16/2014 2:51:16 PM
Location:  Burlington, WI
Author:  Edwin Wilson
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SOO 2653(4-6-0)
Views:  423   Comments: 0


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