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BENDING STEEL
Flanging is a process to make a smooth bend in steel forms while the steel is cold. Flanging can also be done while the steel is hot but it adds more time, work and requires more people. NORTHERN PACIFIC #1781 Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org WAGNER PALACE CAR COMPANY Wagner Palace Car Company New York Central Sleeping Car Company. The Wagner Palace Car Company began as the New York Central Sleeping Car Company, founded in 1858 at New York City by Webster Wagner (1817-1882) in cooperation with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose New York Central was the primary user of the four original coaches.. Wagner learned the wagon-making trade from his elder RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA Company: Plant Location: Date: Successor, Comments or Cross-reference: Mack Brothers Motor Co. Allentown, PA Brooklyn, NY: 1905-1922: To MackTrucks, Inc.: Mack
MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had SOUTHERN CAR & FOUNDRY Southern Car & Foundry Elliott Car Company Lenoir City Car Company Memphis Car & Foundry Company. Southern Car & Foundry was organized in 1899 as a New Jersey Corporation, consolidating the Elliott Car Company of Gadsden, Alabama, the Memphis Car Company of Memphis, Tennessee, and the Lenoir City Car Company of Lenoir City, Tennessee. WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY o: One source, {} dated 1868, says “In 1851 Mr. Thos. W. Wason became sole proprietor of the works by the purchase of his brother’s interest, and in the latter part of that year purchased a foundry for making Car Wheels and other castings.” o: Another source, {} dated 1884, says Thomas “became sole owner” in 1851. o: Finally, the advertisement below was run as early as 14 March 1850. KILBY CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY Kilby Car & Foundry Company Kilby Locomotive & Machine Company. The Kilby Car & Foundry Company began at Anniston, Alabama, sometime between 1902 and 1910. MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org TRAIN RIDE INFORMATION Dates of Operation. Mid-Continent is open every weekend (Saturdays & Sundays) from May 8, 2021 through October 17, 2021, plus our SantaExpress special
BENDING STEEL
Flanging is a process to make a smooth bend in steel forms while the steel is cold. Flanging can also be done while the steel is hot but it adds more time, work and requires more people. NORTHERN PACIFIC #1781 Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org WAGNER PALACE CAR COMPANY Wagner Palace Car Company New York Central Sleeping Car Company. The Wagner Palace Car Company began as the New York Central Sleeping Car Company, founded in 1858 at New York City by Webster Wagner (1817-1882) in cooperation with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose New York Central was the primary user of the four original coaches.. Wagner learned the wagon-making trade from his elder RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA Company: Plant Location: Date: Successor, Comments or Cross-reference: Mack Brothers Motor Co. Allentown, PA Brooklyn, NY: 1905-1922: To MackTrucks, Inc.: Mack
MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had SOUTHERN CAR & FOUNDRY Southern Car & Foundry Elliott Car Company Lenoir City Car Company Memphis Car & Foundry Company. Southern Car & Foundry was organized in 1899 as a New Jersey Corporation, consolidating the Elliott Car Company of Gadsden, Alabama, the Memphis Car Company of Memphis, Tennessee, and the Lenoir City Car Company of Lenoir City, Tennessee. WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY o: One source, {} dated 1868, says “In 1851 Mr. Thos. W. Wason became sole proprietor of the works by the purchase of his brother’s interest, and in the latter part of that year purchased a foundry for making Car Wheels and other castings.” o: Another source, {} dated 1884, says Thomas “became sole owner” in 1851. o: Finally, the advertisement below was run as early as 14 March 1850. KILBY CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY Kilby Car & Foundry Company Kilby Locomotive & Machine Company. The Kilby Car & Foundry Company began at Anniston, Alabama, sometime between 1902 and 1910. TRAIN RIDE INFORMATION COVID-19 Information. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mid-Continent Railway Museum’s 2021 dates of operation and departure schedules have changed from earlier published schedules and could be subject toadditional changes.
THE WATER TOWER
Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org RESTORATION DEPARTMENT 2020 PROGRESS REPORT As 2020 draws to a close, the Mid-Continent Railway Museum Restoration Department is pleased to look back at this challenging year with a sense of teamwork and accomplishment.COPPER RANGE #29
Miraculously escaping scrapping, #29 was sequestered away in the Copper Range at Houghton roundhouse from 1953 until 1967. In 1967, #29 was reborn when it was sold to the Keweenaw Central Railroad, a tourist operation based out of Calumet, Michigan and used on their passenger trains. #29 ran for three years on the Keweenaw Central hauling passenger trains between Calumet and Lake SOUTHERN CAR & FOUNDRY Southern Car & Foundry Elliott Car Company Lenoir City Car Company Memphis Car & Foundry Company. Southern Car & Foundry was organized in 1899 as a New Jersey Corporation, consolidating the Elliott Car Company of Gadsden, Alabama, the Memphis Car Company of Memphis, Tennessee, and the Lenoir City Car Company of Lenoir City, Tennessee. STAYBOLTS HELP 1385’S BOILER KEEP IN SHAPE The photos of the staybolt caps reveal a series of numbers stamped on each one. The number represents the part’s “heat number.” That is a jargon from the steel industry as they refer to every batch of iron or steel (or any metal) that comes out of a furnace as a“heat.”
CHRIS LETTERING THE SHAY Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA Company: Plant Location: Date: Successor, Comments or Cross-reference: Bailey, Blood & Co. Manchester, NH: 1853/54: Predecessor of Manchester Locomotive Works: Baker KIMBALL CARRIAGE & CAR MFG. CO. Kimball Carriage & Car Mfg. Company Kimball Manufacturing Company. The Kimball Car Works was begun about 1860 at San Francisco by George Kimball a native of Massachusetts. He was very likely related to the Kimball family of New Hampshire, who were among the biggest names in the eastern carriage building business.BILLMEYER & SMALL
Billmeyer & Small(s) Etna Car Works York Car Works. The Billmeyer & Small Company had its beginnings in 1852 when David E. Small began building railway cars at his family’s sash and door works in Pennsylvania. He took in Charles Billmeyer as a partner to help organize what they called the Etna Car Works.. It would be interesting to know whether this name meant the car works was established MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org TRAIN RIDE INFORMATION The Train Ride Route. Mid-Continent Railway Museum operates its trains on a former Chicago & North Western Railway branchline. The line extends southward from North Freedom, Wisconsin and passes through the unincorporated town of La Rue. The line terminatesBUY TICKETS
Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.orgBENDING STEEL
Flanging is a process to make a smooth bend in steel forms while the steel is cold. Flanging can also be done while the steel is hot but it adds more time, work and requires more people. The choice of whether to use hot or cold flanging is made largely on the shape being bent and where on the sheet of steel the bend needs to be made.COPPER RANGE #29
Copper Range #29 was built by the American Locomotive Company at their Schenectady, New York Works in February 1907 (builder number 42535). #29 was built to serve the copper mining industry in the Copper Country of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Copper Range railroad was the last major railroad built (starting in 1899) in the UpperPeninsula
HASKELL & BARKER
Haskell & Barker had its beginnings in 1855 when grain dealer John Barker bought into the wagon and freight car firm of Sherman, Haskell, Aldridge & Company at Michigan City, Indiana. That firm had been started in 1852. In 1858, the firm became Haskell & Barker, { 243 } OR. Haskell & Barker began in 1852 as Sherman, Haskell & Company. RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA To Eastwick & Harrison. Gates Sleeping Car Co. Chicago, IL. 1860s-1869. To Wagner Palace Car Company. GATX Corp. Chicago, IL. “GATX Rail owns or manages approximately 168,000 railcars of all types, and is one of the largest railcar lessors in North America.”. KILBY CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY Kilby Locomotive & Machine Company. The Kilby Car & Foundry Company began at Anniston, Alabama, sometime between 1902 and 1910. It was the successor to the Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, founded in 1898 by Thomas E. Kilby, who would go on to become Governor of Alabama. { 359 } In 1889, Thomas Kilby had gone to work for the steel and railway MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had brought in some 1,900 carloads of material for rebuilding. Among the structuresrebuilt was a
KIMBALL CARRIAGE & CAR MFG. CO. Kimball Carriage & Car Mfg. Company Kimball Manufacturing Company. The Kimball Car Works was begun about 1860 at San Francisco by George Kimball a native of Massachusetts. He was very likely related to the Kimball family of New Hampshire, who were among the biggest names in the eastern carriage building business. MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org TRAIN RIDE INFORMATION The Train Ride Route. Mid-Continent Railway Museum operates its trains on a former Chicago & North Western Railway branchline. The line extends southward from North Freedom, Wisconsin and passes through the unincorporated town of La Rue. The line terminatesBUY TICKETS
Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.orgBENDING STEEL
Flanging is a process to make a smooth bend in steel forms while the steel is cold. Flanging can also be done while the steel is hot but it adds more time, work and requires more people. The choice of whether to use hot or cold flanging is made largely on the shape being bent and where on the sheet of steel the bend needs to be made.COPPER RANGE #29
Copper Range #29 was built by the American Locomotive Company at their Schenectady, New York Works in February 1907 (builder number 42535). #29 was built to serve the copper mining industry in the Copper Country of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Copper Range railroad was the last major railroad built (starting in 1899) in the UpperPeninsula
HASKELL & BARKER
Haskell & Barker had its beginnings in 1855 when grain dealer John Barker bought into the wagon and freight car firm of Sherman, Haskell, Aldridge & Company at Michigan City, Indiana. That firm had been started in 1852. In 1858, the firm became Haskell & Barker, { 243 } OR. Haskell & Barker began in 1852 as Sherman, Haskell & Company. RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA To Eastwick & Harrison. Gates Sleeping Car Co. Chicago, IL. 1860s-1869. To Wagner Palace Car Company. GATX Corp. Chicago, IL. “GATX Rail owns or manages approximately 168,000 railcars of all types, and is one of the largest railcar lessors in North America.”. KILBY CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY Kilby Locomotive & Machine Company. The Kilby Car & Foundry Company began at Anniston, Alabama, sometime between 1902 and 1910. It was the successor to the Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, founded in 1898 by Thomas E. Kilby, who would go on to become Governor of Alabama. { 359 } In 1889, Thomas Kilby had gone to work for the steel and railway MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had brought in some 1,900 carloads of material for rebuilding. Among the structuresrebuilt was a
KIMBALL CARRIAGE & CAR MFG. CO. Kimball Carriage & Car Mfg. Company Kimball Manufacturing Company. The Kimball Car Works was begun about 1860 at San Francisco by George Kimball a native of Massachusetts. He was very likely related to the Kimball family of New Hampshire, who were among the biggest names in the eastern carriage building business.BUY TICKETS
Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.orgTHE WATER TOWER
The tower tank was originally constructed by the Milwaukee Road and used at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. It was moved to North Freedom in 1972. The museum built the steel support framework from scratch. The tank is supplied from a 2″ pipe that is fed river water from a pump at the enginehouse. The water tower is normally used at special events only NORTHERN PACIFIC #1781 This 24-foot caboose was built by the Northern Pacific as their #1781 in 1923. The 24-foot caboose design standard first appeared on NP in 1907 as a block of one hundred cars numbered erratically in the 1000-1300 series. A later lot of cars numbered in the 1600 series were rebuilt from 19-foot cabooses. By 1917, there were 328 24-footcabooses
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA To Eastwick & Harrison. Gates Sleeping Car Co. Chicago, IL. 1860s-1869. To Wagner Palace Car Company. GATX Corp. Chicago, IL. “GATX Rail owns or manages approximately 168,000 railcars of all types, and is one of the largest railcar lessors in North America.”.BILLMEYER & SMALL
Billmeyer & Small(s) Etna Car Works York Car Works. The Billmeyer & Small Company had its beginnings in 1852 when David E. Small began building railway cars at his family’s sash and door works in Pennsylvania. He took in Charles Billmeyer as a partner to help organize what they called the Etna Car Works.. It would be interesting to know whether this name meant the car works was established WAGNER PALACE CAR COMPANY Wagner Palace Car Company New York Central Sleeping Car Company. The Wagner Palace Car Company began as the New York Central Sleeping Car Company, founded in 1858 at New York City by Webster Wagner (1817-1882) in cooperation with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose New York Central was the primary user of the four original coaches.. Wagner learned the wagon-making trade WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY There must have been much more to the order from the Egyptian government order, as $300,000 was “received for the work.” { 457 } (That would equate to almost $6.5 million today!) In 1862, Wason propitiously incorporated the business, as the Wason Manufacturing Company, increasing its capital to $150,000. This was later increasedagain to
SOUTHERN CAR & FOUNDRY The Elliott Car Company appears to have been founded about 1887 at Gadsden, Alabama, by one J.M. Elliott. It was acquired in 1899 by the Southern Car & Foundry Company. That, unfortunately, is all we know at this time. The Lenoir Car Works was founded at Lenoir City, Tennessee, sometime before 1895. It is known to have built hopper-bottom RUSSELL CAR & SNOWPLOW COMPANY Russell Car & Snowplow Company. Double track snowplow built by Russell Car & Snow Plow Company, 1918. New York Central all-steel snow plow built by Russell Car & Snow Plow Company. When actually plowing snow, the coupler and ladder are removed. J.G. BRILL & COMPANY J.G. Brill & Company. The J.G. Brill Company was founded in 1869 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as J.G. Brill & Company, by John George Brill (1817-1888) and his son, George Martin Brill. The elder Brill had come to the United States in 1840 from Germany, where MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.orgBENDING STEEL
Flanging is a process to make a smooth bend in steel forms while the steel is cold. Flanging can also be done while the steel is hot but it adds more time, work and requires more people. The choice of whether to use hot or cold flanging is made largely on the shape being bent and where on the sheet of steel the bend needs to be made. NORTHERN PACIFIC #1781 This 24-foot caboose was built by the Northern Pacific as their #1781 in 1923. The 24-foot caboose design standard first appeared on NP in 1907 as a block of one hundred cars numbered erratically in the 1000-1300 series. A later lot of cars numbered in the 1600 series were rebuilt from 19-foot cabooses. By 1917, there were 328 24-footcabooses
BILLMEYER & SMALL
Billmeyer & Small(s) Etna Car Works York Car Works. The Billmeyer & Small Company had its beginnings in 1852 when David E. Small began building railway cars at his family’s sash and door works in Pennsylvania. He took in Charles Billmeyer as a partner to help organize what they called the Etna Car Works.. It would be interesting to know whether this name meant the car works was established WAGNER PALACE CAR COMPANY Wagner Palace Car Company New York Central Sleeping Car Company. The Wagner Palace Car Company began as the New York Central Sleeping Car Company, founded in 1858 at New York City by Webster Wagner (1817-1882) in cooperation with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose New York Central was the primary user of the four original coaches.. Wagner learned the wagon-making trade from his elder KILBY CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY Kilby Locomotive & Machine Company. The Kilby Car & Foundry Company began at Anniston, Alabama, sometime between 1902 and 1910. It was the successor to the Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, founded in 1898 by Thomas E. Kilby, who would go on to become Governor of Alabama. { 359 } In 1889, Thomas Kilby had gone to work for the steel and railway SOUTHERN CAR & FOUNDRY The Elliott Car Company appears to have been founded about 1887 at Gadsden, Alabama, by one J.M. Elliott. It was acquired in 1899 by the Southern Car & Foundry Company. That, unfortunately, is all we know at this time. The Lenoir Car Works was founded at Lenoir City, Tennessee, sometime before 1895. It is known to have built hopper-bottom WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY There must have been much more to the order from the Egyptian government order, as $300,000 was “received for the work.” { 457 } (That would equate to almost $6.5 million today!) In 1862, Wason propitiously incorporated the business, as the Wason Manufacturing Company, increasing its capital to $150,000. This was later increasedagain to
MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had brought in some 1,900 carloads of material for rebuilding. Among the structuresrebuilt was a
HASKELL & BARKER
Haskell & Barker had its beginnings in 1855 when grain dealer John Barker bought into the wagon and freight car firm of Sherman, Haskell, Aldridge & Company at Michigan City, Indiana. That firm had been started in 1852. In 1858, the firm became Haskell & Barker, { 243 } OR. Haskell & Barker began in 1852 as Sherman, Haskell & Company. MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY MUSEUM Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.orgBENDING STEEL
Flanging is a process to make a smooth bend in steel forms while the steel is cold. Flanging can also be done while the steel is hot but it adds more time, work and requires more people. The choice of whether to use hot or cold flanging is made largely on the shape being bent and where on the sheet of steel the bend needs to be made. NORTHERN PACIFIC #1781 This 24-foot caboose was built by the Northern Pacific as their #1781 in 1923. The 24-foot caboose design standard first appeared on NP in 1907 as a block of one hundred cars numbered erratically in the 1000-1300 series. A later lot of cars numbered in the 1600 series were rebuilt from 19-foot cabooses. By 1917, there were 328 24-footcabooses
BILLMEYER & SMALL
Billmeyer & Small(s) Etna Car Works York Car Works. The Billmeyer & Small Company had its beginnings in 1852 when David E. Small began building railway cars at his family’s sash and door works in Pennsylvania. He took in Charles Billmeyer as a partner to help organize what they called the Etna Car Works.. It would be interesting to know whether this name meant the car works was established WAGNER PALACE CAR COMPANY Wagner Palace Car Company New York Central Sleeping Car Company. The Wagner Palace Car Company began as the New York Central Sleeping Car Company, founded in 1858 at New York City by Webster Wagner (1817-1882) in cooperation with Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose New York Central was the primary user of the four original coaches.. Wagner learned the wagon-making trade from his elder KILBY CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY Kilby Locomotive & Machine Company. The Kilby Car & Foundry Company began at Anniston, Alabama, sometime between 1902 and 1910. It was the successor to the Kilby Locomotive & Machine Works, founded in 1898 by Thomas E. Kilby, who would go on to become Governor of Alabama. { 359 } In 1889, Thomas Kilby had gone to work for the steel and railway SOUTHERN CAR & FOUNDRY The Elliott Car Company appears to have been founded about 1887 at Gadsden, Alabama, by one J.M. Elliott. It was acquired in 1899 by the Southern Car & Foundry Company. That, unfortunately, is all we know at this time. The Lenoir Car Works was founded at Lenoir City, Tennessee, sometime before 1895. It is known to have built hopper-bottom WASON MANUFACTURING COMPANY There must have been much more to the order from the Egyptian government order, as $300,000 was “received for the work.” { 457 } (That would equate to almost $6.5 million today!) In 1862, Wason propitiously incorporated the business, as the Wason Manufacturing Company, increasing its capital to $150,000. This was later increasedagain to
MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had brought in some 1,900 carloads of material for rebuilding. Among the structuresrebuilt was a
HASKELL & BARKER
Haskell & Barker had its beginnings in 1855 when grain dealer John Barker bought into the wagon and freight car firm of Sherman, Haskell, Aldridge & Company at Michigan City, Indiana. That firm had been started in 1852. In 1858, the firm became Haskell & Barker, { 243 } OR. Haskell & Barker began in 1852 as Sherman, Haskell & Company. TRAIN RIDE INFORMATION The Train Ride Route. Mid-Continent Railway Museum operates its trains on a former Chicago & North Western Railway branchline. The line extends southward from North Freedom, Wisconsin and passes through the unincorporated town of La Rue. The line terminatesTHE WATER TOWER
The tower tank was originally constructed by the Milwaukee Road and used at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. It was moved to North Freedom in 1972. The museum built the steel support framework from scratch. The tank is supplied from a 2″ pipe that is fed river water from a pump at the enginehouse. The water tower is normally used at special events onlySTEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.org CHRIS LETTERING THE SHAY Mid-Continent Railway Museum P.O. Box 358 E8948 Museum Road North Freedom, WI 53951 Office phone: 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 E-mail: inquiries@midcontinent.orgBILLMEYER & SMALL
Billmeyer & Small(s) Etna Car Works York Car Works. The Billmeyer & Small Company had its beginnings in 1852 when David E. Small began building railway cars at his family’s sash and door works in Pennsylvania. He took in Charles Billmeyer as a partner to help organize what they called the Etna Car Works.. It would be interesting to know whether this name meant the car works was established RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA H.D. Wallen, Jr. is listed under “Car Builders” in the 1877 edition of Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. Ward Brothers. Eagle Foundry. Warren Car Co. Warren, PA. 1948-1978+. From Allegheny Steel Tank Car Company and Warren Tank Car Company. Repairer of United Refining tank cars et al. KIMBALL CARRIAGE & CAR MFG. CO. Kimball Carriage & Car Mfg. Company Kimball Manufacturing Company. The Kimball Car Works was begun about 1860 at San Francisco by George Kimball a native of Massachusetts. He was very likely related to the Kimball family of New Hampshire, who were among the biggest names in the eastern carriage building business. RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA c1886/ 1880s. Beaver Falls Car Co. is listed under “Car Builders” in 1877 edition, Poor’s Directory of Railway Officials. Bell, David. ( David Bell) Buffalo, NY. 1865-1871. Locomotive builder; no cars. Bell Locomotive Works. Yonkers, NY. STAYBOLTS HELP 1385’S BOILER KEEP IN SHAPE Even in 2018 there are at least two shops readily producing them as a specialty item, but for the 1385 project Mid-Continent has opted to keep it local, producing them in-house at SPEC Machine where the bulk of the locomotive’s overhaul and assembly is taking place. 1385 project volunteer Pete Deets explains, “We decided to have Steve MOUNT VERNON CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company. The Mount Vernon Car Manufacturing Company was organized about 1889 at Mount Vernon, Illinois. A tornado had nearly destroyed the town in 1888, and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which served the town, had brought in some 1,900 carloads of material for rebuilding. Among the structuresrebuilt was a
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WELCOME! – Come visit Mid-Continent Railway Museum this fall. October is jam-packed with special events and has additional ticketoptions.
* OCTOBER 5-6 – Harvest Limited – Train rides at 11 AM, 1 PM and 3 PM, plus a Saturday Beer Train, and Elegant Dinner Train. Behind-the-scenes special access tours of the museum are available on both Saturday and Sunday with the purchase of a Vintage Rail Car Tours ticket. Tours offered between 10 AM and 4 PM. * OCTOBER 11-12-13 – Autumn Color Weekend–
Train rides at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM and 2:30 PM, plus First Class departures and a Saturday Elegant evening Dinner Train * OCTOBER 19-20 – Pumpkin Special – Train rides at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM and 2:30 PM. Pumpkins are available for sale at the end of the line, ready to bring back with you on your return trip * NOV. 30-DEC. 1 & DEC. 7-8 – Santa Express – Train rides with Santa at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM and 2:30 PM. Mid-Continent’s museum exhibits are open on days of train operations from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM. Visit the Train Ride Informationpage for full
schedule details.
The museum administrative office is staffed Monday-Friday year-round (except holidays) and can assist with questions and reservations by calling 608-522-4261 or toll-free 800-930-1385. ------------------------- COACH SHED #2 NOW OPEN – Mid-Continent’s new 10,500 square foot display building opened to the public on September 21st. Be sure to stop in this new exhibit area during your next visit. Read more…
SEELEY CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT COMPLETE – Mid-Continent is celebrating the completion of its second major bridge project in less than a year. A brand new bridge now traverses Seeley Creek, near the small former mining town of La Rue. Read more and view the video.
DOMTAR #1001: MID-CONTINENT’S NEWEST ACQUISITION – On late 2018 Mid-Continent Railway Museum accepted delivery of Domtar #1001, a 1949 EMD NW2 diesel locomotive. The 1001 is operational (only needing a few tweaks before it is ready for service) and it will primarily serve as backup to MCRY #1256 for pulling Mid-Continent’s train rides. View the video of #1001’s arrival at Mid-Continent. Look for #1001 to make its operational debut in 2020. DULUTH SLEEPING CAR – Get the latest scoopon the
$75,000 fundraising campaign and progress on the restoration of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic sleeping car DULUTH. OUR NEW DISPLAY BUILDING – Mid-Continent received a significant bequest from the Laurence H. Dorcy Estate toward the construction of a new display building to house Mid-Continent’s stunning restorations. Follow along with the progressas we get set to
open the building later this year. STEAM & STEEL: SONGS OF RAILROAD’S GOLDEN AGE – Fundraising at Mid-Continent Railway Museum has taken on a more harmonious tone with the release of an original music CD entitled Steam & Steel: Songs of Railroad’s Golden Age. A collection of ten railroad-themed songs, including nine original compositions by Mid-Continent Railway Museum member Ken Hojnacki, performed by Grammy Award-winning bluegrass artist Laurie Lewis and her band, they range in style from bluegrassto country to folk.
Read The Story Behind the Songs of Railroad’s Golden Age,
which includes not only the back story but song lyrics, pictures andsong samples.
Order yours by calling our office at 608-522-4261 or 800-930-1385 MID-CONTINENT IS AN OUTDOOR LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM AND OPERATING RAILROAD RECREATING, PRESERVING, AND INTERPRETING THE SMALL TOWN/SHORTLINE WAY OF LIFE FROM THE “GOLDEN AGE OF RAILROADING.” HELP US PRESERVE THIS EXPERIENCE FOR OTHERS TO ENJOY BY MAKING A DONATION, AND CONSIDER JOINING USAS A MEMBER!
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