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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.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. 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.orgCOPPER 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 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. 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. 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 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 Dates of Operation. Mid-Continent is open every weekend (Saturdays & Sundays) from May 8, 2021 through October 17, 2021, plus our SantaExpress special
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.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. 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.orgCOPPER 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 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. 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. 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 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
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.orgLIVE WEBCAMS
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.orgSTEAM 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 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 LAKE SUPERIOR TERMINAL & TRANSFER #55 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 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.”
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. MAGOR CAR CORPORATION Magor Car Corporation Wonham-Magor Engineering Works Magor Car Company. The Magor Car Corporation had its beginnings in 1899 in the partnership of Basil Magor and Fred Wonham.We don’t know just what the intent of that partnership was, though one might speculate that it was a civil engineering consultancy, since Basil—born and raised in Montreal—had graduated just five years MICHIGAN-PENINSULAR CAR COMPANY The Michigan Car Company was founded in 1863/64 at Detroit, Michigan, by James McMillan and John S. Newberry, together with E.C. Dean and George Eaton, with capital of just $20,000. They established their works in 1865. {(It would be interesting to know just what the firm was doing during this period, as we have discovered that Newberry, Dean and McMillan together filed for and were granted a 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 terminatesBENDING 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
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 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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
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 terminatesBENDING 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
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 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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
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 only 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 RESTORATION DEPARTMENT 2020 PROGRESS REPORT by Jeffrey Lentz December 18, 2020. 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. All things considered, we had a good year but volunteer work at the museum was shut down from mid-March through early June, reducing DARDANELLE & RUSSELLVILLE #9 The locomotive, renumbered #9, served the Arkansas line until 1963, when Mid-Continent bought her with the help of a major donation from Elliot Donelly. #9 in service at N. Freedom, July 7, 1974. MCRM collection. #9 was moved to the museum on her own wheels and quickly put into service. Having suffered damage from an accident in the1950s, she
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
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 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 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
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.”. FAIRBANKS - MORSE - MID-CONTINENT Fairbanks, Morse & Company had its beginning in 1823 when inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks leased the iron works of his cousin Huxham Paddock at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to manufacture two of his patented inventions, a cast iron plow and a heating stove. Thaddeus was soon joined by his brother Erastus Fairbanks, and they did business as E. &T. Fairbanks.
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
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.”. FAIRBANKS - MORSE - MID-CONTINENT Fairbanks, Morse & Company had its beginning in 1823 when inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks leased the iron works of his cousin Huxham Paddock at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to manufacture two of his patented inventions, a cast iron plow and a heating stove. Thaddeus was soon joined by his brother Erastus Fairbanks, and they did business as E. &T. Fairbanks.
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
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THE 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 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 tradeBILLMEYER & 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 establishedHASKELL & 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. 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
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.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.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 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 onlyBENDING 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
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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 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
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.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.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 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 onlyBENDING 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
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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 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
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.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.BUY TICKETS
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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.orgSTEAM 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 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 FAIRBANKS - MORSE - MID-CONTINENT Fairbanks, Morse & Company had its beginning in 1823 when inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks leased the iron works of his cousin Huxham Paddock at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to manufacture two of his patented inventions, a cast iron plow and a heating stove. Thaddeus was soon joined by his brother Erastus Fairbanks, and they did business as E. &T. Fairbanks.
LAKE SUPERIOR & ISHPEMING #22 In 1963, LS&I #22 was sold, along with many other LS&I locomotives, to a local tourist line called Marquette & Huron Mountain. #22 worked in service for M&HM during 1964-65 (her final run was on Labor Day of 1965). #22 with restored tender, October 2001. Bill Buhrmaster photo. In 1984, M&HM suspended operations, and their equipment was sold at 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 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 MICHIGAN-PENINSULAR CAR COMPANY The Michigan Car Company was founded in 1863/64 at Detroit, Michigan, by James McMillan and John S. Newberry, together with E.C. Dean and George Eaton, with capital of just $20,000. They established their works in 1865. {(It would be interesting to know just what the firm was doing during this period, as we have discovered that Newberry, Dean and McMillan together filed for and were granted a 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 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 onlyBENDING 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
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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 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
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.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.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 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 onlyBENDING 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
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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 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
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.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.BUY TICKETS
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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.orgSTEAM 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 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 FAIRBANKS - MORSE - MID-CONTINENT Fairbanks, Morse & Company had its beginning in 1823 when inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks leased the iron works of his cousin Huxham Paddock at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to manufacture two of his patented inventions, a cast iron plow and a heating stove. Thaddeus was soon joined by his brother Erastus Fairbanks, and they did business as E. &T. Fairbanks.
LAKE SUPERIOR & ISHPEMING #22 In 1963, LS&I #22 was sold, along with many other LS&I locomotives, to a local tourist line called Marquette & Huron Mountain. #22 worked in service for M&HM during 1964-65 (her final run was on Labor Day of 1965). #22 with restored tender, October 2001. Bill Buhrmaster photo. In 1984, M&HM suspended operations, and their equipment was sold at 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 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 MICHIGAN-PENINSULAR CAR COMPANY The Michigan Car Company was founded in 1863/64 at Detroit, Michigan, by James McMillan and John S. Newberry, together with E.C. Dean and George Eaton, with capital of just $20,000. They established their works in 1865. {(It would be interesting to know just what the firm was doing during this period, as we have discovered that Newberry, Dean and McMillan together filed for and were granted a 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 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 onlyBENDING 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
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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 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
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.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.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 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 onlyBENDING 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
RAILWAY CAR BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA 1966-1979. McClay Vestibule Car Co. Chicago, IL. c1890. Incorporated in Illinois by Fred J. Hoyt, John M. Clay and Leslie Malone to manufacture, purchase, sell and lease vestibule and other cars. As far as we know, never got beyond the paper stage. McClurg, Wade & Co. Pittsburgh, PA. 1803 (1834)- (1836)1960s. 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 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
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.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.BUY TICKETS
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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 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
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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 FAIRBANKS - MORSE - MID-CONTINENT Fairbanks, Morse & Company had its beginning in 1823 when inventor Thaddeus Fairbanks leased the iron works of his cousin Huxham Paddock at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to manufacture two of his patented inventions, a cast iron plow and a heating stove. Thaddeus was soon joined by his brother Erastus Fairbanks, and they did business as E. &T. Fairbanks.
LAKE SUPERIOR & ISHPEMING #22 In 1963, LS&I #22 was sold, along with many other LS&I locomotives, to a local tourist line called Marquette & Huron Mountain. #22 worked in service for M&HM during 1964-65 (her final run was on Labor Day of 1965). #22 with restored tender, October 2001. Bill Buhrmaster photo. In 1984, M&HM suspended operations, and their equipment was sold at 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 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 MICHIGAN-PENINSULAR CAR COMPANY The Michigan Car Company was founded in 1863/64 at Detroit, Michigan, by James McMillan and John S. Newberry, together with E.C. Dean and George Eaton, with capital of just $20,000. They established their works in 1865. {(It would be interesting to know just what the firm was doing during this period, as we have discovered that Newberry, Dean and McMillan together filed for and were granted a↓
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WELCOME! – Mid-Continent Railway Museum welcomes you to discover railroading history. We are closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During more normal times, we invite the public to explore our indoor/outdoor museum featuring dozens of restored railroad cars and locomotives. Trains also would normally depart the museum depot on a 7-mile, 55-minute round-trip ride on historic railcars. Although we are not currently able to accept visitors at our museum or offer train rides, there is still a wealth of information about railroads available on our website that you can explore from the comfort of home. Here are a few sections of our site we think you mayfind interesting:
* See the latest progresson the C&NW #1385
steam locomotive restoration project * View pictures and read the history of each of our collectionpieces – over 100
cars and locomotives in all! * Explore the numerous videos available on our YouTubepage
* Take a deep dive into the history of the builders of woodenrailway cars
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DULUTH, one of America’s oldest sleeping cars, or the restorationof East Jordan
& Southern #2, the oldest car in Mid-Continent’s collection. * Explore the sounds of a steam locomotive in our audio archive * Learn more about Mid-Continent’s humble beginnings61
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Freedom, Wisconsin and how our rail line came to exist Thanks for visiting MidContinent.org. We look forward to welcoming youin person in 2021.
------------------------- GIFT CARDS NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ONLINE – Giving the gift of Mid‑Continent just got easier. Gift cards can now be purchased online in any dollar amount and are valid toward any train or tour Mid-Continent operates. Find out more… MID-CONTINENT AWARDED GRANT FROM TOM E. DAILEY FOUNDATION – Mid-Continent Railway Museum is happy to announce the museum has been awarded a $1,500 grant from the Tom E. Dailey Foundation. This grant will assist Mid-Continent with creating reproductions of the original coach seat design to appear in the historic East Jordan & Southern #2 passenger car, the oldest railcar in Mid-Continent Railway Museum’s collection. Read more… COACH SHED #2 – Mid-Continent’s new 10,500 square foot display building is complete. Be sure to stop in this new exhibit area during your next visit. Read more… 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.
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