Soo Line L-1 class [SEP] manufacturer
Soo Line L-1 class
The Soo Line L-1 class was a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in 1913.
Having acquired America's first Mikado (2-8-2) type when it merged the Bismarck, Great Falls and Washburn Railway in 1904, it was eight years before the Soo Line ordered a 2-8-2 of its own. Ten locomotives were ordered from the American Locomotive Company, and built by their Schenectady, New York plant in 1913.
Soo Line 1003
Soo Line 1003 is a 2-8-2 Mikado type steam locomotive of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway ("Soo Line") L-1 class. It is occasionally operated on the major railroads of the American Upper Midwest.
History.
The locomotive was built in 1913 by ALCO. It was used by the Soo Line until retirement in 1954, when it went into serviceable storage in Gladstone, Michigan as part of the railroad's strategic reserve. In December 1959