Title: Soo Line Historical and Technical Society Records
Inclusive Dates: 1909, 1915-1988

Creator:

• Soo Line Historical and Technical Society

Call Number: M89-219

Quantity: 1.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes and 1 flat box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records (1909, 1915-1988) of the Soo Line Historical and Technical Society (SLHTS), a volunteer organization formed to document and preserve information about the Soo Line Railroad. Records include SLHTS journals, Soo Line Railroad Company shareholders’ reports, publications, and system maps; reports for the Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (MStP&SSM) and Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic (DSS&A) Railroads; and blueprints containing specifications for the development of a coaling station in Mellen, Wisconsin; as well as for railway equipment such as wheel gauges, sign standardization, fencing and barriers and signal posts. The collection also includes photographs of Soo Line trains, crossings and stations, and track laying.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m89219

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Acquisition Information

Presented by the Soo Line Historical and Technical Society via Willis Ehlert, Madison, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M89-219

M89-219	Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (MStP&SSM) and Duluth, South Shore, and Atlantic (DSS&A) Railroads
Box   1 Folder   2	Blueprints and coal testing reports, 1915-1935
Box   1 Folder   3	Bridge filling reports, 1918-1941
Box   1 Folder   4	Coaling station blueprints, Mellen, Wisconsin, 1926, 1971
Box   1 Folder   5	Reports to Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) of expenditures, 1930-1956
	Soo Line Railroad Company
Box   2 Folder   1	Publications and system maps, 1950, 1969, 1983-1987
Box   2 Folder   2	Annual and quarterly reports, 1982-1988
Box   2 Folder   3	The Soo, The Soo Line Historical and Technical Society journal, 1981, 1983
	Other Wisconsin railroad companies
Box   2 Folder   4	Timetables and histories, 1971, 1984
Box   1 Folder   1	Time table, Wisconsin Central Railway, Northern Division, January 3, 1909
	Photographs of Soo Line Railroad
Box   3 Folder   1	Terminal elevators, Thompson-Starrett Company, 1916
Box   4 Folder   1-2	Trains and stations, circa 1938-1940, 1955-1986
Box   4 Folder   3	Station and crossings, circa 1958-1960