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Mid-Continent Railway Museum

Diesel Locomotives

Illinois-Wisconsin Sand & Gravel Co "2", HL-18, was built by Plymouth in 1928, #2911, as Twomey-Williams Co, no number.  It was sold as White Cedar Timber Co, no number, and resold as Illinois-Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Co, no number, in 1938.  The pit was renamed as I-W S&G in 1942.  It was acquired in 1963 by MCRM and was assigned number 2.

Wisconsin Power & Light Co "3", 30 Ton, was built by Plymouth in 1952, #5622.  It is now owned by MCRM and numbered 3.  It is used by World Circus Museum.

4, 45 Ton, was built by General Electric in January 1943, #17798., as United States Navy 65-00408.  It was sold to Precision Engineering Co and sold as Pullman-Standard Co 4.  It was donated to Mid-Continent Ry Museum.  It repainted as MCRY 4.

W. F. Hall Printing Co "5", 50DE58a, was built by Whitcomb Locomotive in 1946 #60695.  It was sold to MCRM and numbered 5 and sold to Wisconsin & Southern as 5 but never lettered.  It was donated to Rochelle Railroad Park in 2004.

MCRY 7, S1, was built by Alco in December 1944, #72849, as John Morrell Meat Packers 7.  It was sold as Association of American Railroads  7 in 1973 and donated as MCRY 7 in August 1996.

Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific 988, RSC2, Class DE-15, was built by Alco in January 1947 #75134.  It was reclassified Class 15A-RS6 and in 1954 it was rebuilt to Class 16A-RS6..  In 1959 it was renumbered 594 and sold as Kettle Moraine 4 in 1976.  It was sold to Trans-Northern Inc and assigned as Algoma RR 988.  It was transferred as Chippewa River RR 998 and sold to MCRM in October 1985.  It was restored as Milwaukee 988.

Domtar Corp 1001, NW2, was built by Electro-Motive in October 1949, #10598, FN E6036-1, as Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri 10.  It became Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi 1001 and later was sold as G-P 1001 in 1996 and became Domtar 1001 and acquired by MCRM in 2021..

MCRY 1256, RS4TC, was built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton-Whitcomb in October 1953, #61211, as United States Army 1256,  It was sent to Sharpe Ammo Depot, Lathrop, CA, and later sent to Detroit Tank Plant.  It was rebuilt by Construction & Mining Service in October 1986.  It was sent to Hill Air Force Base and then to Badger Army Ammunation Plant.  It was retired in 2006 and was sent for storage at Mid-Continent Railway Museum, North Freedom, WI, on September 14, 2006.  It was purchased by their members on October 17, 2006, and lettered as MCRY 1256.

I know now that true charity consists in bearing all of our neighbors defects not being surprised at their weakness, but edified at their smallest virtues.