Covered Wagons of the Soo Line

Road Number	Builder	Serial Number	Type	Phase	H.P.	Service	Axles/ Motors	Weight	Tractive Effort	Date Delivered	Date Retired

200-A	EMD	5545	F-3	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	225,210	56,300	Oct ‘47	Feb ‘65
200-B	EMD	5546	F-3	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	225,220	56,300	Oct ‘47	Feb ‘65
201-A	EMD	5547	F-3	III	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	224,210	56,050	Jan ‘48	May ‘65
201-B	EMD	5548	F-3	III	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	223,450	55,860	Jan ‘48	Mar ‘65
202-A	EMD	5549	F-3	III	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	223,060	55,760	Jan ‘48	May ‘64
202-B	EMD	5550	F-3	III	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	223,470	55,870	Jan ‘48	May ‘64
203-A	EMD	5551	F-3	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,320	55,330	Sep ‘48	Mar ‘65
203-B	EMD	5552	F-3	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,230	55,310	Sep ‘48	Mar ‘65
204-A	EMD	5551	F-3	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,370	55,340	Sep ‘48	Jul ‘77
204-B	EMD	5552	F-3	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,320	55,330	Sep ‘48	Mar ‘65

205-A	ALCo	75741	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	Apr ‘48	May ‘63
205-B	ALCo	75742	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	Apr ‘48	Mar ‘63
206-A	ALCo	75743	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	Apr ‘48	Mar ‘63
206-B	ALCo	75744	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	Apr ‘48	Mar ‘63
207-A	ALCo	75962	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	May ‘48	May ‘64
207-B	ALCo	75963	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	May ‘48	Jan ‘63
208-A	ALCo	75964	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	May ‘48	Jan ‘63
208-B	ALCo	75965	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	May ‘48	Jan ‘63
209-A	ALCo	75966	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	May ‘48	Feb ‘63
209-B	ALCo	75967	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	238,000	59,500	May ‘48	Mar ‘63
210-A	ALCo	77003	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jul ‘49	May ‘63
210-B	ALCo	77004	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jul ‘49	Mar ‘63
211-A	ALCo	77005	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Aug ‘49	Mar ‘63
211-B	ALCo	77006	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Aug ‘49	Mar ‘63

212-A	EMD	14001	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,460	56,110	Mar ‘51	Jan ‘80
212-B	EMD	14002	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	224,720	56,180	Mar ‘51	Sep ‘80
213-A	EMD	16474	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	230,860	56,340	Mar ‘51	Jan ‘80
213-B	EMD	16475	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	230,340	56,210	Mar ‘51	Sep ‘80
214-A	EMD	16476	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	230,900	56,350	Mar ‘51	Jan ‘80
214-B	EMD	16477	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	229,800	56,070	Mar ‘51	Sep ‘80


Road Number	Builder	Serial Number	Type	Phase	H.P.	Service	Axles/ Motors	Weight	Tractive Effort	Date Delivered	Date Retired

2200-A	EMD	7403	F-3	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,160	55,290	Sept ‘48	June ‘77
2200-B	EMD	7404	F-3	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,160	55,290	Sept ‘48	June ‘77
2200-C	EMD	7411	F-3 (B)	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	221,160	55,290	Sept ‘48	June ‘77

2201-A	EMD	7405	F-7	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	227,240	56,810	May ‘49	??
2201-B	EMD	7406	F-7	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	226,470	56,620	May ‘49	Jan ‘80
2201-C	EMD	7412	F-7 (B)	IV	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	227,470	56,870	May ‘49	Jan ‘80
2202-A	EMD	7407	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	227,240	56,810	May ‘49	Jul ‘77
2202-B	EMD	7408	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	226,470	56,620	May ‘49	Jul ‘77
2202-C	EMD	7413	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	227,470	56,870	May ‘49	Mar ‘79
2203-A	EMD	7409	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	226,560	56,640	Jun ‘49	Jan ‘80
2203-B	EMD	7410	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	226,760	56,690	Jun ‘49	Jan ‘80
2203-C	EMD	7414	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	227,720	56,930	Jun ‘49	Jan ‘80
2204-C	EMD	16478	F-7 (B)	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	226,870	55,430	July ‘52	Mar ‘79

2220-A	ALCo	76860	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jun ‘49	May ‘63
2220-B	ALCo	76861	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jun ‘49	Mar ‘63
2221-A	ALCo	76862	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jun ‘49	Mar ‘63
2221-B	ALCo	76863	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jun ‘49	Jan ‘63
2222-A	ALCo	76864	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jul ‘49	Mar ‘63
2222-B	ALCo	76865	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jul ‘49	May ‘63
2223-A	ALCo	77001	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jul ‘49	Jan ‘63
2223-B	ALCo	77002	FA-1		1,500	Freight	4 / 4	233,000	58,250	Jul ‘49	Feb ‘63

2224-A	EMD	12314	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	222,920	55,730	Jul ‘50	Apr ‘72
2224-B	EMD	12315	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	222,840	55,710	Jul ‘50	July ‘74
2225-A	EMD	12316	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	222,800	55,700	Jul ‘50	Apr ‘84
2225-B	EMD	12317	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	222,800	55,700	Jul ‘50	Sep ‘80
2226-A	EMD	14003	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	224,520	56,130	Mar ‘51	Feb ‘80
2226-B	EMD	14004	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	223,880	55,970	Mar ‘51	Jan ‘78
2227-A	EMD	14005	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	224,480	56,120	Mar ‘51	Apr ‘72
2227-B	EMD	14006	F-7	I	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	224,640	56,160	Mar ‘51	Mar ‘79
2228-A	EMD	18431	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	232,040	56,650	Aug ‘53	Mar ‘79
2228-B	EMD	18432	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	231,400	56,500	Aug ‘53	Mar ‘79
Road Number	Builder	Serial Number	Type	Phase	H.P.	Service	Axles/ Motors	Weight	Tractive Effort	Date Delivered	Date Retired

2229-A	EMD	18433	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	232,300	56,720	Aug ‘53	Jan ‘80
2229-B	EMD	18434	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	231,680	56,560	Aug ‘53	Oct ‘80
2230-A	EMD	18435	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	231,700	56,570	Aug ‘53	Mar ‘79
2230-B	EMD	18436	F-7	II	1,500	Freight	4 / 4	232,400	56,740	Aug ‘53	Jan ‘78

500-A	EMD	11015	FP-7	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	246,180	61,540	May ‘50	??
500-B	EMD	11016	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	N/A	N/A	May ‘50	Nov ‘61
501-A	EMD	10897	FP-7	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	243,390	60,850	May ‘50	Jan ‘80
501-B	EMD	11017	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	240,240	60,060	May ‘50	Jan ‘78
502-A	EMD	13997	FP-7	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	242,510	60,630	Mar ‘51	??
502-B	EMD	13999	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	235,830	58,960	Mar ‘51	Feb ‘80
503-A	EMD	13998	FP-7	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	242,350	60,590	Mar ‘51	Jan ‘80
503-B	EMD	14000	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	235,670	58,920	Mar ‘51	Jan ‘80
504	EMD	16472	FP-7	II	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	256,620	64,155	Sep ‘52	Mar ‘79
505	EMD	16473	FP-7	II	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	257,200	64,300	Sep ‘52	Mar ‘79

2500-A	EMD	11012	FP-7	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	245,620	61,400	May ‘50	??
2500-B	EMD	11013	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	240,840	60,210	May ‘50	Feb ‘80
2501-A	EMD	11012	FP-7	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	242,450	60,160	June ‘50	Feb ‘80
2501-B	EMD	11013	F-7 (B)	I	1,500	Passenger	4 / 4	242,170	60,540	May ‘50	Mar ‘79

The “Old Soo” (Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie) preferred back-to-back cab units and did not buy any boosters other than for passenger service. The Wisconsin Central, however, used boosters in its four three-unit freight sets as well as in passenger service. In practice, the like-numbered units were kept together, as one multi-unit engine, for operational and maintenance purposes.

Wisconsin Central # 2200 (a three-unit, 4500hp, A-B-A set) was called the “Queen Mary” and was the only three-unit set of F-3’s on the property. The 2200-C was the only F-3 booster engine, and was kept within the set. As was Soo Line practice, the two cab units were identified by “-A” and “-B” suffixes. Subsequent “Queen Mary” three-unit sets (2201 – 2203) were F-7’s; and 2204-C was a spare F-7B booster, the only freight booster with hostler controls. These four engines, for all practical purposes, replaced the four class O-20 4-8-4 steam engines (5000 – 5003) on fast freight runs from Shoreham to Chicago.

Passenger engines generally consisted of an FP-7 Cab unit and an F-7B booster, identified by the “-B” suffix. All of the passenger boosters were equipped with hostler controls. Only passenger engines 504 and 505 were bought and run without boosters.

2500-A, 2500-B, and 2501-B were the original EMD demo units (cab and two boosters) numbered 7001, 7002, and 7003.

500-A, 500-B, and 501-B came from a Canadian EMD demo set (cab and two boosters) numbered 9051, 9052, and 9053.

Passenger boosters were “re-suffixed” from –B to –C in 1959 to conform to freight practice.

The information in the chart is abridged from Wallace Abbey’s book,“The Little Jewel,” and amended with phase details provided in Volume 1, Number 1, (September 1977) of “The Soo,” the official publication of the Soo Line Historical and Technical Society.

Information which follows the chart was either taken from the same sources, or came out of discussions held on the Soo Line Historical group in the summer of 2002.

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