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"Soo Line Star" Update

 In the December newsletter we wrote about the "Soo Line Star" monikers on our AC & Y boxcar. The monikers have been removed and the boxcar awaits replacement of the removed steel plates. Scot More...
Roundhouse Raffle Midwest member Sid Workman has begun work on another guitar for our third annual raffle.  This year's edition will be a bass guitar and includes a bass amplifier as well.  Once again all proceeds from the raffle will go to the roundhouse restoration... More
Wheel Benches... Own Yours Today Each wheel bench has a custom hand grab made by our blacksmith and the cost is $3,000.00 plus delivery.
The TimberTech for the seat would be the customer choice of colors. Finish on the wheels can be either rust color or sandblasted to clean metal... More

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The SOO Line Star December 27, 2018 Long before the "tagging" of rail cars became commonplace and considered an art form, railroad workers were leaving their marks on cars that they had worked on. The workers marked the cars with their More...
Santa Visits Midwest December 21, 2018 The last open houses of the year are history and by all accounts were a huge success.  The Saturday open houses held on November 24th and December 1st were attended by the largest numbers of visitors More...
And the winner is... December 8, 2018 The winner of the Midnight Express Guitar was Douglas Vogus with ticket number 048. Tickets sales for the guitar totaled $4,475. Many thanks for all those who bought tickets. The money will be used More...
Midnight Express Departs December 1! November 21, 2018 The raffle for the Midnight Express guitar will be held at the Open House on December 1. Tickets are $25.00 each and they can be purchased on line, in person at the Roundhouse on  Monday through More...
Open House with Santa November 20, 2018 Open House with Santa If you haven’t yet visited the roundhouse this year there is still time with one of our more popular events coming up later this month. Our annual Christmas open houses More...
4070 Update November 7, 2018 Work is continuing on 4070. During September, as weather permitted, the locomotive was pulled out of stall four so that work could continue on burning the rivets for removal of the smoke box. There More...
NKP 62 "The Death Car" October 21, 2018 As Halloween approaches, it seems like a good time to mention the history and hauntings of the Nickle Plate Road Coach #62. The coach was built in 1934 in a time when railroads were actively trying More...
The Berea Depot Restaurant September 14, 2018 Many of us remember the old Pufferbelly restaurant on Depot Street in Berea that was originally the Berea Union Depot train station. Dedicated in 1876, it served the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern More...
SANDBLASTING FOR ARCELOR-MITTAL September 11, 2018 Midwest was recently awarded a contract from Arcelor-Mittal to sandblast and then coat with a rust inhibitor one of their yard locomotives.  The locomotive came to Midwest disassembled and More...
POWER CAR UPDATE September 7, 2018 Progress is being made on refurbishment of the power car.  The floor has been repaired including installation of new diamond plate.  Exhaust fans have been installed to facilitate heat dissipation More...