


American Car & Foundry and Haskell & Barker built over 1500 of these distinctive slanted 50 ton ore cars for the Soo Line and Wisconsin Central between 1913 and 1920. The DSS&A also used the same design.
After the Soo’s ore business dried up, some were placed in sand service and lasted into the 1970s.
Noted Railroad Authors David Leider and Charles Stats have written the definitive history of the MT&W. Found out more...
MTWflier (pdf)
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