Marquette, MI: Lost/Wisconsin Central (SOO) Roundhouses

East: (Satellite, it is now a parking lot.)

West: (Satellite, it is now a hospital.)

Mike Patrick posted two photos with the comment: "Marquette MI roundhouse, being timid to go inside, we shot the 397 outside and these two views, I don't know the engine numbers, but I don't see any new SOO paint on these and two appear to still have DSS&A paint, We were hopping for DSS&A units, but took what we could. 10-65, or possibly 9-65."

Tony Foster: They did however build a multi-million dollar hospital in the same location. That was interesting.

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Mike Patrick posted, cropped
Marquette MI finds the 397 sitting by the roundhouse 10-65. This was the only time I saw one of these beasts, Never on the road. Aa side note, I appreciate your likes and comments, B&W unlike slides didn't make the rounds of slide shows. B&W film was developed, printed, and went into a box or drawer. Thanks to digital, I'm about to share and remember some of the good times  Thanks Covid for getting me organized (a little)
[It appears that 397 is a Baldwin Center Cab, and they are indeed huge.]

Andrew Roth: The DSS&A added the brick extension to the west (left side of the photo) to its roundhouse when it started operating the diesel locomotives.

Jeremy Winkworth: It was the only one that got the Soo Line red and white paint job.

Jerry Bakke: Who built it and what model is it?

Dennis DeBruler: Jerry Bakke Since a comment by Jeremy Winkworth in https://www.facebook.com/groups/280781616123369/posts/1628049784729872/ said it is the same as the center cab at the IRM, 397 would be a Baldwin Center Cab DT 6-6-2000.

Daniel C Carroll Jr. shared

See "1931 Aban/Soo Ore Dock and Lost Spear Coal Dock" for the docks that were east of the railyard.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Mike's post
It appears that SOO had two roundhouses in Marquette. Was this the eastern or western roundhouse? 1954 Marquette Quad @ 24,000
[Based on Tony Foster's comment above, it was the western roundhouse.]

May 13, 1952 @ 23,600; AR1OI0000190057

Sometimes I save a post because the comments are informative.

Mike Patrick posted
Another view of the 397 in Marquette MI on 10-65.

Jeremy Winkworth commented on Mike's post
There's one of these giants still in existence at the Illinois Railway Museum.
[This confirms that 397 is a Baldwin Center Cab.]