An SD38 family portrait - from front to back SD38AC #207, SD38 #223, and SD38-2 #210.
Under clear blue skies, 304 heads north through Iron Jct.
Two former Missabe tunnel motors lead an ore train off the former Duluth Missabe & Northern alignment and onto the former Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road, which they will use into Two Harbors. The t... (more)
These two units might wear the same paint, but their heritage is quite different. DMIR 402 is a former Southern Pacific tunnel motor while IC 6258 is ex-Burlington Northern.
Early evening sunlight cascades across Proctor Yard as the afternoon Roadswitch negoiates switches.
This trio of units are using the BNSF trackage in West Duluth to run around their train to spot cars for limestone loading.
Southbound T-bird heads to Fairlane.
Empties from Two Harbors heading to Mt.Iron.
Local from Keenan yard to Proctor southbound.
This former DM&IR loco now works for Hallett Dock of Duluth. The unit came to the DM&IR from the EJ&E, it was originally an NW2 but upgraded before the EJ&E got it.
Two members of the Missabe's SD9 fleet await their next assignment.
A loaded ore train rolls down Steelton Hill in a cloud of brake shoe smoke. Trailing units are DMIR SD9 #139 and DMIR SD18 #193. Consist is ballast loads upfront followed by taconite concentrate.
DMIR 417 rest easy next to an old friend.
Local from Two Harbors happened to be last Missabe train of the trip thankfully with a Missabe leader.
The waning days of the Missabe at Proctor.
