The giant DMIR 227 Yellowstone and the original EF1 electric MILW 10200 stand in the afternoon sun under the trainshed in Duluth, but it's trains of the wooden variety that have my children's atte... (more)

This used to all be ore...

Inside the cab of DM&IR 2-10-2 No. 506, a "Santa Fe" type originally built for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern. This was the first E-1 class 2-10-2 built for the railroad in 1919, one of... (more)

For a brief period in 2002 North Shore Scenic Railroad borrowed DM&IR (ex-B&LE) SD38 869 for use on its tourist line between Duluth and Two Harbors. I imagine this was the most unusual assignment ... (more)

Fresh from repainting at DM&IR's Proctor shop, SD18 193 leads a mixed train of Missabe equipment along the North Shore Scenic Railroad for members of the Missabe Railroad Historical Society. DM&IR... (more)

DMIR SD9 No. 162 leads a trio of SDs on an empty ore train out of Proctor, MN through Adolph, MN en route to the Missabe Iron Range. This location near Midway Road is just past the junction for Mi... (more)

This late evening look inside the DMIR Proctor shops finds 1967 scheme DMIR 142, a Phase 3 SD9 in the company of SD38ACs, an SD18 and an SDM. By this time it was becoming more difficult to find th... (more)

DMIR 166, a phase 4 SD9, resists the temptation of the newer arrowhead scheme while waiting with a mix of SD18s, other SD9s and SD38ACs for its next assignment. The yellow vertical stripe on the n... (more)

Four SDs represent four phases of Missabe power at Duluth's Endion Yard. SD9 143 is a Phase 3 SD9 featuring the original SD9 car body with 48 inch roof fans. Behind it engine 128 is a phase 2, sam... (more)

A Proctor Hill dock run gets underway with SD38ACs 207 and 203 paired up as it crosses the public crossing at the east end of Proctor yard. The train will descend Proctor Hill and exchange its loa... (more)

A Tunnel Motor and a pair of SD40-2's grind uphill in Duluth, leading ore empties to Proctor and points north.

Steaming loads of taconite pellets travel south to Duluth just after sunrise on a bitterly cold -29F morning.

DMIR 305, formerly SD18 no. 188, now an SD-M, idles at the Proctor, MN diesel shop near a water plug once used to fill the likes of Missabe Yellowstones. The rebuild gave the then 36 year old SD18... (more)

A quartet of SD18/9s idles at Proctor shops between runs to the iron range led by SD18 179. The Missabe held on to steam power into 1960 when their last order of SD18s arrived to complete retireme... (more)

DMIR SD9 162 leads an SD18 and another SD9 with an empty ore train as it heads out of Proctor Yard and north to the iron range. This location has always been a favorite spot to watch Missabe actio... (more)