Possibly the last assignment the DM&IR 211 was on is the Keenan Switch Job. Shown here shoving back into their yard with two empty tanks and a gon. The 211 has now been retired by CN due a major... (more)

Minntac loads heading south, with only seven miles to go before reaching Two Harbors.

An old DM&IR lock hangs open on the stand used to switch and connect the former DM&IR Hinsdale Branch to the Erie Mining Company (EMCO). This was the only connection Erie had to the outside world... (more)

DM&IR 210 leads a small train of hoppers back from U.S. Steel's Minntac mine towards Keenan Yard. The 210 was retired by CN in the spring of 2009.

DM&IR 211 leads a small train with it's partner GT 6221 along to assist. The former Missabe engine is one of only three remaining maroon units on the CN roster. The DM&IR 211 is now officially r... (more)

The Keenan Switch Job heads back for the yard and home on a snowy April afternoon. Both of these units, DM&IR 308 and DM&IR 213 have since been retired from the CN roster.

Lots of interesting locomotives parked at Homewood awaiting sale or scrapping.

On a cold winter's day the steel bridge rattles a little more that usual while the bare tree branches snap and crack together in the north wind as DM&IR 215 breaks natures noise breifly while lead... (more)

On a abandoned spur that once served a mine blasting company this little 3 ton capacity cart labeled for the DM&IR RR --Biwabik Section rusts away in the elements.

The lone former Missabe SD38-2 to receive CN paint adds to the colors of a northern Minnesota fall morning.

The first snowfall of the season is on the ground in northern Minnesota as DM&IR 403 leads GT 6221 with 36 loads and six empties out of Keenan Yard and up to Shelton Jct. for interchange with CN. ... (more)

It's funny to see the only SD38-2 of the former Missabe to receive a trip to the CN paintbooth paired up with the only SD40-3 tunnel motor of the former Missabe to NOT receive that same trip. Pic... (more)

The former Missabe in it's glory days. All the engines with the exception of DM&IR 215 are retired or scrapped by CN. Even the ore cars are slowly starting to be replaced by new ones as CN has t... (more)

DM&IR 403 smokes up the skies as they climb the grade into the Minorca Mine to drop off 40 loads of limestone.

Forty loads of coal cruise down the Iron Range Sub. towards Colby, MN and the Laskin power plant headed by DM&IR 212 and GTW 6221.