My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

In the foreground is the DMIR 223, formerly the EJE 653. As sad as it is to know that this locomotive will not see revenue service again its kinda cool to see that the iron still exists. Lary's Tr... (more)

EMD built 54 1,800 hp SD18 locomotives, built for Bessemer & Lake Erie, Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & Illinois Midland, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and Reserve Mining. They were constructed with ... (more)

Led by Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD18 No. 185, a Missabe taconite ore train rolls southbound toward the docks on Lake Superior just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 21, 1991.

DM&IR SD38-2 215 and SDM 193 pose for photos at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

DM&IR SD38-2 215 leads equipment from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum North up Proctor Hill. The rolling stock is heading to Proctor to be used on a family days special the following day.

DMIR 186 (rebuilt as a SD-M from a SD18) brings a loaded ore train across the Whiteface River near Kelsey, MN in September of 1987. This unit was saved and currently resides at a grain elevator in... (more)

Early in the morning, 215 and 403 are paired up and ready for switch duty. If you ignore the modern cars, and the CN sign on the trailer, it sure looks like this could be from the Missabe era.

Back in 2021, the last 2 Missabe maroon units on the CN were paired together for switching duty in Prcotor yard, seen here late on a cool fall evening, as a stunning sunset ensues.

Missabe Miracle… high fives went all around the St. Louis River Road bridge In Proctor, MN on June 6, 2022 as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at DMIR’s old Proctor yard in golden hour sun with... (more)

No name of the slide, from my collection.

No name of the slide, from my collection.

DMIR 193 rests for the winter at LSRM, awaiting the start of the 2023 operating season.

Missabe pumpkin
Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD38 No. 222 has made it to Minnesota from sister steel road Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. On September 25, 1994, the orange locomotive wit... (more)

An eastbound Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range taconite train rumbles through Brimson, Minnesota, on the trip to the ore dock at Two Harbors on September 30, 1989.