DM&IR ISO 9002, SD38-2 is waiting in the yard at Steelton, Minnesota. April 16, 2000. Jack D Kuiphoff video © photo

With a fresh load of steaming iron ore CN (DM&IR) SD40-3 404 is leaving Mountain Iron, Minnesota, and heading south to Two Harbors Minnesota. October 1, 2006. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

DM&IR SD38-2 212-SDM 316, leads a limestone train, at Keenan Junction, Minnesota. October 1, 2006. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

DMIR 332 works on switching some cars around along Railroad Street near the waterfront at Duluth, MN.

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. On a cold morning, a T-Bird starts to... (more)

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. A T-Bird departs the yard at the Unit... (more)

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. Iron ore loads arrive at Proctor fro... (more)

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. A T-Bird rolls through Iron Jct. as ... (more)

Having finished their switching moves for the day, DMIR 332 is almost back to the barn to tie up.

DMIR 332 works on switching some cars around along Railroad Street near the waterfront at Duluth, MN.

Thar She Blows! DMIR 332 was used for some switching moves and created quite a scene along Railroad Ave. near downtown Duluth, MN.

The Lake Superior Railroad Museum had some switching to do so they fired up DMIR 332 (former D&NE 28) to do the job that needed to get done. Here they come over the hill from their home rail down ... (more)

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)