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.

The last Missabe Maroon painted tunnel motor works the Keenan Switch. With all the mines being shut down temporarily, this was the only CN Missabe job on the range today.

One of only two jobs scheduled on the former Missabe on this Saturday due to the mines being temporarily shut down due to soft demand for taconite in these hard economic times.

One of only two jobs scheduled on the former Missabe, the Keenan Switch returns towards the yard at Keenan after a pick up at Shelton Jct. Last year at this time there where twenty eight jobs sch... (more)

DM&IR 212 and DM&IR 403 come down the CN Rainy Sub light power after spotting gondola loads to be interchanged with CN. DM&IR 212 still sports a clean paint job mostly because of it's lack of use... (more)

DM&IR 215 on a "coal drag". The Keenan Switch crews take 40 cars of coal, loaded from the Decker mine in Montana and brought to Keenan Yard by the BNSF, to the Laskin Energy plant near Hoyt Lakes... (more)

The only SD38-2 of the former Missabe to receive a CN paint job, DM&IR 212, works the Keenan Switch Job returning from switching the Dyno Noble (MinnEx) explosives plant near Biwabik, MN.

A clean Illinois Central unit leads the Keenan Switch train down the Iron Range Sub. towards home after switching cars at the Minnex Explosives plant.

The last of its breed on the DMIR/CN - rebuilt SD18 No. 308 (177) muscles 40 empty BN coal cars back to Keenan from the power plant at Laskin (Hoyt Lakes).

The first DM&IR SD38-2 repainted into CN colors works its first assignment after having been delivered back to home rails. The Keenan Switch is picking up the unit at Shelton Junction.

The first DM&IR SD38-2 repainted into CN colors works its first assignment after having been delivered back to home rails. The Keenan Switch picked up the unit at Shelton Junction and is using it ... (more)

First born in 1975 and fresh from a rebuild in 2008, DM&IR 212 returns to the Iron Range after 5 months of work complete with a new prime mover and main generator along with a few other goodies l... (more)

Originally built in 1960 as a SD-18 and rebuilt at the shops in Proctor, MN in 1988 into a SD-M, DM&IR 308 shows it still has the ability to get the job done after almost 48 years of service on t... (more)

The last SD-M running on the ex-DMIR brings some cars back to Keenan Yard.

SD38-2 213 and SD-M 308 head back to Keenan after working an explosive plant near Biwabik.