2 tunnel motors and an SD40-3 ease downgrade with an empty limestone train, bound for the port of Duluth to be loaded with Limestone, which is an ingredient in flux iron ore pellets.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD9 No. 168 sits in the railroad’s locomotive facility at Keenan Yard at Keenan, Minnesota, on September 9, 1989.

One-hundred and thirty-six loads of taconite from Minnesota’s Minntac iron ore operation heads south (eastward) at Mountain Iron toward Two Harbors and a date with a Laker at the ore dock there ... (more)

The last two DMIR units left in Missabe maroon on the CN roster work the E-lead in Proctor.

The Missabe Miracle lives on in 2022 as DMIR 403 and 215 begin their pull to the west end of Proctor Yard.

DM&IR 403 has returned from Canada to Proctor to work the E-lead with sister maroon unit 215. Here the duo makes a pull out of the North end of the yard with the former DMIR shop in the backgroun... (more)

Golden hour sunlight highlights the last two remaining DM&IR painted units on CN's roster. SD40T-3 403 and SD38-2 215 kick cars at the north end of Proctor Yard, with the old Iron Range diesel hou... (more)

DMIR right at home: The Duluth Missabe & Iron Range has returned home to Proctor Yard once again as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at the yard in the last rays of golden hour with DMIR SD40T-3 40... (more)

Right at home! The last two DM&IR painted locos on CN's roster, SD40T-3 403 and SD38-2 215, are working the 1700 E Lead at Proctor Yard's north end. 215 has been assigned to Proctor for quite some... (more)

Screaming along the shores of Lake Superior, DMIR 332 leads the first AM excursion past Fitzgers with a full train of people during UP 4014’s visit to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range’s Steelton Switch, powered by three EMD SDs with SD18 No. 188 on the point, is returning from interchanging cars with the Soo Line at their Stinson Yard and passes r... (more)

CN's Miscellaneous Road Freight led by DMIR 405, nears Keenan just south of Iron Junction, MN. This trackage is the former DM&IR mainline south from the Mesabi Iron Range to Duluth. CN also uses t... (more)

CN's Miscellaneous Road Freight led by DMIR 405, an SD40-3, i.e., a rebuilt SD45-2T, makes good time west of Biwabik near Gilbert, MN as it heads from Two Harbors to Keenan Yard. Ample power for i... (more)

The Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range was known for its short wooden cabooses, as well as being the first or one of the first railroads to acquire wide vision cupola cabooses in 1952. They ran behind s... (more)

DMIR 406 has pulled its empty ore cars off the CN ore dock located in the Duluth harbor. The train is awaiting clearance to proceed up Proctor Hill and return to Proctor Yard. Later a different cr... (more)