DMIR 210 leads SD40-3 and SD38-2 212 as it descends Proctor Hill nearing Collingwood and the Duluth ore docks. Note the uphill main is out of service and will eventually be removed.

DMIR 212 leads an empty taconite train into Proctor after climbing Proctor Hill from the Duluth docks. No. 212 could use some touch up on its paint job. By this time older SD9s were getting pretty... (more)

Where does the time go. I was going to say something old, something new, but what is new is now old, and pretty much gone. A pair of DMIR SD45-2T tunnel motors (SD40-3s) surround their ancestor, m... (more)

Early on the morning of June 26, DMIR 409 and mates lift a loaded limestone train up Proctor Hill with St. Louis Bay and Wisconsin in the distant background. by 2005 the traditional uphill track i... (more)

DMIR 212 leads a consist parked at Proctor, MN diesel shop. The 212 looks a bit worse for wear with maroon paint chipping off the unit. The 212, SD40-3 410 and SD38-2 210 will team up to handle Pr... (more)

The Missabe heritage lives on. DM&IR 403 leads taconite loads southbound through Culver toward Proctor Yard. They will eventually make the run down to Dock 6 in Duluth to dump their load of pe... (more)

Seasonal traffic reductions and recession conditions in fall 1982 combined to require Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range to store some of their power at Proctor, MN. Their SD9/18 fleet may appear all th... (more)

DMIR 145 and 132 head up a string of stored power at Keenan, MN in October 1980. The two units are Phase 3 SD9s, with 145 featuring the newer arrowhead color scheme. 132 has the original scheme, m... (more)

A well weathered Jordan spreader suns itself at Proctor Yard near Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range's engine facilities. Proctor is just west of Duluth on top of the hill that drops to the Lake Superio... (more)

A year after take over by Canadian National, the DMIR looks pretty much like itself. Tunnel motor 409 faces an SD38-2/tunnel motor/SD38-2 combo as the latter group prepares to depart for the Dulut... (more)

Although mostly know for their ore trains, the Missabe did haul some regular freight. Here we see a transfer run coming thru Saunders, WI in May of 1986. Love the sound of those 1st Gen EMDs!

Rounding the bend at Biwabik, MN along the CN Iron Range Sub, DMIR 403 leads 145 cars of taconite pellets south towards Two Harbors, MN on a cold Sunday afternoon in NE Minnesota.

With a air temperature of minus 12 degrees, DMIR 403 leads 145 cars of still steaming marbles off U.S. Steel Minntac property embarking on a few hours trip towards the dock at Two Harbors, MN on a... (more)

DMIR 157 shows off a fresh coat of paint in their arrowhead scheme as it waits with caboose C-239 at BN's Rice's Point Yard while in transfer service between Proctor and Duluth. Note the unique ai... (more)

DMIR 203 and 207 connect to empty ore jennies as they prepare to head back up Proctor Hill after bringing loads down to the docks from Proctor Yard. A couple of older ore boats are stored next to ... (more)