SD9 DMIR 163, rebuilt with a chopped nose after an accident, mates up with SD18 193 outside the Proctor shops in typical winter conditions in early January 1976. SD38-2 212 is in the background.

My final day shooting in Minnesota before my move to Montana... could not have envisioned a better ending. The sun sets on the DMIR 403 with nary a CN motor to be seen, as it sets of my time in M... (more)

What caught my eye were the string of maroon and gold Missabe engines.

Nine Missabe SDs are stored at Proctor Minn. as a combination of recession and end of season mining reduce the power requirement to run the railroad. The mix includes several SD18s mixed with the ... (more)

Freshly painted DMIR 157 and a spotless caboose, C-239 are parked at BN's Rices Point Yard south of downtown Duluth, MN, presumably during a transfer run from Proctor. 1984 was a year of significa... (more)

1982 was a recession year, and that coupled with nearing the end of the ore hauling season began generating lines of stored SD9s and 18s on the Missabe at Proctor yard. On an especially cold, rain... (more)

After slowing for a meet on the north end, the sparkling clean DMIR 403 picks up speed as they get moving on south end. Note the new and old signals as they await their fate.

A great final chase of a sparkling clean DMIR 403 began with them rolling around the corner at North Biwabik into a meet on a fantastic fall day on the Iron Range.

On what will most likely be my last trip to 'da range before my move, it was one of the best days this area can offer, crisp fall air and bright sunshine.This might be one of the best chases I hav... (more)

A passenger / inspection train being operated for the Lexington Group heads down Proctor Hill towards Duluth, MN on the way to Two Harbors, MN. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Business Car ... (more)

This has to be one of the odder consists the CN has put together on the former DM&IR property. Golden light provides great contrast to see the brand new set of trucks the DM&IR #402 has just recei... (more)

October can have a wide range of weather along the shores of Lake Superior, and on this occasion it cooperated nicely. This close up view of DMIR SDM 304 shows off the chop nose and horn relocatio... (more)

DMIR 129 restored to its original color scheme swtiches the tie plant at Bootleg, WI as part of its chores on the Interstate Branch freight. The train will work east to South Itasca before returni... (more)

DMIR 210, an SD38-2 is about to leave the Proctor, MN roundhouse area with its consist and pick up a train to run down grade from Proctor to the ore docks. No. 210 was part of the last order of ne... (more)

A quartet of Missabe power fights off a cold fall rain near the docks on Duluth's west side at the bottom of Proctor Hill. Phase 4 SD9 DMIR 167 is mated up with SD38AC 207, another Phase 4 SD9 and... (more)