DMIR 400 and IC 6259 hustle T-bird loads south on a puffy cloud filled late afternoon.

The last active caboose on the DM&IR brings up the rear of the MRF on this day (April 20) in 1999. The caboose was being used in Two Harbors as a shoving platform and was headed to Proctor for ma... (more)

The Missabe Road's former EJ&E (C&O) switcher moves SD-M 305 off the turntable. This switcher was used to move dead units around the diesel facility and was sold to Hallett Dock in Duluth after th... (more)

In March of 2000 the DM&IR suffered a major derailment of a loaded ore train at the base of Steelton Hill. The train was an all-rail move from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant to Geneva Steel in Utah. T... (more)

There are still pieces of history out there. An old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad P-1 Class Box car sits being used as a storage shed on United Taconite property as it's rots it's way b... (more)

There are still pieces of history out there. An old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad work car sits a storage shed for spare parts on United Taconite property. Built in 1903 as D&IR 5180 i... (more)

There are still pieces of history out there. An old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad Class P-2 boxcar sits on United Taconite property as 3153 cubic feet of storage capacity or a storage s... (more)

There are still pieces of history out there. An old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad bunk car resides in the United Taconite bone yard, used as a storage shed for spare parts and pieces. B... (more)

There are little pieces of history out there if a person takes the time to look around (and down). An old Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad date nail from 1930 lay almost obscured by fallen ... (more)

Heavy snow and high winds limit the day's rail fanning, but DMIR 215, working the E Lead at Proctor was still bearing the elements

With light snow still falling, DMIR 316 and crew break trail as they head out of town along Interstate 35 near downtown Duluth, MN. The crew was on duty on this day to retrieve a cut of coal cars... (more)

The crew at the North Shore Scenic Railroad use ex-Missabe 316 to plow through the yard trackage after a significant over night snowfall. The crew was working on getting the FP7 SOO 2500 and, whe... (more)

For years the DMIR #400 has escaped my glass in good light and leading, but I finally shot the class unit of the Missabe SD40-3's as #400 and sister #406 lug tac empties back to U-Tac for loading.

For years the DMIR #400 has escaped my glass in good light and leading, but I finally shot the class unit of the Missabe SD40-3's as #400 and sister #406 lug tac empties back to U-Tac for loading.

Missabe maroons really looks good as it catches the very last rays of sun on a nice February day as they charge north through Saginaw.