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Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range SD38-2 No. 204 heads a southbound taconite ore train at Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 10, 1989.

An empty taconite train bound for the Arcelor Mittal Minorca Mine is still about a 45 minutes out from the plant as they continues their way back from Two Harbors, MN. The crew will load the trai... (more)

DM&IR 402 leads 142 loads of taconite pellets down the Missabe Subdivision from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant bound for Proctor, MN.

During the first significant snowfall of the season for northern Minnesota, DM&IR 402 leads 142 loads of taconite pellets down the hill from U.S. Steel's Minntac plant bound for Proctor, MN.

Missabe 193 fits in well while rolling through downtown Duluth on one of the annual pumpkin trains operated by the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

DM&IR 193 cleans out her lungs a little bit while she is switching and making up trains for the afternoon run of the North Shore Scenic Railroad's popular pizza train along Lake Superior in downto... (more)

The lone DM&IR-painted SD40-3 eases into Missabe Junction with ore cars for limestone loading.

Missabe maroon still rolls on Proctor Hill as 403 eases 141 ore loads towards Dock 6 in Duluth.

Frost on the grass and steam in the air as DM&IR 407 leads 141 loads of taconite pellets from Minntac's east load-out pocket to the yard at Proctor, MN on a crisp early fall morning.

Several sets of Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD-Ms (rebuilt SD9s by Missabe’s Proctor Shops) rest at Keenan Yard, Minnesota, on September 26, 1993.

Long live the maroon and gold!

In an interesting power shuffle this technical MRF has 146 loads of taconite and 6 units (2 online) as they rumble through Fairlane. 6 units and still 15 mph below track speed. Save fuel ya know.

Minorca loads blast down the hill with ballast cars from Prindle lurking in the background. Quite the hill here! Neat contrast between old and new cars!

"Normally" Two Harbors consists are flipped every day, lead up one day, trail the next. After seeing the #403 lead on Sunday, I held out no hope of shooting her today. But lo and behold for some r... (more)