DMIR Phase IV SD9 no. 166 cools it heels outside of the Missabe diesel shop at Proctor, MN on a decent summer day. It looks like it's seen better days, but this survivor still has many years of se... (more)

DMIR 166, a Phase IV SD9, and the last high nose SD9 to operate on the Missabe joins with SD18 No. 181 to compare notes at Proctor, Minn. in July 1976. Note the subtle difference between the units... (more)

DMIR 166, a phase 4 SD9, resists the temptation of the newer arrowhead scheme while waiting with a mix of SD18s, other SD9s and SD38ACs for its next assignment. The yellow vertical stripe on the n... (more)

One of Missabe’s late-phase SD9s cruises toward the docks at Duluth at Zim, Minnesota, on September 25, 1994. Number 166 was built in 1959, and still carries the original paint scheme.

With ore cars full of steaming taconite, a southbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range train curves through Alborn, Minnesota, on September 25, 1994. The orange vertical stripes seen every four cars... (more)

On September 25, 1994, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9 No. 166 leads a taconite ore train toward Proctor at Zim, Minnesota, in a pacing view from parallel Highway 7.

DMIR 166, WC 588 westbound with 30 cars. The SD9 is paying back horsepower hours for WC units working ore trains on the DMIR.