Today marks the 20-year anniversary of CN's purchase of Great Lakes Transportation that included the DM&IR, B&LE, Great Lakes Fleet and Conneaut Dock Company. A T-Bird departs the yard at the Unit... (more)

DM&IR SD38-2 215 leads equipment from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum North up Proctor Hill. The rolling stock is heading to Proctor to be used on a family days special the following day.

DM&IR SD38 215, leading the E-Lead Job finishes dropping off fuel tankers at the far West end the of Proctor Yard

Early in the morning, 215 and 403 are paired up and ready for switch duty. If you ignore the modern cars, and the CN sign on the trailer, it sure looks like this could be from the Missabe era.

Back in 2021, the last 2 Missabe maroon units on the CN were paired together for switching duty in Prcotor yard, seen here late on a cool fall evening, as a stunning sunset ensues.

DMIR 215 rests in Virginia while the lead units work the yard.

DM&IR 215 and 211 switch the yard at Proctor before sunrise with an air temperature of -20F.

Crossing Elbow Creek a bit south of Iron Jct., a load of crude ore heads towards United Taconite for processing.

The Iron Range has always been a safe haven for CN's veteran EMD fleet (much like Florida's Bone Valley once was for CSX)....but....if I had taken a bet on which of these two veterans would leave ... (more)

DMIR 215 and 403 pair up to switch Proctor Yard manifest freight for CN. The two units are the last on CN's roster still sporting both DMIR nos. and colors. An occasional visitor to the Duluth are... (more)

A pair of former DMIR SD38's, the lead of which still sports the DMIR paint scheme, work the yard in Proctor.

It really didn't seem to matter that rain was falling, the wind was howling and the temperature was 45 degrees. DMIR 215 and DMIR 403 were paired up at Proctor, MN doing work in 2021. It was a goo... (more)

No less than 8 railfans across the bridge on the north end of the yard waiting for the 1700 afternoon E-Lead switch crew to begin moving with their paired up Missabe maroon duo. A late Pokegama tr... (more)

It really didn't seem to matter that rain was about to start falling, the wind was howling and the temperature was 45 degrees. DMIR 215 and DMIR 403 were paired up at Proctor, MN doing work on the... (more)

How's that for cool? Rare? Once thought impossible and never to happen again, DMIR 215 and DMIR 403 pulling cars of taconite pellets. In 2021? At Proctor?