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)

Skyline drive is great place to get an overview of the action in Duluth. Here the DMIR is switching the dock while a BN coal train unloads in Superior. I will remember this trip from watching the ... (more)

The circle of life, for taconite anyways, is evident in this photo at the DM&IR ore dock in Duluth. Limestone has been brought in by boat to go to the mines, where it will be mixed with ore to pro... (more)

DM&IR #189 brings a loaded ore train into Proctor Yard on a beautiful September day. 3 First Gen SD's sure do sound nice!

Ore loads hustle into Nomi Jct behind the DM&IR 403.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range “heritage” SD40-3 No. 403 leads a Canadian National taconite ore empty as it hustles past milepost 6 north of Waldo not long after climbing the hill out of Two Har... (more)

A nice array of Missabe SDs on not such a nice day. On this cold, rainy (sometimes snowy), day in October 1982, we have a view of an SD18, one of the first chop nose SD9s, normal SD9s, and a coupl... (more)

Soo Line's Jenswold Street Interlocking tower stood guard over a SOO/NP crossing in Duluth under the DMIR ore dock. The tower has been abandoned for a while as DMIR #189 switches the dock in the b... (more)

DMIR power yard Duluth