SD9 126, one of Missabe's older SD9s at the time "drops its pants" at Proctor roundhouse. The doors below the walkway allow access under the floor. This side does no appear to have as mu... (more)

Rain and a bit of snow mixed it up on a damp, chilly October day as DMIR went about its business of safely lowering another ore train from Proctor yard to the Duluth docks. This consist was a quar... (more)

DMIR Phase 3 SD9 no. 158 sports its 1967 color scheme at the Proctor, MN diesel shop, surrounded by arrowheads which became the "new" color scheme in 1970. The first new units delivered ... (more)

After dropping its small train off in Palmers 193 and the DM&IR caboose fly back south for Duluth past some real nice fall color. Even though this is on the North Shore Scenic Railroad this could ... (more)

Unlike the Iron Range this engine spent most of it's life running in, the fall color hasn't quite peaked along the lake as seen here off of highway 61 north of Duluth as 193 passes some of the bet... (more)

DMIR 193 slowly creeps down the siding with its small 21 car train that will be left here in the siding.

DMIR 193 slows for a stop ahead at the south switch at Palmers to take a cut of 21 storage cars into the siding. The train is crossing Big Sucker Creek just south of the siding on a absolutely bea... (more)

A pair of DMIR/CN SD38-2's make some switching moves at Proctor Yard.

Two DMIR SD9s and an SD18 prepare to back down to the Duluth ore docks to pick up an empty train for the trip back to Proctor. They had just brought a loaded train down the hill and will soon head... (more)

An interesting side-by-side display finds veteran ore hauling steam locomotive 506 (Alco 1919) next to GM's 1955 Aerotrain, last used by Rock Island in Chicago commuter service.

DMIR 210, 410 and 212 rolls a morning ore transfer down Proctor Hill from Proctor Yard to the Duluth ore docks. The train is about to pass under a frontage road and I35 as it passes a lot full of ... (more)

36 years after first photographing DMIR at Proctor, the color scheme has changed, the power is different, but the heritage still comes through. By 2005 the remaining SD9/18s were pretty much rebui... (more)

For me, this was one of the most rewarding days shooting I have ever had. I have waited since I got into photography in 2009 to shoot a true pair of Missabe engines together and once the 215 was p... (more)

2003 or 2015, can you tell? Looks like a rail train departing Proctor Yard to me... To my knowledge the first time the last two maroon engines have been paired up since 2010, and the first time... (more)

DMIR 165 leads a quartet of SDs that represent examples of each type of first generation SD they purchased. No. 165 is a relatively rare Phase IV SD9, using a carbody similar to an SD18. The next ... (more)