War worn ore jennies reflect the glint of an early fall sunset off their converted journal bearing trucks as they bend north on the former DM&IR road to collect another load of taconite pellets.

Delivered by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1910, this 2-8-0 worked hard hauling 48 loaded 50 ton cars or 2700 tons of crude ore at a time from the Soudan Underground Mine on the Vermillion Range... (more)

A brief break in the clouds shines a little light on an old DM&IR caboose on static display outside the small town of Poplar, Wisconsin.

The first railroad line to Tower was built by the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (D&IR) and completed in 1884. The Soudan Mine had opened the previous year, necessitating the construction of a rai... (more)

I was pretty excited at age 18 to be using my new 35 mm Canon TL/QL with probably my first roll of color slide film. The family had travelled to Duluth to celebrate the 4th of July, and Dad let me... (more)

DMIR 181 in Missabe' arrowhead scheme waits its next assignment at Keenan Yard on the Missabe Iron Range. This yard is located just southwest of Iron Junction on a branch toward Hibbing, MN just o... (more)

SD38ACs DMIR 207 and 203 wait their turn to make another run down Proctor Hill with ore loads for the Duluth dock. Phase 4 SD9 DMIR 161 waits its assignment on the next track.

Rebuilt SD18, DMIR 316 leads heritage painted SD9 129 and another rebuilt SD18 down Proctor Hill to the Duluth or docks at N 40th Ave. W. in Duluth, MN on a gorgeous fall day.

An old DM&IR caboose on static display outside the small town of Poplar, Wisconsin.

DMIR Thunderbird shuttle job arriving Thunderbird

Missabe SD38-2 serves as the dock switcher on DMIR's dock 5 in Duluth, MN. Soon SD38ACs 203 and 207 will arrive with another trainload of ore for 21 to switch to the proper dock pockets for unload... (more)

DMIR main top of Proctor Hill near Proctor

DMIR 203 and 207 round the famous curve near the top of Proctor Hill with a trainload of ore empties returning from the Duluth dock to Proctor Yard for shipment back to the iron range. The St. Lou... (more)

DMIR 203 and 207 get their trainload of empty ore jennies underway from the Duluth docks as they approach N. 40th Ave. W. crossing and start the climb up Proctor Hill. The crew gets a tip of the h... (more)