DMIR 408 leads a loaded limestone train passing through Sax along Highway 7 during the heart of golden hour.

DMIR 408 leads a set of loaded limestone at milepost 26 in Burnett on the Missabe Sub.

The proctor switch with a trio of former DMIR tunnel motors unloading pellets on top of the Duluth ore dock.

DM&IR #193 crosses the bridge in Palmers on the return trip to Duluth.

DM&IR #193 fills in for steam locomotive #332 on the Two Harbors excursion.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD38AC No. 206 leads a taconite ore train through Fairbanks, Minnesota, on the morning of September 30, 1989. Only fifteen SD38AC locomotives were built by EMD—s... (more)

Led by EMD SD38AC No. 203, a southbound Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range ore train is just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 9, 1989.

2 tunnel motors and an SD40-3 ease downgrade with an empty limestone train, bound for the port of Duluth to be loaded with Limestone, which is an ingredient in flux iron ore pellets.

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range EMD SD9 No. 168 sits in the railroad’s locomotive facility at Keenan Yard at Keenan, Minnesota, on September 9, 1989.

One-hundred and thirty-six loads of taconite from Minnesota’s Minntac iron ore operation heads south (eastward) at Mountain Iron toward Two Harbors and a date with a Laker at the ore dock there ... (more)

The last two DMIR units left in Missabe maroon on the CN roster work the E-lead in Proctor.

The Missabe Miracle lives on in 2022 as DMIR 403 and 215 begin their pull to the west end of Proctor Yard.

DM&IR 403 has returned from Canada to Proctor to work the E-lead with sister maroon unit 215. Here the duo makes a pull out of the North end of the yard with the former DMIR shop in the backgroun... (more)

Golden hour sunlight highlights the last two remaining DM&IR painted units on CN's roster. SD40T-3 403 and SD38-2 215 kick cars at the north end of Proctor Yard, with the old Iron Range diesel hou... (more)

DMIR right at home: The Duluth Missabe & Iron Range has returned home to Proctor Yard once again as the 17:00 E Lead job kicks cars at the yard in the last rays of golden hour with DMIR SD40T-3 40... (more)