Limestone train behind "classic" DMIR power.

On September 25, 1994, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9 No. 166 leads a taconite ore train toward Proctor at Zim, Minnesota, in a pacing view from parallel Highway 7.

A CN "heritage" unit leads an empty ore train upgrade out of Two Harbors bound for Minntac. Missabe 403 and SD38-2 215 are the only two Missabe painted/lettered units still on the roster. Another ... (more)

DM&IR 316 feels right at home in Two Harbors. This SD is owned by the Missabe Railroad Historical Society and used by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum.

The DM&IR 403 is racing down the main at track speed heading for Two Harbors with 135 loads of taconite pellets which are still steaming from the 1200 degree furnaces where they were made at U.S. ... (more)

A few people still live in Skibo, MN but back in the day Skibo was once the site of a large logging operation. A yard with several tracks located just north of the Saint Louis River once supported... (more)

Long gone from the CN active roster and shown in better days, this SD-M of the former DM&IR/ Missabe Road days was earning it's keep on this snowy New Years Day retrieiving a bad order set-out an... (more)

Built in 1906, the interior of an old Duluth and Iron Range caboose shows a little wear. Furry woodland creatures with fury now call this place home along with some birds and other assorted anim... (more)

Built in 1906 by the Duluth & Iron Range RR this caboose is showing every bit it's 106 years of existence.

The raising of the train project at the Minnesota Museum of Mining as been completed and the DM&IR 347 now sits on fresh ballast and new ties above ground. See photo 396003 for a story on why the... (more)

This is not a mirage. A pair of DMIR SD9s is seen hauling a molten steel "bottle" train under wire on the South Shore. Tom Golden photo.

Cruisin’ on the T-Bird
A southbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range “T-Bird” shuttle ore train rumbles by in a pan photo just south of Iron Junction, Minnesota, on September 23, 19... (more)

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9 No. 129 sits in Keenan Yard, Minnesota, on the night of September 21, 1991. Specially repainted in the original scheme, the locomotive was partially hidden in th... (more)