A Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Train Heads to Two Harbors, Minnesota

This Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range train carries taconite from the Missabe Range to Two Harbors, Minnesota. Today's train is being pulled by an SD38-2 and and SD9.  customtrains.org

 

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9 #149

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD9 #149 was one of the first hundred locomotives I drew when I became a railroad artist.  On the summer trip I took to Chicago in 1991 when I decided to become a railroad artist, I visited Duluth and saw both the Duluth Missabe and Iron Range and Duluth Winnipeg and Pacific.  

For years I had seen pictures and read about the railroads east of the Rockies in railroad magazines.   On my 1991 trip to Chicago.  Seeing so many railroads in real life truly made me decide to become a railroad artist.

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Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Iron Ore Train at Proctor, Minnesota

This Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range train carries iron ore at Proctor, Minnesota.  The DM and IR played an important role as a US Steel railroad carrying iron ore from the mines to Lake Superior where iron ore was transloaded to ships to be hauled across the lakes.

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A Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD38-2 Moves Taconite at Proctor, Minnesota

This Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD38-2 moves taconite at Proctor, Minnesota.  Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range was one of the US Steel Railroads and is part of today's Canadian National.

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A Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Taconite Train at Proctor, Minnesota

A Duluth Missabe and Iron Range SD38-2 and SD9 lead a train of taconite from Proctor to Two Harbors, Minnesota for loading on Lake Superior.  The ships of Lake Superior for generations have taken the ore of Minnesota to feed our steel industry.  Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range was once part of US Steel's family of railroads, becoming part of of Transtar in 1988.  Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range is today part of Canadian National.


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Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Taconite Train at Proctor

This Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range SD38-2 and SD9 move a load of taconite cars at Proctor, Minnesota.  The train's destination is the ore docks on Lake Superior at Two Harbors.  The ore will travel via Great Lake ships to steel mills in Pittsburgh and South Bend.

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A Stop in Proctor, Minnesota to See Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range

On my first journey to Chicago to see trains in 1991, I headed east from Essex, Montana to Proctor, Minnesota, where I saw Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range.  Having watched mostly lumber trains, intermodal trains and grain trains, it was exciting to see a railroad that's chief source of traffic was taconite ore.
I had always been fascinated by Duluth Missabe and Iron Range's arrowhead logo and its Mineral Red and Yellow paint scheme.  It was exciting to stand in Minnesota and finally see this great railroad.

Bessemer and Lake Erie Ore Train at Conneaut, Ohio

A Bessemer and Lake Erie train heads south from the ore docks at Conneaut, Ohio.  Its cargo heads to North Bessemer Yard and a connection with the Union Railroad.
Bessemer and Lake Erie and Union Railroad and sister Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range were all part of the US Steel Family of railroads.  These railroads worked together to haul iron ore from the Iron Range of Minnesota to the steel mills of Pittsburgh.