Canadian National's Iron Range - A Weekend on the Former DM&IR!
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- Опубліковано 12 січ 2025
- 8/1/2019 - 8/4/2019: Me and some friends spent the first weekend in August shooting the former Duluth Missabe & Iron Range, more commonly known nowadays as the CN Iron Range, in the Duluth, Minnesota area! As many are aware, Canadian National uses classic EMD and GE power on these lines, as they perform better on the ore trains. Classic CN EMDs, former DM&IR EMDs, CN Dash 8s, Illinois Central SD40-3s, and Bessemer & Lake Erie power are well known for running trains on the Iron Range, and we were fortunate enough to shoot all of the listed power on our trip! It was a fantastic weekend, and I hope you enjoy the video I have to show for it!
Trains:
(0:02) - Southbound Empty Limestone - Saginaw, MN:
1. CN C40-8 #2038
2. CN C40-8 #2107 (15th Anniversary)
3. CN C40-8W #2138
(0:43) - Northbound Loaded Limestone - Saginaw, MN:
1. DMIR SD40T-3 #409 (CN Paint)
2. CN SD40-2U #6018
3. IC SD40-3 #6255 (CN Paint)
(1:39) - Former train at Burnett, MN
(3:07) - Northbound Potash Train - Munger, MN:
1. CN ES44DC #2231
2. CN SD70M-2 #8000
(4:48) - Northbound Empty Ore - Proctor Hill:
1. DMIR SD40T-3 #408 (CN Paint)
2. CN SD40-2U #6017
3. CN SD40-2U #6024
(8:26) - Southbound Loaded Ore - Burnett, MN:
1. IC SD40-3 #6264 (CN Paint)
2. CN SD40-2U #6021
3. IC SD40-3 #6251
(11:28) - Northbound Stack Train - Saginaw, MN:
1. CN ES44DC #2255
2. CN C44-9W #2641
(15:14) - Northbound Loaded Limestone - Saginaw, MN:
1. CN C40-8 #2104
2. CN C40-8W #2172
3. CN C40-8 #2100
(16:43) - Southbound Local - Saginaw, MN:
1. CN SD40-2W #5338
2. BLE SD40-3 #909
(18:06) - Former train at Munger, MN
(19:28) - Northbound Loaded Limestone - Munger, MN
1. CN SD40-2W #5349
2. BLE SD40-3 #906
3. IC SD40-3 #6254 (CN Paint)
(20:41) - Northbound Adhesive Vinyl Train - Alborn, MN
1. CN ES44AC #2820
2. CN ET44AC #3112
3. (Rear DPU) CREX ES44AC #1503
(22:57) - Rotation in the clouds above a Southbound Empty Limestone Train - Near Payne, MN
1. CN SD40-2W #5349
2. BLE SD40-3 #906
3. IC SD40-3 #6254 (CN Paint)
(24:23) - Northbound Manifest Train - Alborn, MN
1. CN ET44AC #3203
2. CN ES44AC #2833
(28:03) - Northbound Manifest Train - Alborn, MN
1. CN ES44AC #2841
2. CN ES44AC #2892
(32:47) - Aforementioned Southbound Empty Limestone - Alborn, MN
(34:15) - Southbound Empty Limestone - Alborn, MN
1. CN C40-8 #2100
2. CN C40-8W #2172
3. CN C40-8 #2104
(36:07) - Northbound Empty Ore - Saginaw, MN:
1. DMIR SD40T-3 #408 (CN Paint)
2. CN SD40-2U #6017
3. CN SD40-2U #6024
(38:26) - Aforementioned Southbound Empty Limestone (Dash 8s) - Duluth, MN
(40:56) - Southbound Local - Saginaw, MN:
1. IC C44-9W #2713
2. CN SD70M-2 #8024
(42:22) - Another Southbound Local - Saginaw, MN:
1. CN SD40-2W #5338
2. BLE SD40-3 #909
(43:35) - Northbound Loaded Limestone - Saginaw, MN:
1. CN C40-8W #2138 (RS3L)
2. CN C40-8 #2107 (15th Anniversary)
3. CN C40-8 #2038
(44:57) - Aforementioned Southbound Local (EMDs) - Munger, MN
(46:00) - Southbound Manifest on the CN Rainy Sub - Ramshaw, MN:
1. CN ES44DC #2257 (P5)
2. CN C40-8M #2413
Fun fact: The previous train is cut off after the engines pass because a bee repeatedly stung me and you can hear me complaining in the video lol
(47:16) - Northbound Empty Ore w/ Christopher Rengo at the throttle! - Spruce, MN:
1. BLE SD40-3 #904
2. IC SD40-3 #6253 (CN Paint)
(48:42) - Former train at Wolf, MN feat. Rengo really gettin' us
(50:16) - Northbound Coke Train - Near Payne, MN
1. CSX ES44DC #5378
2. BNSF ES44DC #7399
3. BNSF ES44C4 #8113
(52:21) - Northbound Manifest Train - Saginaw, MN
1. CN ET44AC #3216 (CN 100)
2. CN ET44AC #3003
(56:42) - Northbound Empty Ore - Proctor Hill
1. CN SD40-2U #6024
2. CN SD40-2U #6017
3. DMIR SD40T-3 #408 (CN Paint)
(1:00:09) - Southbound Loaded Ore - Proctor Hill
1. IC SD40-3 #6251
2. CN SD40-2U #6021
3. IC SD40-3 #6264 (CN Paint)
(1:01:06) - Former train at Duluth, MN
(1:04:06) - Northbound Empty Ore - Munger, MN:
1. CN SD40-2U #6024
2. CN SD40-2U #6017
3. DMIR SD40T-3 #408 (CN Paint)
(1:06:28) - Former train near Saginaw, MN
(1:08:16) - Southbound Local - Culver, MN:
1. BLE SD40-3 #909
2. CN SD40-2W #5338
(1:09:09) - Former train near Munger, MN
(1:10:16) - Northbound Loaded Limestone - Proctor Hill
1. IC SD40-3 #6252
2. CN SD40-2W #5318
3. DMIR SD40T-3 #405 (CN Paint)
(1:12:17) - Northbound Oil Train - Near Payne, MN
1. UP AC44CWCTE #5630
2. UP AC45CCTE #7487
3. (Rear DPU) CN ES44AC #3821 (Rear Hood lights on?...)
(1:14:47) - Northbound Manifest Train - Saginaw, MN
1. CN ES44DC #2257 (P5)
2. CN C40-8M #2413
3. CN SD70M-2 #8960
4. CN C40-8W #2143
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Great Video! I need to come up there sometime!
Sweet video Jacob!
I hate that one person that disliked this video >: (
Cool video
Good stuff! Does CN try to keep SD40s and Dash-8s separate on purpose? Also, it says in the description that the older power works better for hauling ore. Is that due to air brake compatibility, or something else?
Sorry for the late response! - CN uses the older EMDs on the range because they have the ability to handle a train with "straight air", which makes controlling heavy ore trains on the hill a lot less stressful. For the same reason, yes, they typically separate the SD40s and Dash 8s as the Dash 8s do not have straight air, so putting them with the 40s would render the function useless.
To be totally honest, I don't even know why the GEs are up there lol
@@RunninEight Thanks!
As much as it sucks too see the C40-8s and the C40-8W with the EMDs, there still great catches. The C40-8S are all being sold this month along with cowels so, while there still in the prime leading trains I’m happy too see them running up the ore trains.
Where is the best place for photos in the morning? Also where at in the evening?
Tmw I lose my footage of this trip ♿️
CN has tunnel motors?!?
Governor Class Productions no
CentralMinnesotaRails then what is CN #409?
Governor Class Productions Definitely a gevo bro
CentralMinnesotaRails nah it’s a Siemens Charger
@@PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation CN 409 doesn't exist. It's DMIR 409. As far as I know it's just an SD40-3 in the same shell it had when it was a tunnel motor in previous life.
I still miss the caboose 😥
i didnt know CN had tunnel motors
It's whatever is left from what the DMIR and BLE had that CN hasn't retired.
The CN 6000s are NOT SD40-2s. They are SD40-3s.
Good thing I never said they were 40-2s?...
@@RunninEight Ummmm read your own description.
I just did. I still see no mention of straight SD40-2s
@@RunninEight an SD40-2U is still an SD40-2. But it's still wrong because they're also not SD40-2U. They aren't any SD40-2 variants.
Those are most definitely SD40-2Us (technically specified as SD40-2Q) and they are not SD40-2s or 40-3s. 40-2Us are rebuilt SD40s. Notice the bulkier cab as compared to the normal SD40-2s or even the IC SD40-3s.
I appreciate that you’re trying to help but you’re wrong, these are certainly 40-2Us, not 40-3s. The 40-3s are mostly designated to the former IC and BLE power on the system.