Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway | EMD Locomotives in the Snow
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- Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway | DM&IR EMD Locomotives in the Snow | January 2008
A look at the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) on a snowy northern Minnesota day back on January 11th 2008. Lots of EMD action as we see Limestone empties lead by DMIR 403 heading from Proctor down to Duluth. Limestone loads departing Proctor for Mintac in Mountain Iron, Minnesota and more. The classic Missabe EMD's include: SD40-3, SD38-2, SD38AC and SD38DC.
00:00 Limestone Empties with DM&IR 403, 215, 412 in Proctor and Duluth
01:57 Dock 6 - Canada Steamship Lines - Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin at Ore Dock 6 in Duluth.
02:51 Proctor - CN 6254, CN 6261, DMIR 200 and DMIR 210
03:33 Limestone from Proctor to the Range with DM&IR 213, BLE 903 and CN 400.
07:49 Pacing along Highway 7.
09:32 T-Bird empties with DM&IR 212 and 214.
10:39 Limestone with DM&IR 213, BLE 903 and CN 400.
12:02 T-Bird empties with DM&IR 212 and 214.
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The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) (reporting mark DMIR), informally known as the Missabe Road, was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that hauls iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota. Control of the railway was acquired on May 10, 2004, by the Canadian National Railway (CN) when it purchased the assets of Great Lakes Transportation.
The DM&IR was formed by the merger in 1937 of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (DM&N) and the Spirit Lake Transfer Railway. The following year, the Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road (D&IR) and Interstate Transfer Railway were added. All of these had been leased by the DM&N since 1930.
The D&IR was formed in 1874 by Charlemagne Tower to haul iron ore from the Minnesota Iron Co. in Tower, Minnesota, to the new Lake Superior port of Two Harbors, Minnesota. On July 31, 1884, the D&IR carried its first ore shipment from the Soudan Mine. In 1887, the D&IR was acquired by Illinois Steel Company, which itself became part of the new United States Steel Corporation (USS) in 1901.
After high-grade Mesabi iron ore was discovered near Mountain Iron, Minnesota by the Seven Iron Men, the D&IR was asked to build a branch line to serve this area, but declined. So in 1891, the Merritts incorporated the DM&N, which shipped its first load of iron ore to Superior, Wisconsin, in October 1892. The following year, the Merritts expanded the DM&N by laying track to Duluth, Minnesota, where they built an ore dock. But this expansion left the Merritts on shaky financial ground, and in 1894, John D. Rockefeller gained control of the railway. In 1901, Rockefeller sold the DM&N to USS.
From 1901 to 1938, the two railways were owned by USS and operated separately. Total ore hauled by the two railroads peaked in 1929 at 27.8 million tons (long tons of 2240 lbs) and dropped to 1.5 million tons in 1932.
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Awesome Video! Nice engine sounds!
Glad you enjoyed!
This camera is so good for 2008!
That scene and horn at 11:20 was fantastic!
as a 3rd through 7th grader in proctor mn. i sometimes hopped the smaller ore cars to get down to duluth...
Love those ore jennies,so cool.
Sweet footage❗📸🎯😍
Thanks!
Cool! That’s where all of the Bessemer and Lake Erie iron ore comes from
I love the beautiful industrial scene at 2:10. Wonderful editing and composition
Thank you!
Cool video. I was fortunate to ride SD-38's with MCR, when I was young. They have a special place for me.
Great video
Great video. I love the shots of the engine in snow, I have always liked the DMIR’s paint scheme. You have my subscription!
Thanks for the sub!
Enjoyed the video, love the black and orange.
First timei viewed your video of the DM&I railroad, enjoyed it very much...might like to visit your area in warmer weather.
This is solid work. Great job!
Thanks!
I think only two are still in the DMIR paint today (not including museums), 215 and 403.
Wonderfully well done video!
Thanks for doing the video I asked for
I always thought there were no more DMIR painted units on the CN roster! Guess I was wrong
There are two left.
Amazing work. Keep it up! Just subscribed. -Drayton
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi, I just found your Video here of the DM&IR's Last days. I am loco up here & I know all them Locomotives you got in your videos. Most CN has retired off. We no longer have the 213 or the 210 & 410 to 419 have been scrapped. We now only have just 3 SD 38-s Locomotives left, We have 215 still in DM&IR paint & We have the 212 & the 211 that are now in CN colors. 403 is still in DM&IR colors but CN sent it to Thunder Bay all most 2 years ago by now. Not sure if We will ever get that one back & 407 is all so up there with 403 but 407 is in CN colors. Hope to here from you I have lots & lots of VHS Tapes going back to 1989 on up over the 1990s. take care now, Jerry.
Thanks for the info. I was just up shooting on the Missabe sub yesterday in the deep freeze. Would be cool to see some of that old VHS tapes you have.
Nice
Beautiful footage, & very nicely composed shots. I would love to capture film like this, but here in the UK getting track-side is hard. Thank you.
Thanks! Appreciate the comment!
I just want to know how the hell the DMIR has more orange on it than we do here on the Bessemer!?
Because we have 1 maroon engine left, and only 2 orange units on Property currently.
@@railsofthenorthland1181 It's just sad.
Great video
Thanks!