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5/22/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Gary Everhart
Dates:8/15/1955 - 7/2/1960
Album Info:Small group of older b&w photos of Duluth, Missabee & Iron Range steam locomotives.
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DMIR 2-10-2 #514 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Title:  DMIR 2-10-2 #514 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Description:  Built by Alco-Brooks in January of 1919 as DMN #514 (serial #60083, class E-1). Like many in the same class after serving 40+ years, the loco was sold for scrap in 1962. The loco was retired in 1962. Specs = 57" drivers, 200 psiboiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 352,000 lb and tractive effort of 69,600 lb. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection., the loco slid over to the DMIR roster in 1938.
Photo Date:  8/15/1955  Upload Date: 5/25/2022 11:57:16 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  DMIR 514(2-10-2)
Views:  199   Comments: 1
DMIR 0-10-2 #604 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Title:  DMIR 0-10-2 #604 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Description:  Here is an example of the largest steam locomotive without a front truck ever built in the US. Built by Baldwin in June of 1936, it was intended for the Union RR as their #304. When the URR dieselized, it was sold to the DMIR to become their #604. In 1963, the loco was acquired by the Bessemer & Lake Erie. Eventually it was put on display in the Greenville Railroad Park. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:  8/24/1957  Upload Date: 5/25/2022 11:56:48 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  DMIR 604(0-10-2)
Views:  287   Comments: 0
DMIR 2-8-0 #190 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Title:  DMIR 2-8-0 #190 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Description:  Built by Baldwin in April of 1905, this was originally Duluth & Iron Range 2-8-0 #90 (serial #25465, class K) before becoming DMIR #190 in 1930. Sadly, the loco eventually was sold for scrap in 1961. The photo is from the Howard W. Ameling collection.
Photo Date:  7/11/1959  Upload Date: 5/25/2022 11:57:01 AM
Location:  Virginia, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  DMIR 190(2-8-0)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
DMIR 2-10-2 #507 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Title:  DMIR 2-10-2 #507 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Description:  Sitting in what appears to be a storage/scrap line is DMIR 2-10-2 Santa Fe type #507. Built by Alco-Brooks in January of 1919 as DMN #507 (serial 60076, class E-1), the loco landed on the DMIR roster in 1938. After serving the DMN & DMIR for nearly 43 years, the loco was retired and sold for scrap in 1962. Specs = 57" drivers, 200 psiboiler pressure, 27x32" cylinders, engine weight of 352,000 lb and tractive effort of 69,600 lb. Merlin Olive/Glenn H Davis photo
Photo Date:  7/2/1960  Upload Date: 5/25/2022 11:57:09 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  DMIR 507(2-10-2)
Views:  180   Comments: 1


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