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By:David Abeles
Dates:8/16/2006 - 8/16/2006
Album Info:The target of the trip--the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
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DMIR 205
Title:  DMIR 205
Description:  DM&IR extra 205 North leaving Proctor Yard with a train of empty ore jennies for MinnTac. Note the power for extra 203 north in the distance waiting for the 205 North to clear, and the new siding for the propane distributor to the left!
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 9:29:53 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 205(SD38AC)
Views:  640   Comments: 3
DMIR 205
Title:  DMIR 205
Description:  A down-on view of DM&IR 205, an SD38AC, and the radiator section of SD40-3 (SD45T-2R) 410 at the west end of Proctor Yard.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 9:55:50 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 205(SD38AC) DMIR 410(SD40-3)
Views:  938   Comments: 1
Break test complete...
Title:  Break test complete...
Description:  DM&IR 205 North heads out of Proctor Yard with empty jennies on August 16, 2006. Note the taconite pellets on the yard lead in the distance!
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 12:28:25 PM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  David Abeles
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  DMIR 410(SD40-3)
Views:  1004   Comments: 0
Hitting the Grade
Title:  Hitting the Grade
Description:  DM&IR 205 North smokes it up at Adolph, MN, as the train of empties hits the start of Proctor Hill west of Proctor, MN, on the run north to MinnTac. Note the new CTC home boards awaiting activation.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 12:45:20 PM
Location:  Adolph, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 205(SD38AC)
Views:  664   Comments: 2
Under the DW&P
Title:  Under the DW&P
Description:  DM&IR 205 North blasts out of Munger, MN, passing beneath CN's former DW&P main line in the distant background, the ore jennies seem to be infinite!
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 1:11:55 PM
Location:  Munger, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 205(SD38AC)
Views:  522   Comments: 1
205 North at North Coons, MN
Title:  205 North at North Coons, MN
Description:  DM&IR 205 North passing the switch at North Coons siding, passing a searchlight signal that will soon be replaced.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 1:29:04 PM
Location:  Saginaw, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 205(SD38AC)
Views:  402   Comments: 0
Jennies
Title:  Jennies
Description:  Ore jennies, heading north up the grade at Munger, MN. Note the replaced friction bearings on the trucks.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 2:45:53 PM
Location:  Munger, MN
Author:  David Abeles
Categories:  RollingStock
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Views:  304   Comments: 0
The stuff that saved Minnesota's mining industry...
Title:  The stuff that saved Minnesota's mining industry...
Description:  Taconite pellets pave the roadbed on the DM&IR mainline in Saginaw, MN. These pellets are concentrated iron ore, crushed and mixed with bentonite clay and limestone, then baked, to create distinctive brown-purple marble-sized pellets. They are then moved to the steel mills where they are melted in basic oxygen blast furnaces and are the principle ingredient in American steel.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/7/2006 4:24:27 PM
Location:  Saginaw, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  221   Comments: 2
DM&IR 203 North
Title:  DM&IR 203 North
Description:  DM&IR 203 north - limestone loads for the crusher at MinnTac - accelerates out of the yard at Proctor, MN, as the clouds roll in on August 16, 2006. Note the new propane distributor siding above the train.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/8/2006 9:09:34 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 203(SD38AC) DMIR 210(SD38-2)
Views:  861   Comments: 2
DMIR 308
Title:  DMIR 308
Description:  DM&IR SD18 rebuild 308 is 4th out in the consist of the 203 North.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/8/2006 8:47:57 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 308(SD-M) DMIR 200(SD38AC)
Views:  825   Comments: 0
203 North
Title:  203 North
Description:  DM&IR 203 North accelerates through the interlocking and attacks Proctor Hill at Adolph, MN, with limestone loads, past new signals awaiting cut-in.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/8/2006 9:27:21 AM
Location:  Adolph, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 203(SD38AC)
Views:  355   Comments: 1
203 North
Title:  203 North
Description:  203 North is out ahead of the clouds at Saginaw, MN, passing under U.S. Highway 2 on its run to MinnTac.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/8/2006 9:32:57 AM
Location:  Saginaw, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 203(SD38AC)
Views:  325   Comments: 1
LIMESTONE
Title:  LIMESTONE
Description:  One of the principle ingredients in the finished taconite pellets, limestone must be brought in to the plant and crushed. The Missabe handles this move with company-owned pneumatic side dump gondolas.
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/8/2006 9:44:45 AM
Location:  Saginaw, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Views:  186   Comments: 0
Iron Junction
Title:  Iron Junction
Description:  DM&IR 203 North passes the home signals at Iron Junction, MN, leaning into the turn heading towards the massive MinnTac facility in Mountain Iron, MN. This place is just as aptly named as Helper, UT. :-)
Photo Date:  8/16/2006  Upload Date: 9/8/2006 9:50:18 AM
Location:  Iron Junction, MN
Author:  David Abeles
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Locomotives:  DMIR 203(SD38AC)
Views:  436   Comments: 1


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