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Missabe Lives!

            It's a scene right out of the early 1950s: a Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive pulling a string of ore cars and a caboose on the line between Two Harbors, Minn., and Duluth. But the date wasn’t 1952, but May 12, 2024 as the Lake Superior Railroad Museum’s DM&IR 2-8-0 No. 332 pulled eight ore cars donated to the museum by Canadian National to storage along the museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad.

CN is rapidly replacing its fleet of former Missabe Road ore cars built in the 1950s with new cars. The museum wanted to preserve some cars for historical purposes and possible photo charter use. CN agreed to donate two “mini-quad” sets to the museum – four cars permanently coupled together. The cars were built 1952-53.

Last week CN notified the museum that the donated cars were in Two Harbors. The museum’s ex-DM&IR North Shore Scenic Railroad connects Duluth and Two Harbors, but rather than use a diesel to get the cars, they decided to send Missabe 2-8-0 No. 332 to retrieve them. 

So here in 2024 is a DM&IR steam locomotive smoking it up at Knife River pulling DM&IR ore cars on an ex-DM&IR line. They even put a Missabe caboose on the rear. 

Thanks to DCS "Mr. Missabe" for his help.

Note: a couple of offending wires were removed from the sky and along the bridge.

Taken in: United States / Minnesota / Knife River (show map)

Taken on: May 12, 2024

Tags:

2-8-0

DM&IR 332

NSSR Lakefront Line (ex-DM&IR)

North Shore Scenic Railroad (ex-DM&IR)

Steam

Westbound

Knife River

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Sets appears in: • Steam locomotives • DM&IR

Groups appears in: • North American Railfanning • Steam Trains more » • fallen flags • Railroad guesses and memories North America • Steam Locomotives • Minnesota Railroads • Midwest Railroads • International Railroad Photography Gallery • Railroad Photographer USA/Canada • U.S. Railfan Pictures • All Locomotives, Trains and Trams • Minnesota Rail History • Railroad Sightings • Rail Pictures North America • A PRESERVED RAILWAY • Canon Railfan Group « less

Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec, 38mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens:	24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM \| Art 013
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	38mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.2 (Macintosh)
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