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DMIR 2-8-8-4 #226 - Duluth Missabe & Iron Range |
| Description: |
With a blast of smoke and a whistle blowing, Duluth Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 #226 moves along the tracks. Built by Baldwin in ay of 1941 (serial #62532, class M3), this behemoth was a powerful force on the rails. After nearly 21 years of service, the loco was finally sold for scrap in 1962 and what a scrap pile that would have made! Specs - 63" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, engine weight of 695,040 lb, impressive tractive effort of 140,000 lb. Max Miller photo |
| Photo Date: |
11/1/1959 Upload Date: 5/25/2022 8:05:41 AM |
| Location: |
Proctor, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 226(2-8-8-4) |
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221 Comments: 0 |
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Missabe Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 preserved at Proctor MN in 1994. |
| Description: |
3 DMIR yellowstones were saved from the scrappers torch. One is in Proctor MN, one at the Duluth train musuem, and one at Two Harbors MN. |
| Photo Date: |
7/4/1994 Upload Date: 10/22/2012 5:28:10 PM |
| Location: |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Author: |
S Kotnour |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 226(2-8-8-4) |
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1468 Comments: 0 |
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