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On our way to Superior, we discovered this restored F-unit in Spooner, WI, May 26, 2007. |
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Railroad Memories Museum at Spooner, WI in the former CMO station. |
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CMO Roundhouse and turntable in Spooner, WI |
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On leaving town, we spotted this excursion returning to Spooner. |
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When we arrive in Superior, we find this loaded unit coal train in the former CMO yard. |
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Duluth, MN Union Depot which serves as part of the Lake Superior Museum of Transportaion. |
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An excursion train is seen backing out of the Lake Superior Museum of Transportation. |
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The highway between Duluth and Two harbors passed under this DM&IR overpass. |
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| This is the last of the 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones constructed for the DM&IR. Although it did not have as many wheels as the UP Big Boys, these Yellowstones were more powerful. |
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These are the ore docks at Two Harbors, MN. |
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The SOO Line depot in Superior, WI |
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| Union Depot Superior, WI, used by GN and NP. |
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While at the Minnesota Welcome Center along I35, I heard this train making its way down grade on Thompson Hill. |
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As we left the Duluth area, we spotted this ore train on the former DM&IR ore dock in West Duluth, May 27,07. There are two SD45-T2s and one SD38-2. |
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| Former GN depot, now gift shop, outside of the Hill Annex Mine State Park at Calumet, MN. |
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| Exhibits outside of the museum at the Hill Annex Mine State Park. |
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| A sample of rock from the Hill Annex Mine. |
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The Hill Annex Mine is flooded to a depth of 300 ft. The conveyor that was once used to move the ore from the pit to the top of the mine is now submerged. |
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| A couple of rock ore samples |
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| This crusher in the bottom of the pit is now under 300 ft. of water. | This rock drill is used for placing the dynamite charges. |
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| Shed where the dynamite is stored. |
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| Electric powered Marion showel used to load rock to carry it to the pit crusher. |
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| Diesel powered Euclid dump truck used to transport the rock to the crusher. |
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| Views of the ore processing plant. |
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| Separator for the fines in the ore mixture. |
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| Maintenance base for railway cars and locos and trucks. |
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| One of the electric locomotives that once served the mine. |
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Former GN Jordan spreader used at the Hill Annex mine to clear waste from tracks. |
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| GN caboose #10986 at the Hill Annex Mine at Calumet, MN. |
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Views of the Hull- Rust-Mahooning open pit iron mine and equipment used in the mine, outside of Hibbing, MN. Large draglines were used to remove the overbarren. These draglines ran on "cat tracks" or moved with "feet" on the "walking " models. |
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| One of the abandoned mines, an active mine, and a taconite processing plant at Virginia, MN. |
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| Equipment once used in the iron mines around Virginia, MN. |
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| This locomotive was sitting across from the yard office in Virginia, MN. |
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As we prepared to head back to Duluth, we saw a northbound empty ore train led by these two SD45-2s. |
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At Fairlane, we got this loaded ore train coming from the mine. |
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| North Shore Scenic RDC-1 #9169 sits just north of Duluth Union Depot. |
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| Note the steam rising from the hot taconite pellets in the ore cars in Proctor yard. |
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| DM&IR SD38-2 #202 at Proctor, MN engine terminal. |
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| DM&IR SD45-T2 #412 Proctor, MN engine terminal. |
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| DM&IR SD45-T2 #413 Proctor, MN engine terminal. |
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| DM&IR SD38 #869, ex-B&LE, in Proctor, MN engine terminal. |
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| DM&IR SD18 #317 in Proctor, MN engine terminal. |
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| A display above the Proctor, MN shops of the DM&IR along US 20. |
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| Both North Shore Scenic excursion trains were at Duluth Union Depot on May 28, 2007. |
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