DM&N = Duluth, Missabe & Northern
DM&IR = Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range
Note the cabooses to the left of center.
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| Marty Bernard posted 6. The Duluth, Missabe and Northern railroad yards at Proctor, MN circa 1900. [What is that ramp to the lower right? I see no dock at Proctor.] Photographs and captions from the Minnesota Historical Society Larry Brennan: Three-way switch on the ramp to what is probably a coal dock. |
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| 1953 Duluth Heights and 1954 West Duluth Quadrangles @ 1:24,000 |
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| Sam Carlson posted The contortions one goes through to see and shoot an Alco! May 1974 at Proctor, MN. |
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| David Schauer posted Although the CN purchase had occurred in May, everything still looks like the DM&IR in this view at Proctor in November 2004. Five trains are visible - ore empties and limestone loads on the right, a job with commercial traffic in the distance, arriving Minntac stone empties in the center and an ore load on the far left. Throw in a track cleaner for good measure. Proctor, MN - November 21, 2004 |
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| Sam Carlson posted Kind a wish these were running where there wasn't all sorts of stuff in the way. Proctor, MN in May 1074 |
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And part of the new one still exists!
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And even part of the old one!
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| David Schauer posted In 1990 my friend took me up in his Cessna 172 and I was able to get some aerial views of Proctor. A lot has changed since then. Christian Schluter: How many cars are in this shot?! Hamilton Ayerhart: Christian Schluter Roughly 800 ore cars based on how many are in one string, but feel free to count each one to verify. |
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| Marty Bernard posted Ore Proctor, MN July 1980. Alfred Teitl photo, Iowa Chapter NRHS collection. Marty Bernard shared with the same comment |
It also used to have a backshop with a...
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| David Schauer posted [The new roundhouse is just out of frame to the right.] I wanted to get a shot of the storage line at Proctor (properly distanced). Sadly the employee parking lot in front of the yard office is completely empty. 6/20/2020 Alex Sansone: Also looks likes an entire yard was taken up David Schauer: CN took out a number of shorter tracks that weren't needed (used in the natural ore days). They did add and/or rebuild a number of tracks in the E and F yards to the left for handling freight traffic. |
...transfer table.
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| Tim Starr posted A nice closeup view of the transfer table of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range RR shops at Proctor MN, which was the home base. Proctor was created in 1892 when the railroad was building into Duluth and needed a flat area for a classification yard. (University of Minnesota) |
But I have not been able to find that transfer table.
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| Apr 24, 1952 @ 17,000; AR1UD0000030154 |
This is one of the bigger coaling towers that I have seen.
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| Deane Motis posted Noted rail photographer Tom Wilson has kindly agreed to have his collection of Missabe photos to be scanned and provided to the Misssabe Historical Society. Nearly 200 images are in the process of being scanned. Here is a sample of the quality images being provided. DMIR 714 taken at Proctor in 1959. The group's heartfelt thanks goes out to Tom. |
The DM&N became the western part of the DM&IR. The eastern part was the Duluth & Iron Range. [Trains]
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| David Schauer posted Another crisp (-18F) morning on Sunday as the E-Lead job moves under a cloud of locomotive exhaust steam at Proctor. I liked how the rising sun colored the plume yellow/orange. 1/2/2022 |
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| David Schaur posted A beautiful duck under sunrise coupled with a classic temperature inversion created this nice scene at Proctor. You can see the steam from the freshly baked taconite pellets hanging close to the surface, a phenomenon that is neat to see. Missabe 409, 404 and 402 will take 136 empties north to UTAC for loading. 3/1/19 Dennis DeBruler shared |
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| Walt Gjavenis posted My " visitors view" from Proctor today at 14:30. |
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| Milt Spanton commented on Walt's post Curt Ritter: I don't think that picture is from the 70's those cars are all full of raw ore. [As opposed to taconite pellets, which is what is used today.] |
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| Robert Learmont posted An afternoon view over Proctor, MN. All is still for the moment. 6 February 2024. In the background is the locomotive shop. There must be some neat history contained within those walls - one must sometimes wonder, can I get in and see it all? |
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| Robert Learmont posted Proctor, MN 11-23-2024. |
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| Sam Carlson posted Andy Hughes: The 4 GP 20s were power for our one trackage rights train known as ‘The Scalley’ Rights were allegedly forced on the NP under a threat to build our own line. Guess it worked. Jason Jordan: I love how that Burlington Northern hopper stands out in the background. Sam Carlson: Jason Jordan What's in it? Why is it there? Kent Rengo: Sam Carlson their were a handful of small coal fired plants on the Minnesota Iron Range that received low sulfer coal interchanged off the BN. |
Sam Carlson posted three photos with the comment: "SD38-2s were replacing the SD9 and SD18s that had long held down assignments in ore country. August 1973. at Proctor, MN"
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| Sam Carlson posted A look up at the bridge we chose to mount and cop a stance on. Anybody know what it was originally for? Kent Rengo: Public bridge for vehicles. It was maintained by the railroad. It allowed access to the far west end of the Proctor neighborhood. Sam Carlson: Kent Rengo Thanks. I've been wondering about that for over 50 years! Every time I show these slides the question comes up. |
Shot from that bridge.
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| Sam Carlson posted Andy Hughes: Hoooray fer taconite! Kent Rengo: Andy Hughes only one string of cars in this image loaded with taconite pellets. Most is good ol' red ore. Andy Hughes: Kent Rengo Kent, do you know what is involved in making taconite from lower grade ore? Heat but that’s the limits of my knowledge. Kent Rengo: Andy Hughes processing taconite consists of crushing and grinding the low grade taconite ore to liberate iron-bearing particles. The fine iron rich particles are extracted by use of magnetics and water and made into a concentrated slurry. That slurry of fine powder is rolled into heat hardened pellets of iron ore concentrate. Kevin Kelleher: 4 man crew😉 |
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| Sam Carlson posted Looking down from the Wagon bridge in Prroctor we get a good look at the roof of C-144. Jeff Kehoe: A view not often seen but important if you're making a model. Sam Carlson: Especially important because that's how modellers are forced to look at things. Dennis DeBruler shared |
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| Sam Carlson posted Since we're on this bridge, and since hundreds of opportunities are presenting themselves, we will now look down inside an empty ore car. |
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| Sam Carlson posted Trying to shoot the flat car back in August 1973 and those 3 cars were just in the way; but now, 50 years later, they are the center of attention. Rob Conway: Looks like a crane tender flat car waiting for the next derailment. Andrew Koetz: Gotta love employee vehicles in photos/slides like this. It helps "date the photo/slide" when shot; one (or several people can date said photo by vehicles in the frame; and or in the case of "cityscapes" use billboards in the same manner; but taking note on the ads for various products. My brother shot an unassuming slide back in the early 1980's and in the background I noticed there was an auto dealer in Two Harbors that was selling Deloreans....... |
Sam Carlson posted four photos with the comment: "We got tired of standing in the constant drizzle so we copped a few random shots as we dematerialized."
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| Sam Carlson posted The sun came out as we were leaving, and then came the 158 and the C-200. C-200 was built in 1950 and it was long reported in some circles as being the first wide vision caboose ever. (It wasn't) David Schauer: What was the first? International Car said this was the prototype in 1952. Craig Cloud: David Schauer Rutland had wide cupola, there is a B&W photo of it. Equipped with friction trucks. Dennis DeBruler shared Sam is still taking photos from the footbridge over the Duluth, Missabe & Northern railyard near Proctor, MN. David Schauer commented "International Car said this was the prototype in 1952." |
Sam Carlson posted two photos with the comment: "I did the best I could with the roundhouse and turntable, but did not have a wide angle lens so things are squeezed, Proctor, MN 6-73."
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| 1 Sam Carlson posted Proctor roundhouse in August 1973. Sorry, I didn't have a wide angle lens back then or I would have gotten the whole thing. But this was a BIG roundhouse! Max Patrick: Interesting that the 162 has the new logo applied while the 125 doesn’t. IIRC they were all delivered with the old logo. |
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| Sam Carlson posted The water plug at the Proctor roundhouse in August 1973. Shoot stuff like that now because it may be gone tomorrow! (That was my philosophy. Others might say, "Sam, you're just wasting film!") David Schauer: This standpipe ended up on the Ohio Central for their steam program. |
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| David Schauer posted Nice pellet steam at Proctor this morning. February 5, 2024 [Some comments discuss the age of the ore cars.] James Torgeson shared In spite of the locks being shut down for the winter, the ore must still go through to the stockpile! Steamy... |
Sam Carlson posted two photos with the comment: "C-219 was tied onto a train and there was a hiss of air and somebody was thumping around inside all giving me the impression that a train was about to leave, but where was the head end?"
Dennis DeBruler shared
Richard Cramer: It had “shop air” tied into the train line to get the A6 initial terminal air test. Then once the locomotives are tied on, a set and release is all that is required. And the train can leave the initial terminal.
Saves time of the locomotives pumping the train up to 15 PSI of the feed valve setting of the lead unit.
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| Kent Rengo posted In the 1990's one could still find a couple cabooses at Proctor. C-205 and C-227 sat on one fan tracks off the turntable and were easily photographed. Both were sold to Northshore Mining in 2000. C-205 would later be donated to the MRHS who then turned it over the the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. C-227 is still at NSM? The Jordan spreader would last into the CN era but would eventually be scrapped. Steven Haus: A T-bird Caboose and a Regular. Nice. Dennis DeBruler shared |
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| Kent Rengo posted Just a few GE interlopers at the former Missabe diesel facility in Proctor MN. April 17th 2024. |
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| Robert Learmont posted A pleasant evening at the Proctor Diesel House. Proctor, MN 6-19-2024. |
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| Robert Learmont posted Stumbled upon this nice old roundhouse in Proctor, MN this morning. 8-31-2024. Rich Hassel: Yes. The old DM&IR roundhouse is still there. Surprisingly. |
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| Andrew Wirth commented on Robert's post Only one track going into it. |
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