Any DM&IR engines out there?

[atrainguy60]

I'm curious, are there still any active Duluth Missabe and Iron Range engines out there on CN? I know that there are some B&LE engines out there, since there was one earlier this year in Flint. But I have yet to see a DM&IR. Have they all been repainted or sold or scrapped?

[Ypsi]

I think there is one on CN, and any others that remain fully in DMIR paint are at museums. There are a couple SD's that are in DMIR colors on some short lines as well.

DMIR 403 is still kicking https://heritageunits.com/Locomotive/Detail/DMIR403

There was a unit that went for a reprint and "mysteriously" ended up back in DMIR paint instead of CN colors a handful of years back. Not sure if 403 is that one or not.

[atrainguy60]

I think there is one on CN, and any others that remain fully in DMIR paint are at museums. There are a couple SD's that are in DMIR colors on some short lines as well.

DMIR 403 is still kicking https://heritageunits.com/Locomotive/Detail/DMIR403

There was a unit that went for a reprint and "mysteriously" ended up back in DMIR paint instead of CN colors a handful of years back. Not sure if 403 is that one or not.

Well lets hope that it "mysteriously" remains in DM&IR paint for a while! Thanks for the info! I'm glad to see at least one is still on CN.

[railohio]

No. 215 was active earlier this year, and was supposed to join No. 403 on a September excursion, but was sidelined with an oil issue. To my knowledge, it hasn't run since, making No. 403 the last active DM&IR painted unit on CN. It did team up with the Lake Superior Railroad Museum's No. 193 on that excursion:

DMIR193ShoveKeenanMN9-30-16 by Brian Schmidt, on Flickr

[Robertrains]

I hope that the "Two Remaining" DM&IR units will stay on the "Iron Range" for a while! The rest are in CN paint and/or "Retired!" There are more "Bessemer" units running there! Check out my photo album from a Canon® T70™ film camera that I mailed last year! He (and David Schauer) have taken some good photos with my 35mm camera for me! I want to travel there though!!!!

Album: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiv ... ?id=119420

Good shot from Kent Rengo, BLE 901/DMIR 403 SD40T-3s, 11-10-15 in Proctor, MN:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4587838

Kent Rengo, DMIR SD38-2s #215/212, 11-10-15, Proctor:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=4587848

[Robertrains]

No. 215 was active earlier this year, and was supposed to join No. 403 on a September excursion, but was sidelined with an oil issue. To my knowledge, it hasn't run since, making No. 403 the last active DM&IR painted unit on CN.

OK, here's what the guy from the "Iron Range" said, 12-3-16: "The 215 is still working Proctor Yard and the 403 is on ore trains out of Two Harbors."
This means that both remaining DMIR units are still operating!!!!

[legostudios34]

As far as DMIR painted locomotives out there that aren't on the CN go, the Pierre Farmer's Elevator association in Pierre, SD had LTEX 310, a SD-M in DMIR paint, or at least it was as of July, 2015. I doubt it's been painted since then.