The final DM&IR steam operation took place on Sept. 29, 1962, with an excursion from Proctor to Iron Mountain and Virginia operated for the St. Louis County Historical Society with 2-10-2 No. 514. The locomotive was scrapped shortly after the trip, although two other Missabe 2-10-2s survive.
No. 332 is owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum and operates on the museum’s North Shore Scenic Railroad. According to North Shore Scenic Operations Manager Nick Turinetti, the locomotive was first fired up June 17 for inspections and to wye it for operations this summer on the railroad. On June 25 it was fired up for an FRA inspection, then made a test run from the museum to Lester River in Duluth’s east end. The locomotive will now be idle until steam operations on July 12-14, and again on July 20-21 in conjunction with the visit of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 to Duluth. Other operations with No. 332 are scheduled for weekends from Aug. 9 to Sept. 15.
American Locomotive Co.’s Pittsburgh Works built the locomotive in 1906 for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern as No. 332. It was operated by successor Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range until 1955, when it was sold to Duluth & Northeastern based in Cloquet, which renumbered it 28. The locomotive remained in service on D&NE until 1964. It was donated to the museum in 1974.
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A great sight to see. I wish I could get up there and see it in person.
Though, I recently read Bill Withuhn’s American Steam Locomotives including his chapter on steam locomotive aesthetics and I have to say the 332’s lines don’t quite fit the bill for a classic steam locomotive for me. The cab and tender seem large relative the loco. The straight back boiler feels right for a 1906 consolidation, but the front of the smoke box seems like it should be on a later generation loco. It’s almost like the front and back of the loco would look right at home on an USRA light Mike, but got stuck on a late 19th century Baldwin 2-8-0 instead.
Not saying she is ugly, or poorly designed (the big cab and tender are there for a reason), but she has more of what I would call “character” than classic steam locomotive lines.