![2-8-0 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_1DMIR1215.jpg)
2-8-0 steam locomotive No. 1215
Missabe Road engine 1215, seen at Proctor in July 1950, was from a group of 25 Consolidations built by Baldwin for the Duluth, & Iron Range during 1906–10.Photograph by Henry J. McCord
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![2-8-8-4 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_2DMIR225.jpg)
2-8-8-4 steam locomotive No. 225
The last word in DM&IR steam power was the class of 18 M-3 2-8-8-4s built by Baldwin in 1941 and 1943. They were based on Western Pacific’s 2-8-8-2, with a four-wheel trailing truck to carry a larger cab.Bob Hundman
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![Two road-switcher diesel locomotives](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_3DMIR129.jpg)
SD9 diesel locomotives Nos. 129 and 130
DM&IR dieselized its road operations in the late 1950s with a fleet of 93 EMD SD9 and SD18 road-switchers. Two of the SD9s — Nos. 129 and 130, pictured here — were equipped for passenger service. Six Alco RSD15s (1949), 10 ex-UP C630s (1973), and 20 secondhand SD40-3 rebuilds (1996–97) rounded out the road power roster.DM&IR
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![0-10-2 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_4DMIR607.jpg)
0-10-2 steam locomotive No. 607
DM&IR 607 was one of nine big 0-10-2s the Missabe acquired from the Union Railroad, a sister U.S. Steel carrier, in 1949. Equipped with all-weather cabs and tender-truck boosters, the giants were built by Baldwin in 1936–37.Photograph by Henry J. McCord
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![Road-switcher diesel locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_5DMIR204.jpg)
SD38AC diesel locomotive No. 204
The Missabe acquired eight EMD SD38ACs (including No. 204) and five SD38-2s during 1971–76. A sixth SD38-2 arrived from the Bessemer & Lake Erie in 1980, followed by seven straight SD38s from B&LE and Elgin, Joliet & Eastern in 1992–93.Louis A. Marre collection
![Road-switcher diesel locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_5DMIR204-100x80.jpg)
![2-10-4 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_6DMIR710.jpg)
2-10-4 steam locomotive No. 710
Missabe 710, getting a bath at the Proctor roundhouse, was one of 18 2-10-4s transferred from the Bessemer after World War II.
Photograph by W. G. Fancher
![2-10-4 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_6DMIR710-100x80.jpg)
![4-6-2 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_7DMIR401.jpg)
4-6-2 steam locomotive No. 401
Tall-stacked Pacific 401 was one of three 4-6-2s Baldwin built for the Duluth, Missabe & Northern in 1913. DM&IR’s other 4-6-2s were a quartet from the D&IR, also 1913 Baldwins.Photograph by Albert C. Andrews
![4-6-2 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_7DMIR401-100x80.jpg)
![Switcher diesel locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_8DMIR17.jpg)
SW9 diesel locomotive No. 17
The Missabe’s all-EMD diesel switcher fleet consisted of a single 1949 NW2 and 15 1953 SW9s. A member of the latter group shows off its wing-trimmed lettering, a modified version of the design applied to the tenders of the road’s 2-8-8-4s.EMD
![Switcher diesel locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_8DMIR17-100x80.jpg)
![2-8-8-2 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_9DMIR210.jpg)
2-8-8-2 steam locomotive No. 210
DM&IR 210 was one of four 2-8-8-2 Mallets that Baldwin built in 1916 and ’17 for the DM&N. From sandbox on the pilot deck to ludicrously small trailing truck to stubby, built-up tender, it’s a marvel of mechanical detail.Photograph by Franklin A. King
![2-8-8-2 steam locomotive](https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CTR_9DMIR210-100x80.jpg)
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2-10-2 steam locomotive No. 506
Forty years of modifications have largely obscured the USRA ancestry of Missabe 2-10-2 No. 506, built for DM&N by Alco’s Brooks plant in 1919. The 10 USRA engines followed six Baldwin 2-10-2s of 1916.Robert C. Anderson
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All through April 2021, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, heritage, and grit of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad. Please enjoy this photo gallery of DM&IR locomotives selected from the files of Kalmbach Media’s David P. Morgan Library.
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