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DMIR 2-8-8-4 #233 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range |
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With a head of steam, this massive and powerful 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone type steam locomotive, DMIR #233, has completed another long drag of ore cars from Lake Superior. Built by Baldwin in January of 1943 (serial #64712), the loco lasted in heavy hauling service for almost 19 years before being sold for scrap in 1962. Specs - 63" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, massive engine wt of 699,700 lb and massive tractive force of 140,000 lb. The photographer was taken by Buckley. |
| Photo Date: |
6/21/1947 Upload Date: 8/20/2025 5:38:47 AM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 233(2-8-8-4) |
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333 Comments: 0 |
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DMIR 2-8-8-4 #233 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range |
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Coming around a curve near Two Harbors, MN, is Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 #233 with its long drag of ore cars from Lake Superior. Built by Baldwin, in January of 1943 (serial #64712), it was a perfect machine for hauling the ore cars from Lake Superior downhill to the Two Harbors, MN ore docks. Unfortunately, after serving for almost 19 years the loco was sold for scrap in 1962. Specs - 63" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, massive engine wt of 699,700 lb and massive tractive force of 140,000 lb. The photographer was Burdell L. Bulgrin. |
| Photo Date: |
6/1/1956 Upload Date: 8/20/2025 5:38:49 AM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 233(2-8-8-4) |
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328 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DMIR 2-8-8-4 #233 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range |
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Here is another photo of the massive Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone type #233 sitting in the Two Harbors, MN yard after delivering a long drag of ore cars from Lake Superior. The loco was retired and sold for scrap in 1962. Specs - 63" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, massive engine wt of 699,700 lb and massive tractive force of 140,000 lb. Baldwin, 1943, serial #64712, The photographer was Burdell L. Bulgrin. |
| Photo Date: |
6/15/1956 Upload Date: 8/20/2025 5:38:48 AM |
| Location: |
Two Harbors, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 233(2-8-8-4) |
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337 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
DMIR 2-8-8-4 #233 - Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range |
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Sadly, this photo appears to be the dead/scrap line at Proctor that the massive Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone #233 is sitting in when Burdell L. Bulgrin took this photo. Built by Baldwin in January of 1943 (serial #64712), it lasted for almost 19 years of heavy duty ore hauling before being sold for scrap in 1962. Specs - 63" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, massive engine wt of 699,700 lb and massive tractive force of 140,000 lb. The photographer was Burdell L. Bulgrin. |
| Photo Date: |
9/1/1962 Upload Date: 8/20/2025 5:38:49 AM |
| Location: |
Proctor, MN |
| Author: |
Gary Everhart |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Steam |
| Locomotives: |
DMIR 233(2-8-8-4) |
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411 Comments: 0 |
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