The big change that comes to the DM&IR. CN colors on Missabi 400s. Other 400 go for scrap. CN takes over operations in 2005, but starts painting in 2007. From this point on DM&IR colors slowly fade away. Click on any photo to see larger.
402 one of the first CN painted engines
Another shot of 402 in Proctor
212 in need of new paint and will get it soon
210 during first snowfall in Proctor 11-06
417 sits in Proctor yard. 1-05
212 with 417 and 210 on Limestone train 11-05
212,417 & 210 11-05
Wisc Central SD40 rests in Proctor yard 5-08
Wisc Central SD40 another shot.
402 & 404 first DM&IR units to get CN colors
212 looking very beat 10-05
215 with DM&IR SD 38s 10-05
205 still working & runs. 2-07
215 idles in Proctor before hill job work 10-06
212 lead the way down to docks 10-06
IL Central at BN Superior yard.
308 one of the last SDMs on DM&IR 11-06
BLE SD 38 works last days now retired 12-06
308 still lives on. 1-07
200 leads the way of the 400s. 3-07
This is the last time I see 418. 3-07 scrapped 3-07
410 & 419 headed to the Iron Range 3-07
404 the first Locomotive to get CN colors.
404 again out from under the Proctor bridge
410 helps lead the way up north 3-07
419 last photo of it working. 3-07
418 working her last months on DM&IR 3-07
5 Locomotives on a DM&IR train 3-07
212 looking beat up 3-07
303 works it’s last days on DM&IR
210 sits in Proctor awaiting hill job 3-07
212 in Proctor.
317 in Proctor yard.
409 SD45-2 tunnel motor new CN paint
401 now in CN paint (destroyed in 2010 accident near Two Harbors)