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DM&IR 2-8-8-4
DM&IR 2-8-8-4

A preserved Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway 2-8-8-4 Yellowstone class steam locomotive in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (reporting mark DMIR) operated in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota. The railway was acquired on May 10, 2004, by Canadian National Railway (CN) when it purchased the assets of Great Lakes Transportation.

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