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Owner: Duluth Missabe & Iron Range
Model:BLW 2-8-8-4Built As:DMIR 226 (2-8-8-4)
Serial Number:62532Order No:
Frame Number:26X32 cylinders, 63" driversBuilt:5/1941
Notes:blt 05/41, sfs in 1962
Other locos with this serial:  DMIR 226(2-8-8-4)
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DMIR 2-8-8-4 #226 - Duluth Missabe & Iron Range
Title:  DMIR 2-8-8-4 #226 - Duluth Missabe & Iron Range
Description:  With a blast of smoke and a whistle blowing, Duluth Missabe & Iron Range 2-8-8-4 #226 moves along the tracks. Built by Baldwin in ay of 1941 (serial #62532, class M3), this behemoth was a powerful force on the rails. After nearly 21 years of service, the loco was finally sold for scrap in 1962 and what a scrap pile that would have made! Specs - 63" drivers, impressive 240 psi boiler pressure, 26x32" cylinders, engine weight of 695,040 lb, impressive tractive effort of 140,000 lb. Max Miller photo
Photo Date:  11/1/1959  Upload Date: 5/25/2022 8:05:41 AM
Location:  Proctor, MN
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  DMIR 226(2-8-8-4)
Views:  218   Comments: 0
Missabe Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 preserved at Proctor MN in 1994.
Title:  Missabe Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 preserved at Proctor MN in 1994.
Description:  3 DMIR yellowstones were saved from the scrappers torch. One is in Proctor MN, one at the Duluth train musuem, and one at Two Harbors MN.
Photo Date:  7/4/1994  Upload Date: 10/22/2012 5:28:10 PM
Location:  Minneapolis, MN
Author:  S Kotnour
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  DMIR 226(2-8-8-4)
Views:  1457   Comments: 0


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