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Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, the Glossary

The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR), informally known as the Missabe Road, was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that used to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota.^[1]

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Canadian National Railway subsidiaries
Former regional railroads in the United States
Minnesota railroads
Predecessors of the Canadian National Railway
Railway companies disestablished in 2011
Railway companies established in 1937
Wisconsin railroads

Baldwin DR-4-4-15

The Baldwin DR-4-4-15 was a cab unit-type diesel locomotive built for freight service by the Baldwin Locomotive Works between November 1947 and June 1950.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951.

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Blackstone Inc.

Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City.

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Canadian National Railway

The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Canadian National Railway are Minnesota railroads and Wisconsin railroads.

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Charlemagne Tower

Charlemagne Tower (April 18, 1809 – July 25, 1889New York Times, July 26, 1889, page 4.) was an American lawyer and businessman active in acquiring land in the Schuylkill Valley in Pennsylvania and serving as an officer for coal and railroad companies. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Charlemagne Tower are History of Minnesota.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.

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Douglas County, Wisconsin

Douglas County is a county in the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

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Duluth and Iron Range Railroad

The Duluth and Iron Range Railroad was founded in 1874. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Duluth and Iron Range Railroad are Former Class I railroads in the United States.

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Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County.

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Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway

The Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (DM&N) was a railroad company in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway

The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway was a Class II railroad, making a roughly circular path between Waukegan, Illinois and Gary, Indiana. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway are Former Class I railroads in the United States.

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EMD SD9

The EMD SD9 is a model of diesel locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between January 1954 and June 1959.

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EMD SW9

The EMD SW9 is a model of diesel switcher locomotives built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between November 1950 and December 1953.

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Great Lakes

The Great Lakes (Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central interior of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River.

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Great Lakes Transportation

Great Lakes Transportation (GLT) was a group of transportation-related companies primarily consisting of rail and water carriers catering to the needs of the steel making industry centered on the Great Lakes of North America. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Great Lakes Transportation are Canadian National Railway subsidiaries.

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Heritage Documentation Programs

Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

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Illinois Steel Company

The Illinois Steel Company was an American steel producer with five plants in Illinois and Wisconsin.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Iron Range

The Iron Range is collectively or individually a number of elongated iron-ore mining districts around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada.

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John D. Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist.

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Lake County, Minnesota

Lake County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Lake Superior

Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater.

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Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park

The Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota state park at the site of the Soudan Underground Mine, on the south shore of Lake Vermilion, in the Vermilion Range (Minnesota). Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park are Historic American Engineering Record in Minnesota.

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Mesabi Range

The Mesabi Iron Range is a mining district and mountain range in northeastern Minnesota following an elongate trend containing large deposits of iron ore.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States.

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Minnesota Constitution

The Constitution of the State of Minnesota was initially approved by the residents of Minnesota Territory in a special election held on October 13, 1857, and was ratified by the United States Senate on May 11, 1858, marking the admittance of Minnesota to the Union.

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Mountain Iron, Minnesota

Mountain Iron is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States, in the heart of the Mesabi Range.

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Ore dock

An ore dock is a large structure used for loading ore (typically from railway cars or ore jennies) onto ships, which then carry the ore to steelworks or to transshipment points.

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Proctor, Minnesota

Proctor is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

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Road switcher locomotive

A road switcher locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive designed to both haul railcars in mainline service and shunt them in railroad yards.

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Seven Iron Brothers

The Seven Iron Men, also known as the Merritt brothers, were iron-ore pioneers in the Mesabi Range in northeastern Minnesota and the creation of the city that is now known as Mountain Iron.

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St. Louis County, Minnesota

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Superior, Wisconsin

Superior (Gete-oodenaang) is a city in, and the county seat of, Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Taconite

Taconite is a variety of banded iron formation, an iron-bearing (over 15% iron) sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or carbonate.

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Tower, Minnesota

Tower is a city located in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

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Transtar (US Company)

Transtar, Inc. is a subsidiary of US Steel.

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Two Harbors, Minnesota

Two Harbors is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Minnesota, United States, along the shore of Lake Superior.

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U.S. Steel

United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in Central Europe.

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War Production Board

The War Production Board (WPB) was an agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.

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Wisconsin Central Ltd.

Wisconsin Central Ltd. is a railroad subsidiary of Canadian National. Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway and Wisconsin Central Ltd. are Canadian National Railway subsidiaries, Former regional railroads in the United States, Minnesota railroads, Predecessors of the Canadian National Railway and Wisconsin railroads.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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2-10-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, ten powered and coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.

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2-10-4

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a locomotive has two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a Bissel truck, ten coupled driving wheels on five axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles, usually in a bogie.

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2-8-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheels on one axle, usually in a trailing truck.

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2-8-8-2

A 2-8-8-2, in the Whyte notation for describing steam locomotive wheel arrangements, is an articulated locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck.

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2-8-8-4

A 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive, under the Whyte notation, has two leading wheels, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Missabe_and_Iron_Range_Railway

Also known as DM&IR, DMIR, Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Company, Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad, Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range Railway, Missabe Road.

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, the Glossary

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American companies established in 1937

Canadian National Railway subsidiaries

Former regional railroads in the United States

Minnesota railroads

Predecessors of the Canadian National Railway

Railway companies disestablished in 2011

Railway companies established in 1937

Wisconsin railroads

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