Railroad Industry

For your educational viewing pleasure, Douglas Hildebrandt uses aerial footage to show how the massive Mesabi Miner is loaded with taconite at Canadian National Dock 6 in West Duluth.

Featured here are postcards of Duluth & Iron Range Railroad locomotive No. 3, known as “Three Spot.” It has been on display at the D&IR Depot in Two Harbors since 1923. …

Duluth & Iron Range Railroad locomotive No. 3, known as “Three Spot,” was built 140 years ago, in 1883, by Philadelphia-based Baldwin Locomotive Works. It has been on display at the D&IR Depot in Two Harbors since 1923 — a solid century. This photo is estimated to be from the 1940s. …

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