So, it was mentioned a while back that DTG had some interest in an Ore route at some point, I mentioned this route a bit when that was talked about, but it would be the former DMIR lines in Minnesota, and would mainly focus on the Ore trains in the area, though CN does run both Stack and Manifest trains around Proctor. The area of focus would be between the mines around Virginia and the Ore Docks in Duluth, roughly 75ish miles. The main use of the route would be loading and unloading ore cars, handling the trains on the mainline between the mines and Proctor, and yard work around Proctor and Duluth. Railfan & Railroad magazine article on modern day ops. https://railfan.com/modern-missabe/ Employee timetable from 2007 https://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/Timetables 07/North/Missabe.pdf Map of the former DMIR LOCOMOTIVES Interestingly enough, Canadian National keeps alot of older power up in Minnesota for these ore trains, mainly older EMD's but some GE's also seem to be used as well. GE C40-8 (Standard Cab GE anyone?) EMD SD40T-3 (Rebuilt Tunnel motors to Dash 3 standards) EMD SD40-3 (Same Dash 3 rebuilds but on a standard SD40-2 base) EMD GP9RM + Slug (The Slug would be a nice addition for the GP9RM from Oakville for yard work) NEW ROLLING STOCK ORE CARS (For both the ore and limestone trains) LPG TANK CAR (Proctor Yard has a LPG terminal where these would be useful)
