Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
Railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) (reporting mark DMIR), informally known as the Missabe Road,[1] 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. Control of the railway was acquired on May 10, 2004, by the Canadian National Railway (CN) when it purchased the assets of Great Lakes Transportation.
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Headquarters | Proctor, Minnesota |
Reporting mark | DMIR |
Locale | Saint Louis County / Lake County, Minnesota, and Douglas County, Wisconsin |
Dates of operation | 1874ā2011 |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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