MINNESOTA'S IRON RANGE - PART 1 Boston & Maine From the 8-millimeter films of

From the 8-millimeter films of Fred Crissey

We also capture trains grinding up the one percent grade out of the East Fork Des Moines River valley at Algona

Southern Pacific built each depot with an eye to what was expected to be needed

Part 1 begins in Missoula and follows MRL’s Gas Local over the 4th and 10th Subdivisions to Pipeline

MINNESOTA'S IRON RANGE - PART 1 Boston & Maine From the 8-millimeter films ofVisit the former Duluth Mesabi and Iron Range in northern Minnesota. Owned and operated today by the CN Railway, the historic lines of the DM&IR still play a vital role in transporting iron taconite from the mines to Great Lakes freighters bound for steel mills on the lower Great Lakes. In Part 1 of this two part series, we will cover the Iron Range Sub, which feeds the CN dock at Two Harbors. The majority of traffic is taconite pellets from US