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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.
The Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (DM&N) was a railroad company in the U.S. state of Minnesota.It was one of the earliest iron ore hauling railroads of the area, said to have built the largest iron ore docks in the world, and later was one of the constituent railroads in the merger that formed the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway.
The Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (reporting mark D&IR) [1] was founded in 1874. In 1884, it ran the first main line train between Two Harbors and Soudan, Minnesota, a total distance of 68 miles. In July 1938, the railway merged with the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway to form the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway.
When the rail line was completed to Duluth, it was used as a transfer point for passengers, lumber, and mining supplies. When passenger service ended in 1961, the depot was donated to Lake County. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company Depot.
The Duluth and Iron Range Railroad (later the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway) began transporting passengers between Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota, in 1886. The railroad was an essential link between small communities on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The line's first stop outside of downtown Duluth was at Endion.
It later opened as the Tower-Soudan Historical Society Center, a museum of local history. [10] [2] The station was nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A for its significance in tourism and transportation; [9] it was listed on June 14, 2013 as the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company Passenger ...
Large 1907 train station, symbolizing the key role of the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad in establishing Two Harbors as a link between northern Minnesota's iron and lumber fields and Lake Superior. [7] Now a museum. [8] 4: John Dwan Office Building: John Dwan Office Building: June 11, 1992 : 201 Waterfront Dr.
Duluth, St. Cloud, Glencoe and Mankato Railway: Duluth and Iron Range Railroad: DIRR 1874 1938 Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway: Duluth and Manitoba Railroad: DMR NP: 1885 1898 Northern Pacific Railway: Duluth and Manitoba Railway: NP: 1884 1885 Duluth and Manitoba Railroad: Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway: DM&N DMN 1891 1937