Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 224

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 224 is a class M-3 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1941 for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Ridge railroad, one of the primary iron ore hauling railroads in Minnesota. Iron ore is heavy, and combined with the railroads steep grades, made transporting this material from the mines to the Great Lakes a tricky task and required great amounts of power. Indeed, even the 2-8-8-0 locomotives - the most powerful ones of the DM&IR's roster - needed a helping hand.
The Rio Grande returned the Yellowstones after air-brake failure caused No. 224 to wreck on the Fireclay Loop. This was despite the Rio Grande's earlier assessment that these Yellowstones were the finest engines ever to operate there.
It was retired 1958, and sold for scrap.
==Trivia==
*July 2, 1961
==Gallery==
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