Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 230

Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range No. 230 was one of 18 class M-3 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" type steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1943 for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Ridge railroad, one of the primary iron ore hauling railroads in Minnesota. Iron ore is a heavy mineral, and combined with the railroads steep grades, made transporting the material from the mines to the Great Lakes a tricky task, and this required great amounts of power.
The DM&IR decided to build eight engines that would be similar to the Western Pacific's 2-8-8-2's. These new engines were built with large fireboxes and all weather cabs causing a second axle to be added on the rear truck. This arrangement earned them the name "Yellowstones" and were the most powerful engines of this type producing 140,000 lbf of tractive effort.
The first eight were delivered in 1941 and performed beyond the railroad's expectations, which ordered another ten of these engines in 1943 including No. 230. 
The engines performed so well that several were loaned out to the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad for use on their Tennessee Pass route during the winter months. The Rio Grande heralded the engines as being the best ones to operate. 
The engines began fading into obscurity as dieselization took hold in 1958 and the DM&IR began scrapping most of the Yellowstones including No. 230.
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