ORE EXTRA 225

Creator: starlake-films

Copyright: Registered 5Nov76 · MP30224 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Edward L. Sarber & Henry C. Trowe

Description: This film "Ore Extra 225" was created by E.L. Sarber and H.C. Trowe, and distributed by Starlake Films of Indiana. The film shows some of the last days of operation of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive No. 225. This was a Class M-3 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" type steam locomotive. (Note: this locomotive is currently on static display at Charles E. Carlson Park in Proctor, Minnesota.) The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway hauled heavy iron ore in Minnesota. The DM&IR operated long trains of ore cars, requiring maximum power. The "Missabe Giant" locomotives were based upon ten 2-8-8-2s that Baldwin had built in the 1930s for the Western Pacific RR. The need for a larger, coal-burning firebox and a longer, all-weather cab led to the use of a four-wheel trailing truck, giving them the "Yellowstone" wheel arrangement. They were the most powerful Yellowstones built, producing 140,000 lbf (620 kN) of tractive effort, and had the most weight on drivers so that they were less prone to slipping. Eight locomotives (class M-3) were built by Baldwin in 1941. The Yellowstones met or exceeded the DM&IR specifications, so 10 more were ordered (class M-4). The second batch was completed in late 1943 after the Missabe's seasonal downturn in ore traffic, so some of the new M-4s were leased to and delivered directly to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. DM&IRs were the only Yellowstones to have a high-capacity pedestal or centipede tender, and had roller bearings on all axles. Some of the locomotives had a cylindrical Elesco feedwater heater ahead of the smoke stack, while others had a Worthington unit with its rectangular box in the same location. Only one Yellowstone was retired before dieselization took place on the Missabe; No. 237 was sold for scrap after a wreck. The rest of the 2-8-8-4s were retired between 1958 and 1963 as diesel locomotives took over. Of the eighteen built, three survive and are on display in Minnesota: No. 225 at Proctor, No. 227 at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth and No. 229 at Two Harbors.

Complete Record: This film "Ore Extra 225" was created by E.L. Sarber and H.C. Trowe, and distributed by Starlake Films of Indiana. The film shows some of the last days of operation of the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range steam locomotive No. 225. This was a Class M-3 2-8-8-4 "Yellowstone" type steam locomotive. (Note: this locomotive is currently on static display at Charles E. Carlson Park in Proctor, Minnesota.) The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway hauled heavy iron ore in Minnesota. The DM&IR operated long trains of ore cars, requiring maximum power. The "Missabe Giant" locomotives were based upon ten 2-8-8-2s that Baldwin had built in the 1930s for the Western Pacific RR. The need for a larger, coal-burning firebox and a longer, all-weather cab led to the use of a four-wheel trailing truck, giving them the "Yellowstone" wheel arrangement. They were the most powerful Yellowstones built, producing 140,000 lbf (620 kN) of tractive effort, and had the most weight on drivers so that they were less prone to slipping. Eight locomotives (class M-3) were built by Baldwin in 1941. The Yellowstones met or exceeded the DM&IR specifications, so 10 more were ordered (class M-4). The second batch was completed in late 1943 after the Missabe's seasonal downturn in ore traffic, so some of the new M-4s were leased to and delivered directly to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. DM&IRs were the only Yellowstones to have a high-capacity pedestal or centipede tender, and had roller bearings on all axles. Some of the locomotives had a cylindrical Elesco feedwater heater ahead of the smoke stack, while others had a Worthington unit with its rectangular box in the same location. Only one Yellowstone was retired before dieselization took place on the Missabe; No. 237 was sold for scrap after a wreck. The rest of the 2-8-8-4s were retired between 1958 and 1963 as diesel locomotives took over. Of the eighteen built, three survive and are on display in Minnesota: No. 225 at Proctor, No. 227 at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth and No. 229 at Two Harbors.

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