The Duluth, Missabe and Northern railroad yards at Proctor Minnesota, 1900
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General view, Proctor Minnesota, 1909
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Street scene, Main Street, Proctor Minnesota, 1910?
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Ore trains in #161 yard at Proctor Minnesota, 1910
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Ore trains in railroad yard at Proctor, Engine Number Seven, 1910
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Number 151 railroad yard at Proctor filled with ore trains, 1910
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Railroad yards at Proctor; old car repair shop in foreground, 1910
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Iron ore cars in Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad yards at Proctor, 1910
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Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway shop, Proctor Minnesota, 1915
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Car wheel lathe in Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway shop, Proctor, 1915
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Steam Locomotive - Duluth Missabe and Northern Mallet no. 207 at Proctor Minnesota, 1915
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Iron ore cars in Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway yards at Proctor, 1920
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Duluth Missabe and Northern Railroad Depot, Proctor Minnesota, 1920?
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"Most up-to-date railroad shop in the US", Proctor Minnesota, 1920's?
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Large type of engine used by D. M. & N. Railway, Proctor Minnesota, 1920's?
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Auto polo at the Proctor fair, 1923
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Parade float promoting the Proctor fair, 1930
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Iron Ore Cars in D. M. & N. R. R. Yards at Proctor Minnesota, 1930
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Reinforced concrete city hall, Proctor Minnesota, 1940
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Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway was formed by the merger of the Duluth and Iron Range Railway (D&IR) and Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway (DM&N) in 1938. It was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes port of Duluth, Minnesota, and Two Harbors, Minnesota. DM&IR train is shown leaving Proctor, Minnesota, 1940.
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Round house, Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway, Proctor Minnesota, 1940's
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The last Duluth streetcar. When the Duluth streetcars were abandoned in 1939, the Duluth, Missaba & Iron Range Railroad bought car 268, installed a diesel engine, and used it to transport employees around its Proctor rail yard and shop complex. 1960.
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Welcome Sign, Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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City Hall, Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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Golf Course, Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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Street scene, Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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Street scene, Proctor Minnesota, 2009
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