Trains & Railroads
No. 9151 - Illinois Central - Duluth, Minn.
Ex-Illinois Central locomotive 6258 now in Canadian National paint sets out a string of loaded iron ore pellets below the ore docks in Duluth, Minnesota. The power will run light to the office. Great Lakes ship American Victory is being loaded with iron ore as well. DMIR Dock 6 was built in 1918 as a gravity-feed dock. It was the largest dock in the World. In 1965, an adjacent pellet storage area was built: Lakehead Storage Facility now covers nearly 45 acres. The dock can load up to 10,000 tons per hour of taconite pellets. The dock is 2,438 feet long. The loaded ships will carry the iron ore to various steel mills along the Great Lakes.
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