You really ought to do more of these engine-focused history videos, they're your best content by far and they seem to have trailed off recently.

I used to visit the depot every summer when I was visiting my grandparents in Duluth I’m from Maryland and I miss going up there

Cool stuff!

The SD18, in the case of my country, Brazil, the SD18M, has always been one of those iconic locos for me. The SD18 model didnt really sell good on the US market, just like the U23C another prolific engine here, but it made series bank for EMD overseas, in 1961 the Rede Ferroviária Federal S.A. - RFFSA (Federal Rail Network) of Brazil bought the largest single order of EMD SD18s at 45 units and much like their DM&IR sisters they were the workhorse of the RFFSA iron ore drags, in fact these engine were exclusively tasked to pull iron ore for the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional - CSN (National Steelworks Co.) and for export, and more often then not they would return "light" to the assembly yards ignoring other, lower priority, trains even passenger ones. After the arrival of newer and more powerful engines, namely the 45 SD38Ms and 4 SD40Ms, the SD18s were relegated to more common jobs like coal drags, scrap trains, cement trains, grain trains, sugar trains and general cargo trains, they worked in this fashion, normally in triples or quads being led by a more powerful loco, normally an U23C, this kept on going after the privatization of the RFFSA in 1996, they lasted on this fashion until 2014, from 2015 most engines were return to the RFFSA (even though it was defunct the RFFSA and by extension the State was still the owner of those locos), in 2016 4 units were transferred to the TLSA railroad, they are still running in the TLSA today, the remaining SD18s are in stored in several yards, most of them in Horto Florestal shop's "death row", as far as I know no SD18s have been preserved here in Brazil as of 2022. Fun facts: - Brazilian SD18s came from factory with low short hoods, this was also the front of the engine (railroaders here "hate" running long hood forward) - The engines had a massive concrete block on the inside of the short hood as ballast - 4 units had their prime movers rebuilt with 645 blocks - Brazilian units had a single large fuel tank instead of two - They run on 5ft3in (irish or) broad gauge - They had "torpedo tube" air tanks and yes we also jokingly call the air tank style "torpedo tubes" here - they have modified stairs on the sill, they were made vertical to allow the engine to negotiate narrower turn radiuses and to fit the wider 5ft3in gauge trucks

My brother is a huge fan of trains since the age of 2! He has traveled from Ironwood to Duluth to see his beloved trains many hundreds of times over the years and more so now since a logging accident left him paralyzed. He can drive his car with the use of hand controls and visits the rail yards quite frequently...he will hang out there just waiting for the trains to start their journey, talk to an engineer, eat his lunch etc. then, be on his way back home. His name is Bob Oja. To me, he is the King of trains! He shared this video today and has shared many others like it from Superior and Duluth. He had dreams of becoming a conductor one day....❤

My father (Bob Mattsen) was a freight conductor with the DMIR for over 30 years (50's into the 80's). I am a part time singer/songwriter that has written and in the process of recording a song inspired by my father about working on the railroad. When finished recording the audio I will be recording a video and want to include pictures and/or video clips of DMIR trains travelling from the Iron Range to the Ore Docks. Also Iron Mine and Ore Dock pics. I am looking for pictures and/or video clips from that era and need to be sure there would be no copyright conflicts in anything I use.

Another great video. My kudos to all who made this video. Thank you very much. Be safe and healthy please.

Nice video, nice loco. Two blasts on the horn(s) or steam loco's whistle means, "We're moving forward!" The bell tolling to make sure people on the ground are aware it's moving---and BTW, _three_ blasts of the horn(s) or whistle mean's "Look, out, I'm backing up!" With railroad locomotives, I always have the impression of weight, and when it moves, I get the feeling of immense power, controlled by a well-polished brass handle under the hand of a man who knows what he's doing. Stay safe, everybody.

Nice job guys! I live pretty close to one of 193’s sisters; DM&IR 321. She now belongs to Shelly materials and occasionally does switching duties on their short stretch of ex-Erie railroad trackage. She’s a sight to see!

Yeah!!!!

Nice Cadillac!

Great looking engine, thanks for sharing

0:28 that's more like right next door than on the corner for me lol.

5:24 you get the idea.

Do a video on the little yellow trolley

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