Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this video, we'll document railroad operations on Canadian National's former DM&IR lines, with a brief appearance by two BNSF local freights. We begin our coverage with scenes captured on September 30, 2010. This day will be remembered for the head-on collision that occurred just south of Highland siding on CN's Iron Range Subdivision. This wreck resulted in the retirement of all six locomotives involved, as well as many of the ore cars on both trains. The ill-fated southbound U78982 train was followed between Ramshaw and Rollins, as it advanced towards Highland for a meet with northbound train U78983 out of Two Harbors. We left the U78982 train at Rollins and never made an attempt to see the U78983 train, as we decided to continue back towards the Iron Range to document trains on the Missabe Subdivision. After we complete our coverage of the former DMIR, we'll glimpse a little BNSF action on the Lakes Subdivision, with the Grand Rapids turn job seen hiballing through Floodwood. Next, we’ll head to Hibbing to see BNSF’s Kelly Lake Local passing several pairs of Griswold crossing signals on a snowy afternoon. As an added bonus, we'll include a few scenes of DM&IR ore trains from October of 2004. Both trains included in this segment are powered by maroon and gold tunnel motors.
Locomotives that were wrecked at Highland and retired:
DMIR 401
IC 6257
IC 6258
IC 6259
IC 6262
IC 6265
The NTSB report on the collision is worth reading and can be found here:
ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR1301.pdf
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In this video, we'll document railroad operations on Canadian National's former DM&IR lines, with a brief appearance by two BNSF local freights. We begin our coverage with scenes captured on September 30, 2010. This day will be remembered for the head-on collision that occurred just south of Highland siding on CN's Iron Range Subdivision. This wreck resulted in the retirement of all six locomotives involved, as well as many of the ore cars on both trains. The ill-fated southbound U78982 train was followed between Ramshaw and Rollins, as it advanced towards Highland for a meet with northbound train U78983 out of Two Harbors. We left the U78982 train at Rollins and never made an attempt to see the U78983 train, as we decided to continue back towards the Iron Range to document trains on the Missabe Subdivision. After we complete our coverage of the former DMIR, we'll glimpse a little BNSF action on the Lakes Subdivision, with the Grand Rapids turn job seen hiballing through Floodwood. Next, we’ll head to Hibbing to see BNSF’s Kelly Lake Local passing several pairs of Griswold crossing signals on a snowy afternoon. As an added bonus, we'll include a few scenes of DM&IR ore trains from October of 2004. Both trains included in this segment are powered by maroon and gold tunnel motors.
Locomotives that were wrecked at Highland and retired:
DMIR 401
IC 6257
IC 6258
IC 6259
IC 6262
IC 6265
The NTSB report on the collision is worth reading and can be found here:
ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR1301.pdf
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