January 24, 2024
DM&IR (Duluth Missabe & Iron Range) Vintage Railroad Lantern
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Vintage Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Lantern. Lantern is in very good condition. Embossed, "D.M.&I.R." Also marked, "Adlake Kero." Measures approximately 9 1/2" tall (not including handle). Wick raises and lowers. Red globe is unmarked and in great shape, no cracks. Minimal edge wear and minor rust spots. TheDuluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) (reporting mark DMIR) was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota hauling iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota. It was ultimately bought by Canadian National.TheDM&IR was formed by the 1937 merger of the Duluth, Missabe and NorthernRailway (DM&N) and the Spirit Lake Transfer Railway; the Duluth and IronRange Rail Road (D&IR) and Interstate Transfer Railway were added in 1938.All of these had been leased by the DM&N since 1930.I have had this lantern since the 1970's. My father was a locomotive engineer for the DM &IR. Much of my family and the town (Proctor, MN) worked on the railroad. Although the lantern has sentimental value, I have recently downsized and have no room for it.
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