Early Diesel Examples
Usually tucked away at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, these two early diesel switchers show off similar body designs despite being from two different builders. Both locomotives were positioned outside for roster shots during a Railfan Weekend event on September 8, 2002.
Oliver Iron Mining Alco HH1000 was built in 1940 and has the distinction of being the first diesel to work on the Mesabi Range and is the only surviving HH1000 (it was also delivered a year before DM&IR's first Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 monsters arrived).
Sharing the limelight with 900 on this fine day is Hallett Dock Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44 HD11, built in 1946 for Minnesota Western as their 51 and then becoming MN&S No. 11 before being sold to Hallett in 1976.
Both units are not currently part of the museum's operating collection but could be made serviceable.
Early Diesel Examples
Usually tucked away at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, these two early diesel switchers show off similar body designs despite being from two different builders. Both locomotives were positioned outside for roster shots during a Railfan Weekend event on September 8, 2002.
Oliver Iron Mining Alco HH1000 was built in 1940 and has the distinction of being the first diesel to work on the Mesabi Range and is the only surviving HH1000 (it was also delivered a year before DM&IR's first Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 monsters arrived).
Sharing the limelight with 900 on this fine day is Hallett Dock Fairbanks-Morse H-10-44 HD11, built in 1946 for Minnesota Western as their 51 and then becoming MN&S No. 11 before being sold to Hallett in 1976.
Both units are not currently part of the museum's operating collection but could be made serviceable.