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This may very well have been dealt with already in the forums, but it's good news anyway so I thought I'd mention it. Sometime ago, an article on the Trains News Wire stated the CN was buying the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range, and that the plan was to close the shops in Proctor and move those operations elsewhere on the CN system, and significant layoffs could be expected. I was in the Twin Ports this weekend and I pulled-into Proctor to see the DM&IR facilities. Everything looked the same as it did last year with the only difference being a CN 6-axle unit among the Missabe SDs on the engine shop tracks. I got a great photo of a grain train (a rarity on that line I'd have to think) headed down the hill into Duluth headed by 4 beautiful Missabe SDs. I spoke with some people in Proctor who said they heard nothing of layoffs. I also chatted a while with the owner of an excellent hobby shop in Duluth who was well connected with the Missabe Route people. He assured me that CN management was very impressed with the efficiency of the DM&IR operations and they planned no major changes, including that the CN had no intention of changing the name nor the color scheme except for the MOW road vehicles which would slowly be going to CN colors. He was rather emphatic that he read the same information off Trains News Wire and he said it was wrong. I know I was relieved to hear this good news.
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