Description: Beautiful Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway Train Pin. Duluth Missabe and Iron Range Railway " Yellowstone " 2-8-8-4 " Mallet " This was one of the largest steam engines ever built. The Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad owned 18 Yellowstone type 2-8-8-4 simple articulated engines, which were used to haul ore cars between the northern Minnesota mines and Lake Superior docks. Their design was based not on the Northern Pacific's original Yellowstones but on a Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 type. No. 235. Weighing 628,700 pounds without their 4-10-0 centipede-type tenders, the M4s delivered 140,000 pounds of tractive effort. They had 63-inch disc drivers and four 26x32-inch cylinders, and sustained 240 pounds per square inch of boiler pressure. They had an evaporative heating surface of 6780 square feet and a superheater surface of 2770 square feet. The DM&IR Yellowstones were among the last North American steam engines used in regular service, some not being retired till 1963. Three examples survive on display in Minnesota, not including No. 235. Pin is approximately 2 ½ inchs long as you can see in the photo. Pin makes great tie tack / lapel pin or addition to your pin collection. Hard to find item, they make great gifts for your favorite Railroad or Train buff. I hope you will treasure these memories as jewelry to be worn, and not merely as trinkets to be discarded and forgotten. Please email me with any questions before you bid. Please take a look at my other Auctions for more interesting and hard to find Railroad / Railway memorabilia. Happy Bidding and Good luck,
Price: 14.95 USD
Location: Hanover, Massachusetts
End Time: 2023-12-27T17:34:19.000Z
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