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close up of train engine 229, the mallet, at two harbors minnesota

 

3 Spot train & Mallet Engine

mile 26.2

 

 
1883 Duluth & Iron Range 3 Spot locomotive, iron ore car and caboose, and the Duluth Missabe & Iron Range 299 Mallet Locomotive [pictured here]; on display outside the Lake County Historical Museum.
		

				

				

				

				

					

		
 
		

				

				

				

				

					

		
 
 
		

				

				

				

				

					

			
						
							
							
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