Missabe Northern Railway

The HO scale Missabe Northern Railway is essentially two railroads joined at the hip in Duluth, MN, their eastern-most terminus. The main deck (Mainline Division) runs railroad-west from Duluth to the Twin Cities Terminals of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The other line (Iron Range Division) climbs Proctor Hill west out of Duluth to an upper deck that represents running from Proctor railroad-west to the Mesabi Iron Range on mixed DM&IR and GN facilities. The Iron Range Division upper deck is still under construction.

Power is 95% steam under back-emf control, some with sound. 2300’ of hand laid code 70 track on spline roadbed with about 320 scratch-built-in-place turnouts are complete as of 2/07, representing about 60% of planned trackage.

All passenger and freight trains do at least some switching. Most interchange railroads are working railroads with their own switching to perform.

Superintendent	Jeff Otto
Division or Location:	GN Mesabi Div. and DM&IR Missabe Div.
Interchange Railroads:	CB&Q, NP, SOO, Minnesota Transfer; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern; Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific; Mesabe Southern
Size of Railroad:	64x90 ft "L" shape - 3700 sq. ft.
Scale:	HO
Era:	early 1940s
Control System:	Lenz DCC with CVP Wireless throttles
Scale Clock Speed:	4:1
Length of Session:	Two 3 hour sessions with lunch break for Minn-Rail
Number of Crew:	25
Train Control:	TT&TO and Yard Limits
Are Radios Required:	No
Listed Jobs:	Dispatcher, 2 true yardmasters each managing 3-4 switch engine jobs, 22 throttle jobs with heavy emphasis on switching of all types.
Accessibility:	Stairs, access to walk-out door optional
Distance from hotel:	38 miles
Estimated travel time from hotel:	50 minutes
Web Site:	{None...yet}

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