14 is a preserved MK class 2-8-2 light "Mikado" built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railroad in 1913.

In 1919, the D&NM declared bankrupt, and the locomotive was sold to the Michigan-based Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad, to operate there as No.

In 1974, it was transferred to the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, and then it was donated to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in 1981.

[1] They purchased two lightweight class 13 2-8-2 "Mikado" types in April 1913 from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, numbered 13 and 14.

They were the largest steam locomotives used on a Minnesota logging line, weighing in excess of 90 tons in working order.

22 was reassigned by the LS&I to pull iron ore trains between West Ishpeming, Negaunee, and Marquette, Michigan.

Although, the sound of its bell was not pleasant for the crews’ liking, and they claimed that its whistle was strident enough to make one jump.

14 continued in revenue service, spotting cars around the ore mines, as well as pulling log trains when other locomotives mainly used for this work were temporarily sidelined.

Engineers always liked the locomotive for its big cab and for its strength to haul a phenomenally huge train.

In 1974, the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway's president, Donald B. Shank, who was also the founder of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum,[4][5] became aware of No.

14 agreed to trade it in exchange for one of the DM&IR's surplus hot water generator cars.

Later on, the LSRM was looking to restore a steam locomotive to operating condition for use their new North Shore Scenic Railroad,[7] and No.

[8] The highlight of this trip was when it passed through Knife River, where the locomotive had last worked seventy-three years prior.

14 was used on North Shore Scenic and traveled to several communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin to pull special excursion trains, and occasionally, it would be assisted by EMD FP7 No.

[9] A new number plate was also fabricated to replace the original, which the LSRM still has in its collection but is keeping off the locomotive to discourage theft.

14 still remains at the LSRM at Duluth, and there are no plans to bring the locomotive back to service on the horizon.

14 was selected as the locomotive used to be recorded in the "Arrowhead" region for the 1994 Walt Disney film Iron Will, which starred Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, and George Gerdes, and it was directed by Charles Haid.

It is a fictionalized account of a 1917 cross-country sled dog race sponsored by the Great Northern Railway.