This 79-car train won't encounter any fresh snow today, but if they did I'm sure the four shovels and one switch broom on the nose of 656 would come in handy. After all, this is northeastern Minn... (more)
An interesting motive power combination that includes leased Alaska GP40-2 3004 and NSM SD18 1231 leads 80 empties out of Silver Bay and into a biting wind out of the northwest. The dector at mil... (more)
SD40-3 654 leads 23 loads of taconite tailings upgrade out of Silver Bay while DPU sister 653 shoves on the rear.
Leased Alaska 3004 looks right at home in the cold and snow of northeastern Minnesota as it leads a 135-car empty ore train west on Northshore Mining.
a ground level view of the rotary car dump at Northshore Mining, this is a 2 car dumper.
NSM 1212 leads a cut of cars of crude taconite headed for the dumper at the plant
Borrowed NREX 5418 leads the early morning ore loads into Silver Bay at 06:27.
Noon loads eastbound near Milepost 13.
Leased SD40 leads 156 cars of ore downgrade into Silver Bay.
NSM SD40-3 leads a loaded tailings train towards the basin while DPU sister 651 shoves on the rear.
Empties grind out of the Lake Superior Basin at Milepost 6.
Engineer has to shade his eyes for the last leg of the trip into Silver Bay.
A rare SD28 and 2 SD18's from the Northshore Mining railroad work hard to pull a long iron ore tailings train uphill to the dumping site around MP12.
