Just after sunrise a pair of showroom-fresh GEs pierce shadows as they head for Silver Bay with 156 cars of taconite iron ore. EMD-exclusive NSM has a four-month lease on three of these. EMD SD70A... (more)
Just after sunrise a pair of showroom-fresh GEs lead 156 ore loads through the mosquito breeding grounds of Northeastern Minnesota. EMD-exclusive NSM has a four-month lease on three of these.
Pulling 149 loads of rock down from the mine in Babbitt to the processing plant at Silver Bay, NSM 652 leads three other EMD SD40's along the NSM mainline at M.P. 4.5
Many tons of raw taconite rock roll along the NSM mainline almost effortlessly as they traverse the curves and grades between the mine at Babbitt and the plant at Silver Bay.
Three sets of dynamics are howling as the 0500 loads twist down the hill into Silver Bay.
The loads of taconite rock from Babbitt come around the mountain when they come. They were running about a half hour late today but the weather made it easy to sit and wait.