A loaded tailings train heads to the Milepost 7 basin with one SD40-3 on either end.
A 30-car tailings train with an SD40-3 on either end (you can see the other unit between the cars on the right) prepares to ease under the loadout at Silver Bay.
Just before the CREX ES44ACs roll past, a bonus--tailings run up the hill from Silver Bay.
A pair of EMDs still in their former Reserve Mining brown and cream paint scheme sandwich a freshly repainted SD9 (1225 - the last SD9 built) as they roll back to Silver Bay with an empty tailings... (more)
A morning tailing's train works up hill with a pair of SD40-3's sandwiching the side dump cars at MP 6.
After dumping the tailings off in the pit that is located behind the hill in the background, the 650 rolls past the 3.6 signal as it heads back to Silver Bay for another load of tailings.
A loaded tailings train from Silver Bay heads for the dump that is just around the corner and through the woods.
A pleasant early evening trip to the tailings basin for NSM 653 and NSM 654.
A loaded raw taconite train meets up with NSM 653 leading a tailings train a few miles outside of Silver Bay. 653 is ex-UP 3545.
Tailings empties return to the Silver Bay yard. NSM 653 pushes up the rear with 654 on the front end. Lake Superior can be seen on the horizon to the right.
SD40-3 654 leads 23 loads of taconite tailings upgrade out of Silver Bay while DPU sister 653 shoves on the rear.
Loaded course trailings train with DPU SD40-3s on either end heads towards Babbitt for unloading.
Loaded tailings train heads towards the dumping basin with a DPU SD40-2 on either end.
