After having to clear snow from switches to get into the yard, delivering their commercial interchange traffic for CN and looking over their newly delivered locomotive, the crew rides off into th... (more)

On a shortline railroad crewmembers have to take on different jobs. Normally a section crew would have come through and blown out these switches. Not here in the middle of the frozen tundra. The e... (more)

The crew with the NSM 651 uses some air from the loco to blow out switches at their small interchange yard they share with CN. When you run a small railroad operation you do what you have to to m... (more)

With the yard at Silver Bay plugged, all the #651 can do today is drop off cars (middle track) and let the ones the CN dropped off (left track) sit another day. They will run light back the the Ba... (more)

In an almost never photographed scene, two NSM employees (Engineer operating air gun) blow out switches at Norshor Junction. Its unfortunate that they have no way to wash their engines.

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.

Three blue units lead 156 cars of ore towards Silver Bay on a pristine late spring morning.

Three blue units lead 156 cars or ore towards Silver Bay on a pristine late spring morning.

With only the last few miles to go the crew aboard the noon loads eases their train past the jct. for the tailings basin and proceeds to Silver Bay with more taconite rock.

The noon loads consisting of three SD40-3's and 156 cars of taconite rock make their way from the mine in Babbitt to the plant in SIlver Bay on a great spring day. The detector chimed in with the... (more)

Nice clean leader powers an ore train through ice fog as it heads for the plant at Silver Bay on Christmas Eve.

11am loads wind their way to Silver Bay behind a nice looking #651.

The Ice Kingdom. With ice covering everything, a beautiful sight was 4 NSM SD40's chugging towards Silver Bay with a cold shortened train. Truly was sight to behold.

Recently rebuilt NSM 651 is still nice and clean bringing up the rear of the tailings train as it heads back to Silver Bay after unloading in the Tailings Basin on a branch line that heads north f... (more)

Recently released from overhaul and sporting a new paint job and nose lettering, Sd40-3 651 leads SD18 1231, SD28 1234, and leased Alaska GP40-2 3004 southboud near Silver Bay with 155 loads.