After five months of being inactive, Northshore Mining operated its first ore train today between the mine at Babbitt and plant at Silver Bay. Cliffs Natural Resources idled this operation in Octo... (more)
North Shore Mining's New leased units ease a train of raw ore down grade thru Beaver Bay MN.
As the last light of the day holds on, NSM 653 leads empties out of the Lake Superior basin from Silver Bay back to the mine at Babbitt, MN.
NSM 650 grunts and NSM 651 groans as they work together lifting heavy, wet coarse waste tailings out of the Lake Superior basin from Silver Bay to the tailings ponds 7 miles inland.
Running late, the morning ore train nears Silver Bay with a former GCFX unit leading three EMD sisters.
A loaded tailings train heads to the Milepost 7 basin with one SD40-3 on either end.
The operator has his train of empty ore cars well in hand as we approach the crossover at milepost 12.5. This train was following a loaded tailings train back to Babbitt and had two leased CREX GE... (more)
NSM's three former GCFX (CN/WC) SD40-3s lead a train of ore empties out of the Lake Superior Basin northwest of Silver Bay. These three were being used while the two leased CREX GEs normally used ... (more)
A lone SD40-3 handles a cut of interchange traffic from Silver Bay to the CN interchange at Norshor Junction.
Leased CREX GEs lift 156 empties out of Silver Bay on their way back to the mine at Babbitt.
North Shore Mining heads north for Babbitt with another string of empties behind the leased GEs.
Just before the CREX ES44ACs roll past, a bonus--tailings run up the hill from Silver Bay.
Looking as if they were fresh out of a LIONEL box, two leased ES44ACs lead the first daylight Load run since one furnace went back on line.
Close-up view of two CREX GEs being tested by Northshore Mining. EMD SD70ACe units are slated to test later in the year.
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)