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)

The crew on board the NSM SD40-3 #651 pulls up and gets their first look at their "new" rebuilt toy, the NSM SD28-3 #1236 which was sent out almost a year ago to the day for rebuild at NRE in Dixm... (more)

Back on home rails! Originally built in 1965 as a SD28 and used at Reserve Mining, this unit was rebuilt by NRE in Dixmoor, Il in 2011 and is now clasified as a SD28-3. With only 2000 h.p. this un... (more)

A lucky shaft of sunlight illuminates the lead units on an ore train.

A pair of leased units long with NSM 650 lug 156 ore loads towards Silver Bay on a beautifully still and crisp (temp 44F) morning in Northeastern Minnesota.

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.

Three rare ex-Reserve Mining SD28s (1234, 1236, 1235) and former NSM SD18 1228 (leased back from LRC) head out of Silver Bay with empties for Babbitt the day after Christmas 2000.

Three leased units lead a short 99-car empty ore train out of Silver Bay towards Babbitt.

NSM 653 leads an EMD lease unit and a recently arrived ex-GCFX/WC SD40-3 downgrade towards Silver Bay with 155 loads. Also on the train was NREX SD40-2 5418.

A fairly rare catch to find one of NSM's rebuilt SD28s leading a loaded ore train. Here 1234 leads three leased SD40-2s towards Silver Bay with 156 cars.

A classic three EMD set of NSM locomotives breaks the silence of the cold northern Minnesota winter wilderness as they pull the loads of raw taconite rock from the mine to the plant. Once they pas... (more)

Seldom used veteran Reserve Mining SD18 1231 pulls the railroad's Jordan Spreader towards milepost 32 where they will reverse direction and plow towards milepost 18, making a pass over the snow co... (more)

A trio of road units hustle 156 ore empties back to the mine at Babbitt after a decent snowfall.

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