Two of NSM's new (ex-CSX) SD70ACe units ease a loaded taconite iron ore train into the yard at Silver Bay. On the left is the silo for tailings that are loading into side dump cars and moved to a ... (more)

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 distant green over red indicates we are ready for a "Blue Hour" departure to Silver Bay with 156 cars of Taconite ore. A view in the cab of leased CREX 1201 operating on Northshore Mining.

Fill'er Up. Two leased GEs take on fuel at Northshore Mining's Silver Bay yard prior to taking 131 empty ore cars back to the mine at Babbitt.