A caboose on a revenue train that's being eased to Northern Plains railroad for use at the former Magnetation Jessie Loadout Facility location by Prairie River Minerals (PRM). This former Burling... (more)

It's shortly after 0800 on a Wednesday morning and the crew on board GMTX 413 (which is leased to Northern Plains railroad) have departed the yard at Gunn with a string of empties and is heading d... (more)

It's shortly after 0800 on a Wednesday morning and the crew on board GMTX 413 (which is leased to Northern Plains railroad) have departed the yard at Gunn with a string of empties and headed down ... (more)

Empties led by lease unit PRLX 2643 glide around the S curve outside Beaver Bay, MN as they head inland after leaving the plant on the shore of Lake Superior. The crew is about 5 miles into the th... (more)

So nice, quiet and cold with a code blue sky here at M.P. 28 along the NSM mainline as empties cruise by heading back inland from the plant on the shore of Lake Superior to the mine at Babbitt, MN... (more)

Running back to the mine with empties, PRLX 2643 leads the way inland at the half way point along the 47 mile railroad. The railroad currently has 2 PRLX units being used as loaners for two of th... (more)

PRLX 2643, ex-NS SD70M leads empties west back to the mine at Babbitt from the plant at Silver Bay, MN. The very basic very bland and very black PRLX unit is one of two PRLX SD70M loaners NSM is u... (more)

Empties behind two ex-CSX but new to them NSM painted SD70ACe's (673 & 671) and NSM 660 a former CN/WC SD40-3 kick up some of the fresh snow and they rumble along the mainline heading west back t... (more)

Running up the hill out of the Lake Superior basin, NSM 661 chases the setting sun with a train of empties on a cold and clear New Year's Day.

Shortly before being finally withdrawn from service altogether in KwaZulu Natal, Class 6E1 locomotives, headed by E1598, leaving Bayhead Yard in Durban with a load of empties (used in this case fo... (more)

As the winter sun dips fast towards the horizon and a few hours after coming by with loads and trailing, NSM 661 now finds itself as the leader heading inland from Lake Superior and the plant back... (more)

Breaking the silence for a moment are three SD40-3's working hard pulling empties back inland from the Lake Superior basin and the plant at Silver Bay back to the mine at Babbitt, MN. Fall colors ... (more)

A pair of leased EMDs lead ore empties out of the Lake Superior Basin, northwest of Silver Bay. Fall color is near peak.

On a otherwise quiet and tranquil late winter afternoon, NSM 653 breaks that quiet and tranquility momentarily as it and two other SD40-3's chase the sun to the horizon working up hill out of the ... (more)

the ash train returns empty to load again.