Two leased MACs lead a Northshore Mining SD40-3 toward Silver Bay with a short ore train.

CEFX 130 + 133 hold back a heavy ore train bound for Silver Bay/Cliffs North Shore Mining on a damp and foggy fall morning.

This pair of 90MACs goes off lease shortly. Get them while you can.

Northshore Mining's 0700 crew has their pair of SD9043MACs in full dynamic as they descend the 1.5 percent grade toward Lake Superior. The train is skirting the west side of Silver Bay's golf cour... (more)

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)

As rain builds and the sky darkens, the 1700 loads from Babbitt, led by two leased CIT (CEFX) SD9043MAC's, are quietly rolling down the NSM main towards Silver Bay.

On their first revenue run for Northshore Mining, two leased CIT MACs lead 156 loaded ore cars towards Silver Bay.

On their first revenue run for Northshore Mining, two big SD9043MACs lead 156 loaded ore cars towards Silver Bay. NSM has leased this pair for two years.

The first half of an 81-car loaded ethanol train - technically operating as GMRC 263, however on paper listed as the 644-003A train, is seen eastbound just outside of downtown Chester Depot with t... (more)

The first half of an 81-car loaded ethanol train - technically operating as GMRC 263, however on paper listed as the 644-003A train, is seen approaching the newly rebuilt Bartonsville covered brid... (more)

With a bit earlier than normal departure from Rutland, Vermont, Green Mountain Railroad freight train 263 is seen passing the 'newly' rebuilt Bartonsville covered bridge, having seen its grand reo... (more)

Vermont Rail System is the second carrier in the Green Mountain Gateway haul of ethanol from the Dakota's to Providence, RI. Leased SD9043MACs CEFX 130 and 125 roll into Riverside Yard with the ... (more)

Owing to New Jersey's damage from Hurricane Sandy, several ethanol trains are being detoured over other routes to Providence, Rhode Island for transloading. On November 3, the first detoured trai... (more)

The CEFX SD9043MAC duo of 130 and 125 soar high above the Mill Stream at Cuttingsville, Vermont, with fall colors just beginning to emerge in the valley. The GMRC train 263 is enroute from Rutlan... (more)

The regularly assigned pair of SD9043MACs - CEFX 130 and 125 - ease the Green Mountain Railroad train 263 downgrade into Ludlow on an early fall September 21, 2012.