Tailings empties return to the Silver Bay yard. NSM 653 pushes up the rear with 654 on the front end. Lake Superior can be seen on the horizon to the right.

9000 horses pulling 17,000 tons of raw taconite upgrade at notch 8 through the Superior National Forest.

Getting ready to depart Babbitt with 146 loads for Silver Bay.

Engineer Bruce at the helm on NSM 652. Heading back to Babbitt with 136 empties.

Empties from Silver Bay are heading back to Babbit for another load. Lake Superior is just visable on the horizon.

Three blue SD40s lead 130 loads of crude ore east towards Silver Bay under clear skies on a mild (+31F) Sunday.

As temperatures register at -25 degrees below zero, the sun tries it's best to warm the air and clear out some clouds that had formed over Lake Superior on a typical winter morning in remote north... (more)

A a cold Minnesota morning, NSM 657 throws of some heat while leading a half train of empties back from Silver Bay to the mine at Babbit, MN. When it's this cold the railroad usually cuts the tra... (more)

An SD28 leads a train of rock tailings up the hill away from Lake Superior to an inland dump site on the North Shore Mining Company Railroad. The paint on this unit is original to first owner, Res... (more)

Looking into the morning sun really exagerates the exhaust and snow this train is kicking up.

My first shot of 2010 has NSM 650, the first of the rebuilt SD40-2's purchased by NSM, leading a crude ore train through the winter wonderland at Milepost 23. The temperature was a balmy -7 degree... (more)

A rare North Shore Mining SD28 working it's way back towards home rails from rebuild at NRE. Cleanest it will ever be as soon it will be hauling taconite rock from the mine in Babbit to the plant... (more)

The freight job that works Norshore Jct. (DM&IR interchange) has picked up some loaded covered hoppers and is on the move back to Silver Bay along the double track mainline.

Late afternoon sun breaks through the storm clouds as NSM 655 leads a crude taconite train from Babbitt to the processing plant at Silver Bay on Lake Superior.

Temp -24F, windchill -40F.