Running slightly behind schedule due to the cold weather, NSM 654, 661, 652 and 653 pull their train of taconite rock through the Superior Nation forest on the way to the shores of Lake Superior a... (more)

Raw ore to NSM's processing plant is almost at its' destination.

Off to dump tailings.

On a clear but cold spring day, NSM 654 leads empties back inland to the mine at Babbitt from the plant at Silver Bay. An increase in production and daylight savings time has a returned a dayligh... (more)

Burning diesel on the NSM mainline and climbing out of the Lake Superior basin with empties for the mine 47 miles inland at Babbitt, MN.

New and Old. Some much newer track M.O.W. equipment is parked behind a quartet of old SD18's (1231, 1230, 1227 and 1232) sitting on one of the yard tracks at North Shore Mining's mine yard at Babb... (more)

Pulling through the yard at North Shore Mining's taconite processing plant at Silver Bay we hold while NSM 1235 is about to pull loads around the building and then begin to shove them through the ... (more)

The sun just peeked over the trees as a pair of CREX ES44s that Northshore Mining is testing this year.

The early morning departure from the mine at Babbitt and the two hour run to the processing plant at Silver Bay is almost over for these two new leased CREX engines that Northshore Mining is testi... (more)

Two of the three brand spanking new GE's being tested by Northshore Mining have just departed the mine yard track at Babbitt and are heading out on the 47 mile trip to Silver Bay and the processin... (more)

A pure stroke of luck would have a Northshore Mining train running outside of the normal schedule this fine late summer afternoon at the Superior National Forest Road 113 crossing.

CREX 1204, CREX 1201, NSM 654 team up their dynamic brakes to ease 150 loads of ore towards the processing plant

GEs, on short term lease for testing, haul ore to Silver Bay from Babbit,MN. After viewing Dave Schauer"s and Todd M's shots, I decided to try the medium view. This was early on in a very good d... (more)

Cutting through the remaining fog and shadows of a early morning sunrise, two factory fresh big GEs being tested by Northshore Mining pull loads down from the mine at Babbitt through the Superior ... (more)

A pair of fresh off the factory floor GEs being tested by Northshore Mining for a few months pull the taconite rock from the mine at Babbitt to the plant at Silver Bay. Definitely something diffe... (more)