A pair of North Shore Mining SD70ACe's bringing the morning loads of raw iron ore towards Silver Bay to be processed into taconite pellets.

Coming around the s curve with taconite loads, NSM 675 and NSM 672 hold back their train as they descend into the Lake Superior basin with the plant and the shore of Lake Superior only a few more ... (more)

After shoving for all it's worth hauling heavy tailings up from the plant for dumping at the Milepost 7 tailing pond, NSM 650 is gliding back near m.p. 2 on the mainline almost to the plant at Sil... (more)

Lifting heavy wet coarse tailings up from the plant at Silver Bay to the tailings pond at m.p. 7. The veteran EMDs and the tall searchlights make for a good day.

The gloom of a wet and cold October morning is no match for these vibrant autumn yellows as they brightly dress the surrounding northern Minnesota landscape with their seasonal shades, looking on ... (more)

A push pull tandem with NSM 650 and NSM 653 lug heavy wet coarse waste rock up from the plant heading to their Milepost 7 tailings basin to unload before returning back to the plant to reload.

After a yearlong shutdown, Northshore Mining is back up and running, albeit at a reduced capacity and based on what owner Cleveland Cliffs needs for suppling customers. Shortly after sunrise the ... (more)

After a yearlong shutdown, Northshore Mining is back up and running, albeit at a reduced capacity based on what owner Cleveland Cliffs needs so it was nice to see a train on this line again. Here ... (more)

Just a few miles into its run to Silver Bay, the mid day train has their 3 motors in Run 8 with a load of crude ore.

Pusher power on a tailings train with a backdrop of fall colors in the hills of the Lake Superior Basin.

NSM's mid-day train is about half ways back on its journey to Babbitt for another load.

Rumor has it that the North Shore Mining Railroad is closing down due to poor quality pellets, old technology to make pellets, and inability to renew mineral leases for the time being. I took adva... (more)

The end of a train of ore empties is just clearing as the North Shore Mining's Tailings Train rounds the sweeping curve behind SD40-3 653 as it rolls along Airport Road in Beaver Bay, Minnesota an... (more)

North Shore Mining SD28-3 1234 pulls a cut of loaded ore cars alongside the dumper for unloading at the processing plant in Silver Bay, Minnesota on a cold January morning.

It's a gloomy and cold morning on the shores of Lake Superior in Silver Bay, Minnesota as North Shore Mining SD38-3 1234 pulls a cut of loaded ore cars down towards the dumper for unloading. In th... (more)