North Shore Mining's 0500 loaded train heads south from the mines near Babbitt to the taconite plant and dock on Lake Superior at Silver Bay, MN, seen at the well-known "pond" near the township of... (more)
The 1100 loads pass under the mothballed Erie Mining/LTV Steel tracks.
5pm loads a few miles into their journey to Silver Bay for unloading.
Nearing noon hour, the 11am loads make their way towards Lake Superior.
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.
The first run of NSM's former CSX SD70ACe models heads east toward Silver Bay with taconite loads. NSM expects five of these to replace four leased CEFX SD9043MACs. For now the mining railroad's S... (more)
