A special high-wide move on Northshore Mining involving the transfer of a large dump truck from the mine at Babbitt to the tailings disposal site at Milepost 7. One of NSM's three former GCFX/WC/C... (more)

After having to clear snow from switches to get into the yard, delivering their commercial interchange traffic for CN and looking over their newly delivered locomotive, the crew rides off into th... (more)

The crew with the NSM 651 uses some air from the loco to blow out switches at their small interchange yard they share with CN. When you run a small railroad operation you do what you have to to m... (more)

The crew on board the NSM SD40-3 #651 pulls up and gets their first look at their "new" rebuilt toy, the NSM SD28-3 #1236 which was sent out almost a year ago to the day for rebuild at NRE in Dixm... (more)

Back on home rails! Originally built in 1965 as a SD28 and used at Reserve Mining, this unit was rebuilt by NRE in Dixmoor, Il in 2011 and is now clasified as a SD28-3. With only 2000 h.p. this un... (more)

UH That'll Do! The sometimes not so glamorous side of railroading and some of the things that can happen. Here is what happens when the load out chute of a taconite pellet bin fails to close dur... (more)

After taking a siding to meet a 12,000 ton coal train, MILW 261 gets a signal. "It's kinda like moving a brick wall," says the DS about putting the coal train in the siding, as if apologizing to ... (more)