The blue and white of Northshore Mining really stands out amongst the greens and yellows of fall in Minnesota.

Almost to the plant at Silver Bay, NSMX 673 is within the last few miles of their trip to the taconite plant and dock on the shore of Lake Superior.

Splitting some old searchlight signals as the empties leave Silver Bay and begin the trip west back to the mine.

Coming out of the yard and beginning the trip west back to the mine.

The early morning loaded train from Babbitt is within the last few miles of its trip to the taconite plant and dock at Silver Bay as it rolls by what's colloquially known as "Railfan Rock.&q... (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)

A Cyprus Northshore ore train works upgrade away from Lake Superior at Silver Bay, Minnesota, along an empty County Highway 3 on September 20, 1991. The train is powered by a pair of rare EMD SD28... (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)

A duo of NSM SD70ACe's bringing the morning set of loads into the Silver Bay yard. They would quickly detach from the headend and grab the set of empties on the track in the foreground and depart ... (more)

Two of NSM's new (ex-CSX) SD70ACe units ease a loaded taconite iron ore train into the yard at Silver Bay. On the left is the silo for tailings that are loading into side dump cars and moved to a ... (more)

The fall colors of Minnesota's Iron Range showcase themselves as Northshore Mining's empties pull out of the Lake Superior Basin and head back to Babbitt.

The fall colors of Minnesota's Iron Range showcase themselves as Northshore Mining's morning loads split a pair of searchlight signals.

Northshore Mining's new locomotive positions ore cars at the dumper in Silver Bay.

Shortly after the loads ran by, this empty tailings train with NSM 650 pulling and NSM 651 pushing came rolling along heading back to the plant to reload. With no schedule at all and running only... (more)