Dry conditions combined with a stiff breeze fanned sparks from a rail grinder into a moderate grass fire. Crews on the grinder and those following on a special Northshore Mining fire train doused ... (more)

Dry conditions combined with a stiff breeze fanned sparks from a rail grinder into a moderate grass fire. Crews on the grinder and those following on a special Northshore Mining fire train doused ... (more)

Raw ore heads for Silver Bay.

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

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.

Splitting the signals for the tailings basin, the 1100 loads only have a few miles left before they are at the yard and plant at Silver Bay with their loads of rock to keep the plant running makin... (more)

On a beautiful Autumn day, North Shore Mining 652 leads its' ore train to the plant at Silver Bay.

Splitting the signals on the final leg of the 47 mile trip from Babbit to Silver Bay.

What a welcome sight! A raw ore train on the NSM with a blue NSM on the nose of the leader.

Taconite rock rolls the 47 miles from Babbitt to Silver Bay for processing, passing through the scenic Superior National Forest along the way.

An interesting switch stand light matchs the color of the units.

Loads of taconite rock head down from the Babbitt mine to the plant in Silver Bay located some 47 miles away on the shore of Lake Superior. It's about a two hour trip one way hauling the approx. ... (more)

Standing on the former Erie Mining Dunka Branch bridge which Erie Mining used to access the Dunka Mine shooting the NSM 1100 loads two miles out their own mine and yard at Babbitt.

Pulling 149 loads of rock down from the mine in Babbitt to the processing plant at Silver Bay, NSM 652 leads three other EMD SD40's along the NSM mainline at M.P. 4.5

When railfans come from far away to shoot the NSM railroad this is the shot they all want to leave with. Taken from the appropriately named "Railfan Rock" high above the NSM mainline. Three SD40... (more)