The blue and white of Northshore Mining really stands out amongst the greens and yellows of fall in Minnesota.
From the Land of Sky Blue Waters comes Northshore Mining's 1100 loads from the mine heading to the plant, a ballpark 47-mile trip through the woods of NE 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.
Heading east with rock from the mine on a nice fall afternoon in the woods of northern Minnesota.
The North Shore Mining railroad runs through the woods of northern Minnesota.
It's quiet out here except for the 3 big EMD's passing by pulling taconite rock while on their way down from the mine at Babbitt, MN to the plant at Silver Bay, MN.
The evening ore train rounding the bend near Beaver River on the way towards Silver Bay.
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)
