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.

Pulling through the yard at North Shore Mining's taconite processing plant at Silver Bay we hold while NSM 1235 is about to pull loads around the building and then begin to shove them through the ... (more)

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)

After a major brushing project by the railroad, the entire NSM 1100 loads train is completely visible as they roll towards Silver Bay. The Superior National Forest along with most of the trees o... (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.

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.

Screaming downhill with some classic 9000 EMD horsepower, this train delivers 17,000 tons of taconite rock from the mine at Babbitt to the processing plant at Silver Bay.

Consecutively numbered ex-Rock Island units now leased to North Shore Mining lead taconite rock loads from the Babbitt mine to the Silver Bay plant along the 47 mile NSM mainline which cuts throug... (more)

Consecutively numbered ex-Rock Island units leased to North Shore Mining scream downhill throwing exhaust and heat into the air while holding back taconite rock loads from the Babbitt mine which ... (more)

Perfect Day. Perfect Light. The NSM raw rock loads from the mine in Babbitt roll south towards Silver Bay on a unseasonably warm January day in northern Minnesota.

A mere 15 miles off pavement and down a logging road into the woods of northern Minnesota you will come across the Skibo Road crossing at M.P. 43 on the NSM RR. Rumor had it this was the most remo... (more)