not sure of the date
going down to the plant, to fetch 6 loaded concentrate gons
trundling down to the taconite plant, to fetch some loaded concentrate gons
running lite LHF
A loaded ore train rolls towards Silber Bay on Northshore Mining.
Display of Edna G between Two Harbors and Silver Bay.
4 hrs at Silver Bay and finally a train....
A loaded raw taconite train meets up with NSM 653 leading a tailings train a few miles outside of Silver Bay. 653 is ex-UP 3545.
Tailings empties return to the Silver Bay yard. NSM 653 pushes up the rear with 654 on the front end. Lake Superior can be seen on the horizon to the right.
NSM 652 pushed up the rear on tailing empties returning back to the Silver Bay yard.
9000 horses pulling 17,000 tons of raw taconite to the Silver Bay processing plant through the Superior National Forest.
North Shore Mining
Down around MP 5 at 0927.
Built March 1966 as PRR 6092.
The -3s struggle uphill with empties for Babbitt at 1057.
Built May 1969 as CN 5110.
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