Chasing the Northshore Mining Railroad in Northeast Minnesota

[@lashendawest7509]

Great catches and awesome video

[@trainutjob]

Thank you!

[@andreasforster7757]

💯Excellent. ❤Thank you for this interesting contribution. This railroad was still unknown. Andreas 👨‍✈👍👍👍👍

[@trainutjob]

Thank you very much!

[@paulbergen9114]

It's nice to see an updated tape on this operation since they technically are now on the third generation of power. Actually the softer light of the winter sun and the brown grass help make the train stand out. Nice catches out in the Sticks

[@trainutjob]

Thank you very much! They’ve definitely had some interesting power here over the years, I think the blue and white paint looks sharp on the SD70s. It helped it was an oddly beautiful day out as well. Thank you for watching!

[@mikemacheese7174]

Beautiful!

[@trainutjob]

Thank you very much!

[@23431]

Thanks for another great video from your trip

[@trainutjob]

Thanks for checking it out bud!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

AWESOME video. We got video of these guys 4 years ago but in the snow depths of winter. Love the sounds of the EMDs. Enjoyed this video and now wanting to get back up that way soon. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful rest of your weekend.(Steve)

[@trainutjob]

Thanks Steve! It’s a cool railroad to check out, after finally being up there, I can’t imagine doing it in the winter, I’ll have to find your video! I hope you guys can make it up again soon, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@trainutjob Your welcome, It was a mild week in February of 2020 just before the big C shut us all down that we were up there. But tons of snow on the ground and it was hard to walk up closer to the tracks in waist deep snow. We hope so also. We have videos on our playlist of the North Shore Mining. Thank you very much also.

[@23431]

That’s a pretty good size train for 2 locomotives

[@trainutjob]

Agreed! I think 160ish cars or so actually.

[@Nicola636128]

Very nice! How many trains run from the mine to Silver bay per day?

[@trainutjob]

Thank you very much! I believe for the ore, it’s three round trips a day? I’d assume the same for the Tailings train as well.

[@jtrailfan9150]

Looks like a neat operation they have going. Happen to know if they operate on Saturdays?

[@trainutjob]

Thanks buddy! I believe they run all week, Thursdays are a maintenance day apparently so it may be slow.