![LS&I 3004, the Hill Job, on the Dead River Trestle near Negaune. 2003 [Tom Carello]](/images/MIRR/LS&I3004-3071HillJobWBatDeadRiverTrestle052503[TomCarello].jpg "LS&I 3004, the Hill Job, on the Dead River Trestle near Negaune. 2003 [Tom Carello]")
Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad - Cliffs Natural Resources
The Lake Superior & Ishpeming (LS&I) is primarily a taconite hauling railroad which takes carloads of taconite (processed iron ore) pellets from mine to boat loading facilities at the Presque Isle dock on the north side of Marquette. LS&I also provides interchange of ore with the Canadian National for shipping out of the Port of Escanaba, as well as all-rail movements to a steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and occasionally Indiana.
The LS&I line is split into two lines, one from Eagle Mills Yard in Negaunee to the Empire and Tilden mines in Palmer. The other line goes from Eagle Mills Yard to the dock in Marquette. LS&I has trackage rights on the CN from Negaunee to the Republic area via Ishpeming.
The LS&I was originally owned by three mining companies 100 years ago, but is now owned completely by Cliffs Natural Resources. Cliffs owns railroads north of Duluth, Minnesota as well as others around the world. The company owns a large capacity ore loading facility at Presque Isle.
Website: Cliffs Natural Resources
Photo: LS&I 3004, the Hill Job, on the Dead River Trestle near Negaune. 2003 [Tom Carello]
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15 March 2025
- Northern Minnesota Field Hearing Highlights Need for Wolf Delisting - Hearing | Committee Activity | The House Committee on Natural Resources
- Body of Minnesota swimmer recovered, teen identified - Chicago Tribune
- Cliffs Natural Resources to Reopen Minnesota Mine Early - The Wall Street Journal
- U.S. loan may help giant Australian iron mine buy Caterpillar trucks -- and compete with Minnesota taconite - Grand Forks Herald
- Sustain Our Great Lakes Partnership Announces $17.6 Million in Conservation Grants for Great Lakes Restoration - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Cliffs to re-open Minnesota mine - MINING.com
- Cliffs to boost iron ore production - Duluth News Tribune
- Iron Mines in Michigan - nasa.gov
- Empire Mine…Marquette or Minnesota? - North Wind Online
- Top 10 Best Views in Minnesota - The Nature Conservancy
- End of Empire mine, ‘end of the life’ - Detroit News
- EPA proposes mercury limits from iron ore processing - ICT News
- Cliffs temporarily idles Northshore Mining - MPR News
- Mining’s last stand? A UP way of life is threatened - Bridge Michigan
- Minnesota tribes say EPA’s taconite mercury emission rules don’t go far enough - MinnPost
