![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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News Feed - Cliffs Natural Resources
16 May 2025
- Cleveland-Cliffs announces mill and mine closures, impacting over 2,000 workers across 4 states - World Socialist Web Site
- Cleveland-Cliffs lays off more than 1,200 workers as tariffs hit demand - Manufacturing Dive
- Major US steel manufacturer laying off 600 in Dearborn, citing weak auto demand - Detroit Free Press
- Body of Minnesota swimmer recovered, teen identified - Chicago Tribune
- Empire Mine…Marquette or Minnesota? - thenorthwindonline.com
- Cleveland-Cliffs Idling Steel Plant, Mining Sites as Auto Orders Slow - IndustryWeek
- U.S. loan may help giant Australian iron mine buy Caterpillar trucks -- and compete with Minnesota taconite - Grand Forks Herald
- Iron Mines in Michigan - NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
- Cliffs to re-open Minnesota mine - Mining.com
- Northern Minnesota Field Hearing Highlights Need for Wolf Delisting - House Natural Resources Committee (.gov)
- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. celebrates 170 years of mining - Upper Michigan's Source
- Iron Range on the ropes: Mining and school layoffs test the region’s resiliency — again - MinnPost
- Cliffs buys land, mineral rights at Nashwauk project site - Duluth News Tribune
- Sustain Our Great Lakes Partnership Announces $17.6 Million in Conservation Grants for Great Lakes Restoration - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- United Taconite opens new iron pellet plant on Iron Range - Star Tribune
