![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 July 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
- Cleveland-Cliffs Idling Steel Plant, Mining Sites as Auto Orders Slow - IndustryWeek
- Iron Range on the ropes: Mining and school layoffs test the region’s resiliency — again - MinnPost
- Top 10 Best Views in Minnesota - The Nature Conservancy
- Huge 'Wall of Water' Could Devastate Great Lake - Newsweek
- Iron Mines in Michigan - NASA Earth Observatory (.gov)
- Cleveland back in Cliffs company name - Duluth News Tribune
- Northern Minnesota Field Hearing Highlights Need for Wolf Delisting - House Committee on Natural Resources (.gov)
- Cliffs Natural Resources to Restart Minnesota Mine - The Wall Street Journal
- Mining rush brings hope, dread to Upper Peninsula, amid historic energy shift - Bridge Michigan
- Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater - Great Lakes Now
- Cliffs to halt operations at Minnesota iron ore mine - Mining.com
- End of Empire mine, ‘end of the life’ - The Detroit News
- Why fish consumption advisories in Great Lakes states carry their own risks - PBS Wisconsin
