Quebec Iron Ore Inc. (QIO) announced last week that the first train loaded with 16,500 metric tons of highgrade 66 percent Fe iron concentrate left the Bloom Lake Iron Ore Mine near Fermont, Quebec.

Ore jennies are a specialized type of hopper car designed exclusively to haul heavy loads of iron ore. The car's history can trace its roots back to the mid1800s although as Mike Schafer notes in his book, "Freight Train Cars," it wasn't until the end of that century when vast veins of ore were ...

Gronckle Iron is a metal alloy that was inadvertently discovered by Fishlegs Ingerman, Gobber the Belch and Meatlug. Fishlegs and Meatlug were upset over being slow as they fly and questioned their overall usefulness to the other Dragon Riders.

"Located in the iron ore rich Pilbara region of Western Australia with close proximity to Asia and India, Fortescue is the world's fourth largest iron ore producer and is still growing. Fortescue ...

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Riding the Iron Ore train from Nouadhibou to Choum, Mauritania was one of the top travel experiences I have ever had. The journey from the coast into the heart of the Mauritanian Sahara is as much of an adventure as one could possible have, and will certainly leave you full of stories to tell.

The Best Train Journey in the World – Riding the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania The Iron Ore Train across the Sahara Desert, through Mauritania I know, I know the title of this article is a big shout,...

Rio Tinto, the world's largest autonomous truck operator, has just received the first delivery of iron ore by an autonomous train, said to be the world's largest robot, in the Pilbara, Western ...

Gondolas. Designed to ship heavy bulk commodities that includes scrap metal, aggregates, logs, lumber, scrap steel, etc.

The iron ore trade became the dominant trade of the Great Lakes in 1888. Soon after it started, the United States became the world's top source for iron and steel. The Lake Superior region was at the center of this trade, with its plentiful ores and low cost transportation. So too Ashland became a hot spot for transporting the ore by lake.

The Iron Ore Heritage Trail is a 47mile, year round, multiuse, interpretive trail that crosses the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Call us the outdoor linear museum where you exercise your body and mind. Those who bike, walk, run, hike, ORV, snowmobile, cross country ski, birdwatch, and/or wander will find a section of trail perfect for your activity.

Rio Tino's autonomous train has completed its first delivery of iron ore in Western Australia's Pilbara. The train, consisting of three locomotives and described by Rio Tinto as "the world's ...

Directly Reduced Iron (DRI) using waste/low grade iron ore (slime), mill scale and waste/less reactive coal (partly oxidized coal Jhama coal). In order to get most green and dry strength for safe handling and transportation, the pellets of iron ore slime and the pellets of mill .

The train makes its way out through the distant Sahara, fills up with iron ore, and returns the next day. Jumping aboard the sole passenger carriage attached reluctantly to the rear, few tourists ...

The autonomous train, consisting of three locomotives and carrying around 28,000 tonnes of iron ore, travelled over 280 kilometres from Rio Tinto's mining operations in Tom Price to the port of ...

The shipment marks the first delivery of iron ore by a driverless train. It is the latest milestone in the multinational mining corporation's A940 million, sixyear AutoHaul project to ...

Since the Iron Mill has it's own short switcher, (and ore cars are short), one can use subminimum radius curves. The buildings,of course,have to be weathered, to give the grimy appearance. Click on the photos to enlarge them.