GN Mesabi Division Construction October 19th, 2025 by Ed Klein 7 photos Photos from the railroad: Great Northern Mesabi Division Trains leaving the west end staging will come around into Cass Lake on the right of the photo. the Yard operators will be behind the bench work on the right which is partially hidden by the drywall Another view of Cass Lake yard, the yard will have plenty of room for classification tracks as well as industries for the crews to switch East bound trains will leave Cass Lake going around a curve and into this area. The tracks to the right will lead into a peninsula with the helix at the end of it. The helix peninsula is behind the camera in this shot. A new town will go in here. More opportunities for switching by the turns. Looking down the mainline towards Orr Yard. The freestanding structure to the right is the helix base. The peninsula leading to it will be the last part of the benchwork to be built ORR yard will be on the upper deck and is partially built up with framework. The lower deck will have mine leads here, so ore trains will have to set out empties and pick up loads. Staging is on both sides of the upper deck. In the Photo west end is on the right, east end will be on the left once it is built.
