About a year before operation closed.
Erie Mining/LTV Steel owned three Alco C420’s. Here is # 7222 pushing an empty crude ore train to one of the many Hoyt Lakes ore loading sites. I believe it's being remotely operated from the co... (more)
Erie Mining/LTV Steel owned just one Alco C424, number 7230. It was built 10-64 as # 500. It was typically assigned to the Dunka Branch crude ore trains. In the above view, the 7230 is just beginn... (more)
Erie Mining/LTV Steel owned three Alco C420’s. Here we see # 7222 working a crude ore train at one of the many Hoyt Lakes ore loading sites. Number 7222 was delivered as # 602 in 1965 and in 199... (more)
Erie Mining/LTV Steel owned three Alco C420’s. Number 7222 was delivered as # 602 in 1965 and in 1991 was assigned to the Hoyt Lakes plant site where it worked crude ore trains while numbers 421... (more)
A trainload of blast furnace trim heads to Two Harbors
4211 and the other 6 remaining F-units wait at the interchange yard for shipment. The 4211 and 4222 will go to the LSRM in Duluth.
4210 and the other 6 remaining F-units wait at the interchange yard for shipment. The end is near for the taconite mill building in the background as it will soon be gone too.
An Inter-divisional empty heads north to Minntac at the end of an April snow storm.
Empty Minorca ID with new spring growth finally showing on the trees.
control stand in the 4211
control switches for the 4211
cab of the 4211.This unit belongs to the LSRM in Duluth
control stand of the 4214, looking pretty rough after several years of being parked.
