In late 1998 LTV Steel Mining Company began running longer 125-car ore trains and to handle such tonnage they assembled 6-unit locomotive sets (previously 4-5 units sets were the norm on 96-car tr... (more)
Paying first class to ride in the Milwaukee Road Skytop Cedar Rapids over the former LTVSMC dock at Taconite Harbor in 2002 was worth every penny. The sun came out and illuminated the shuttered do... (more)
Dumping ore at Taconite Harbor A LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) loaded taconite train slowly rumbles over the dock at Taconite Harbor, Minnesota, on a beautiful September 20, 1991. The... (more)
Color in the Northwoods LTV Steel (former Erie Mining Company) F9's move ore toward Taconite Harbor on dreary, yet colorful autumn day of September 23, 1993. This view is a few miles we... (more)