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)

A LTV (former Erie Mining) train heads east for Taconite Harbor at Cramer Tunnel, Minnesota, on a beautiful September 20, 1991.

LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) F9s in a perfect A-B-B-A consist, lead an empty ore train west through the Cramer Tunnel in Minnesota.

LTV's F9 fleet lasted as long as the mining operation that they served. I never had a lot of luck with getting photos of this operation, but did manage a few shots...although most were of the clou... (more)

I spent a few days in Northern Minnesota during the Fall of 1999 trying to get the LTV F's. Weather was non- cooperative at the best and we had one perfect day. With typical luck, the best day we ... (more)

The evening shadows are long as 4210 east passes the signboard for Zeke on the LTV Mining Railroad. There is no side track here but this is where the most precipitous part of the decent into the L... (more)

F9A #4210 leads the LTV's infamous "6-pack" up and away from the dock at Taconite Harbor just moments before the shadows engulf the entire scene. The F-units were running in the 3:00 pm slot this... (more)

Two LTV geeps along with three leased GE's ease the 7:00 am pellet train with 120 loads across the dock.

The 7:00 am train rolls through Cramer Tunnel and starts its descent down towards Taconite Harbor on a beautiful fall morning.

An LTV F-9A glides through Kramer tunnel on there way back to Hoyt Lakes, MN after dumping a train load of Iron Ore at Taconite Harbor, MN just moments befor this phot was taken.

The 4210 leads 4 GPs through the S-Curves west of Cramer Tunnel on a beautiful late October day in 1999. Scanned from Fuji Provia slide.

A perfect ABBBBA lashup of F9's leads the 7:00am loads out of Cramer Tunnel.

Six F9's unload their train of taconite into the dock. The classic laker Lee A. Tregurtha is waiting to load at the dock.

My first encounter with the famous LTVSMC "6 Pack" was on a crisp day in early November 1998 as this stunning set worked ore loads east for the dock at Taconite Harbor. Hard to believe that 10 ye... (more)