What is possibly the last run of the Cliffs Erie A-B-B-B-A set of F9s works empties for loading of reclaimed ore while the former mainline across the ore dock sits silent.

The "Loose Wheels Railroad" (as stenciled on one of the B-Units) loads a cut of twelve cars in the late afternoon.

The Cliffs Erie Railroad passes along the shore of Lake Superior as they gain speed for the run up the hill pulling 12 cars loaded with chips and fines.

Cliffs Erie Railroad workers remove what is left of the chips and fines that were left in the dock after operations at the mine ceased.

Just after the fog lifts over Lake Superior, five F units tie onto sixteen loaded side dump cars spotted on the dock. The side dumps will be taken up to Tunnel Siding, then later in the day forwar... (more)

Cliffs Erie F-units, running as an A-B-B-B-A set, negociate the loop track at Taconite Harbor with sixteen loaded side dumps headed for Tunnel Siding. Note that part of the 4210's pilot has been ... (more)

An A-B-B-B-A set of classic F9s spot side dump cars for loading of reclaimed taconite fines/chips at the ore dock on the shore of Lake Superior. This ore will be taken back to Hoyt Lakes for load... (more)

An A-B-B-B-A set of classic F9s ease down the steep ramp into the loading area at the ore dock on the shore of Lake Superior.

Five F9s pass the waterfall at MP 73 as 12 loads depart Taconite Harbor westbound.

Cliffs Erie F9A 4210 rolls down the hill into Taconite Harbor with cars from Hoyt Lakes. They'll be loaded with chips and fines, then taken up the hill to Tunnel Siding twelve cars at a time to m... (more)

Cliffs Erie F9A 4210 backs down to pick up 12 more empty cars for loading with chips and fines. The massive dock - now unused - stands in the background.

Four F9s (an A-B-B-A set) are in the process of being scrapped near the location where they were destroyed in a run-away wreck that also resulted in 93 ore cars being cut-up. The wreck happended ... (more)

An LTV Steel Mining Company F9A leads three geeps and a leased LRCX GE on a loaded ore train dumping at the ore dock on the north shore of Lake Superior in the fall of 1999.

No where else in the U.S. today could you find an A-B-B-B-A set of F9s in freight service, but it happened today after ex-Erie Mining F9A 4211, now owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum was p... (more)

The loaded dump cars have been shoved towards the dock, as F9 4210 backs down the hill to pick up another twelve cars.