After picking up cars at the elevator in Iroquois, the KB&S returns to home base with the Cliff's Erie Railroad F9(A) units pointing the way.

The Cliff's Erie Railroad F units sit in the south yard at Joliet, awaiting delivery to the Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR) in Olin, IN.

Both the IBCX 4210 and 4214 say their final goodbyes to what is left of the former Erie Mining plant and property and for the first time since 1957, there are no F units at the former Erie Mining ... (more)

The end of an era. Another chapter in the storied book on Minnesota's Iron Range has come to an end. Within minutes, CN power will arrive and pull these two former Erie Mining, then later LTV S... (more)

Born in 1956, destroyed in 2014. Parts and some unidentifiable pieces that once belonged to either Erie Mining F9(B) units 4223, 4224 or 4225 lay strewn about behind Erie Mining F9(A) 4210 as a co... (more)

One of the once mighty Erie Mining/ LTV Steel EMD built F9(A) units, EMCO 4214 sits in the weeds in a small three track yard on Cliffs Erie property waiting to be moved off property due to being s... (more)

Born in 1956, destroyed in 2014. The biggest pieces that remain of Erie Mining F9(B) units 4223, 4224 and 4225 are their fuel tanks. Erie Mining F9(A) 4210 however has a new lease on life after be... (more)

One of two remaining F9(A) units waits to be moved off property due to a recent sale. The parts behind the 4210 are parts and pieces from the F9(B) 4223, 4224, 4225 that were recently scrapped.

The three fuel tanks are all that remains from the three Erie Mining Co. F9(B) units that have recently been deemed scrap and cut up by a contractor for razor blades etc..

One of the two remaining Erie Mining Co. F units still on the old Erie Mining Co. ( later LTV Steel and now Cliffs Erie ) property stares at the remains of her sister F9(B) units 4224, 4223, and 4... (more)

Nose to nose with former Erie Mining, LTV Steel Mining, Cliffs Erie and now Mesabi Nugget Alco 7222.

A view looking at the shuttered former LTV Steel Mining Company (Erie Mining) ore dock at Taconite Harbor. The ore dock hasn't been used for shipping ore in ten years (LTV quit in 2001 and success... (more)

A view looking at the shuttered former LTV Steel Mining Company (Erie Mining) trestle and ore dock at Taconite Harbor. The ore dock hasn't been used for shipping ore in ten years (LTV quit in 2001... (more)

A pair of F9s ease back to pick up RS11 7209 and a waste water tank car from the top of the dormant ore dock in 2006. Cliffs Erie had moved some cars to the dock area to pick up grinding equipment... (more)

A look back.... Erie Mining then LTV Steel Alco C420 #7222 and F9(A) 4214.