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)
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 first pull of taconite "fines" heads west through Murphy City early in the morning. After dropping the loads off at Trow siding, the Fs will return to the Tunnel siding to pick up more loads.
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.