A fitting departure from their home of 59 years finds snow blowing off former Erie Mining F9As 4210 and 4214 as they begin their journey to the Vermilion Valley Railroad in Illinois/Indiana.

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)

Quite possibly the last train that will ever sit on the siding at S. Hinsdale. This siding was used by the former Missabe to interchange with the former Erie Mining and later LTV Steel Mining Co..... (more)

The end of an era. Another chapter in the storied book on Minnesota's Iron Range has come to an end with the removal of the last two F9A units from the former Erie Mining property. Once the trai... (more)

The end of an era. Another chapter in the storied book on Minnesota's Iron Range has come to an end. CN power has arrived to pull these two former Erie Mining, then later LTV Steel, then Cliff... (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)

The bell tolls... the last remaining F units are off property of the former Erie Mining Company. This is the only time to my knowledge these engines had been off property since 1956. It is the end... (more)

The Keenan Switch handles 19 cars of iron nuggets through the appropriately named "Nugget" control point.

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)

My first visit to the EMCO plant was on December 30, 1980 and unfortunately our timing was poor as apparently they had stopped running mainline trains for the season as all the F-units were dead a... (more)