A rare A-B-B-B-A set of F9s exits the east tunnel portal and prepares to pick up 24 lodas of ore at Tunnel Siding. 4211 is owned by the Lake Superior Railroad Museum but they allowed Cliffs Erie ... (more)

The F9s are about to enter the longest railroad tunnel in Minnesota, on the downbound trip to Taconite Harbor.

A railroad worker "flags" the crossing.

CE 4210 pokes its head out of the west portal of 1800 ft Cramer Tunnel. The A-B-B-B set is pulling 24 loads of taconite chips and fines.

Exiting the west portal of the Cramer Tunnel.

An A-B-B-B set of F9s pick up 12 loads of ore off Tunnel Siding and will move 24 cars to Trow for the night, to be picked up by tomorrow's westbound.

No train today on the revived LTVSMC mainline in northeastern Minesota, but an interesting view was had of the east end of the 1,800-foot Cramer tunnel, the longest in Minnesota, bored through sol... (more)

Continuing the adventure on July 24th, we headed for the tunnel at Cramer. Mark Lynn had very little difficulty traversing the rugged back roads in his Ford Explorer, though the downed trees and ... (more)

The sign reads: "DANGER, DO NOT ENTER NO CLEARANCE FAST MOVING TRAINS" I'm sure in recent years, more moose and bear have read this sign than humans. This tunnel is 1800 feet long ... (more)

I couldn't think of a title...Tunnel Vision... or Looking Down the Barrel. Once used to store the railroad's locomotives during the winter season, Cramer Tunnel... (more)

An empty ore train is pictured at the West Portal of Cramer Tunnel as it returns to the plant site from the dock. Power is an A-B-B set of F units plus a GP38 and a C420. F9A # 4211 was delivered... (more)

Rare move on the former LTV Steel Mining Company railroad in northeastern Minnesota. Moving grinding mill parts that have been sold. Note modified side dumps used for the haul.