Sweet fancy Moses, I miss this railroad.
LTV 4211 leads leased GEs on the uphill charge with empties.
Five F's and a Geep prepare to descend to Taconite Harbor. It seemed you could almost set your watch by the schedule these trains ran on!
This engineer liked to turn out the headlights whenever he saw photographers.
LTV #4203 and three other GP38-Q's wait for trip to work for the Maryland Midland.
The sun gets lower and lower as this ore train slowly dumps its cargo into a waiting ship. Just a few minutes later the entire bridge was covered by shadows.
LTV 4201 along with three sisters pause inside the DM&IR Proctor Roundhouse before being shipped to new owner Maryland Midland.
Empty ore train pulling off dock during the railroads final season.
Loaded taconite train departs plant for Taconite Harbor with leased C30-7s.
Loaded taconite train opens up after departing plant at Hoyt Lakes with leased C30-7s.
Loaded taconite train with LTV's "6-Pack" of F9s rolls toward Taconite Harbor.
The second to last ore train to run on this line.