Shortly after loading at the processing plant, an Erie Mining Company train of taconite pellets will get a cooling shower before departing Hoyt Lakes, and sometimes the engines will get a bath as ... (more)
Erie Mining Company Fairmont Hy-Rail motor car No. 8440 is from another era of track inspection, and was used on the 74-mile taconite-hauling railroad operating from Hoyt Lakes to Taconite Harbor,... (more)