Excursion, led by a pair of FP7s, returning to Duluth from Two Harbors.

An early season snow followed by a clear blue sky makes for a nice setting as a recently washed power set leads the 3 AM train with 96 empty ore cars back to the mine. F9A 4211 is preserved and op... (more)

A somber day as crew members affix a large American flag to 4211 prior to departing with the last LTV Steel Mining Company ore train to Taconite Harbor. The former Erie Mining property closed in 2... (more)

Only at a railroad museum could you find a locomotive consist like this in 2015, or any year for that matter. Erie Mining 4211 and GN NW-5 192 sandwich a former Minnesota Power GE center cab while... (more)

Two units from the Lake Superior Railroad Museum hold in the clear while a Union Pacific transfer shoves into BNSF's Rices Point yard. The two locomotives will handle an empty coal train for stora... (more)

With an air temp at -4F Erie Mining F9A 4211 leads DM&IR 193 and a train of empty BNSF steel hopper cars out of Rices Point. Who would have thought 4211 (or 193) would be powering an ore train, al... (more)

Framed by a concrete arch supporting Highway 61 over the frozen Sucker River, Erie Mining 4211 leads a special passenger train to Knife River.

On a stunningly beautiful fall day along the shore of Lake Superior, the next-to-last regular scheduled train for the 2014 season heads back to Duluth Union Depot after hauling a sold out train to... (more)

The yellow flags on the side of the F9s is a nice touch but it is Old Glory that takes center stage as the final LTV Steel Mining Company mainline ore train departs for the dock at Taconite Harbor... (more)

This is a power combination you don't see often. Erie Mining 4211 leads three leased (TTLX) former BN GEs out of Cramer Tunnel en route to the ore dock at Taconite Harbor with 125 cars. The final ... (more)

An F9A leads an interesting road set on ore loads departing the mine for Taconite Harbor. The F9A is preserved and operational today at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth.

In late 1998 LTV Steel Mining Company began running longer 125-car ore trains and to handle such tonnage they assembled 6-unit locomotive sets (previously 4-5 units sets were the norm on 96-car tr... (more)

Going out in style. The final LTV Steel Mining Company revenue ore train departs the mine for Taconite Harbor in 2001. The lead F9, still lettered for Erie Mining Company, flys a large American fl... (more)

The last revenue ore train to be operated by LTV Steel Mining Company eases out of the plant area for its run to Taconite Harbor. This train consisted of taconite pellet chips and fines reclaimed ... (more)

Paying first class to ride in the Milwaukee Road Skytop Cedar Rapids over the former LTVSMC dock at Taconite Harbor in 2002 was worth every penny. The sun came out and illuminated the shuttered do... (more)