With Lake Superior as the backdrop, the A-B-B-B crew rolls through the loops.
Pulling hard while keeping at notch 5 or so... these F's are 2x as old as me.
I have to keep reminding myself... THIS IS 2008!!! Flowers that match the engines are all along the line in this area as this train of 12 cars rolls west.
After two years of inactivity, the first train over the former Erie Mining mainline has to contend with vegitation. No shiny rails here...
After two years of inactivity, the crew of the first train over the former Erie Mining mainline pauses at Sarto (Highway 2) to inspect their train. 4210 is the only F9 lettered for Cliffs Erie (c... (more)
After two years of inactivity, the first train over the former Erie Mining mainline has to contend with vegitation.
Four ex-Erie Mining F9s haul two waste water cars and 47 side dumps from Knox (Hoyt Lakes) 72 miles to Taconite Harbor to retrieve stored ore in the dock.
The former Erie Mining (LTVSMC) mainline in northeastern Minnesota rumbles under the weight of F9s for the first time in over two years. The line has been reactivated to haul ore stored in the do... (more)
The weeds tell the story - shuttered since 2001, the former LTV Steel Mining Company ore pelletizing plant will be scrapped, but hopefully the F9s will find new life.
An F9A&B plus RS11 move cars out of the dormant dock area on the former LTV Steel Mining Company property along Lake Superior.
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.
Ore train dumps at the dock with museum F9 4211 leading.
Ore train dumps at the dock while a lake freighter loads.
