After the A-B-B-B-A five pack dropped off twelve cars on the dock, they head back to load the last cut.
My first encounter with the famous LTVSMC "6 Pack" was on a crisp day in early November 1998 as this stunning set worked ore loads east for the dock at Taconite Harbor. Hard to believe that 10 ye... (more)
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)
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)
Former Erie Mining 4211 (donated to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum) sits in the weeds at the dormant LTV Steel Mining compant pellet plant, waiting to be returned to Duluth.
Ore train dumps at the dock with museum F9 4211 leading.
Ore train dumps at the dock while a lake freighter loads.