CE 4210 lead a ABBB set of F9's with a cut of taconite chips and fines.

The 4210 leads 4 GPs through the S-Curves west of Cramer Tunnel on a beautiful late October day in 1999. Scanned from Fuji Provia slide.

A perfect ABBBBA lashup of F9's leads the 7:00am loads out of Cramer Tunnel.

The A-B-B-B-A five pack cruises downgrade for Taconite Harbor.

The A-B-B-B-A five pack exits the east portal.

The perfect sucker... hole.

The Railfan Gods looked down upon the photographers at West Portal and gave a nice sucker hole for one of the last runs on '08.

An A-B-B-B-A set of Cliffs Erie F units drops downgrade near Cramer Tunnel, heading for Tunnel Siding to pick up another trainload of side dump cars. The Fs are working their last autumn on the I... (more)

Cliffs Erie F9 4210 leads four other F's upgrade through the S-curves near Cramer Tunnel, with a long cut of loaded side dumps bound for Trow. The units really put on a good show at this location... (more)

The "Fab Five" lead 48 empty side dumps into the 1800-ft Cramer Tunnel on the north shore of Lake Superior en route to Taconite Harbor.

The train of empties rounds the bend, and is seen here about to enter the Cramer tunnel - Minnesota's longest. The sun was cooperative throughout the day, making for a most enjoyable chase.

Cliffs Erie F9A 4210 leads three F9Bs and 12 loaded cars upgrade towards Tunnel Siding.

Cliffs Erie F9A 4210 shoves 12 loads of chips and fines onto the previous cars brought up to Tunnel Siding.

Cliffs Erie 4210 pops its nose out of the west portal of Cramer Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the state of Minnesota.

A rare A-B-B-B-A set of F9s heads west with 24 side dump cars loaded with ore reclaimed from the dock at Taconite Harbor. Only a few more of these moves are remaining.