As the rear of a LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) ore train slowly rumbles over the dock at Taconite Harbor still dumping taconite pellets, in this view, the power curves away from the dock and lak... (more)

An A-B-B-A set of EMD F9s on LTV Mining Company Railroad exits Cramer Tunnel on the way to the dock at Taconite Harbor, Minnesota, on September 24, 1994.

A perfect A-B-B-A set of F9s pulls a loaded taconite train on a LTV Steel Mining Company eastbound train exiting Cramer Tunnel at Cramer, Minnesota, on September 24, 1994. The lead locomotive, F9A... (more)

An A-B-GP-A consist slowly unloads an ore train during the last few moments of daylight. After spending two days along this line without seeing any ore trains, our patience was finally rewarded o... (more)

The morning fog had almost lifted as a LTV Steel Mining taconite train unloads at Taconite Harbor, MN on June 20, 1997. The ore boat "St. Clair" was taking on a load.

A northbound empty taconite train crosses a trestle near Cramer, MN on June 20, 1997, led by F9A No. 4211.

An A-B-B-A set of EMD F9s of LTV Mining Company (former Erie Mining Co.) exit Cramer Tunnel with an empty taconite ore train and curve by some of Minnesota’s autumn color on September 24, 1994.

A pair of locomotive cranes lift a derailed ore car up so it can be set back down on its trucks. They were lucky the cars were empty.

Unloading along the shore of Lake Superior on a beautiful spring day in 1999.

From the top of the ridge that made Cramer Tunnel necessary is a view of changing autumn colors of Minnesota’s northwoods and an eastbound LTV Mining Company ore train curving toward bore. The thr... (more)

F9 in motion
LTV Mining (former Erie Mining Company) F9A No 4212 leads an empty ore train west through Cramer, Minnesota, in a panned photo on September 24, 1994.

Dumping ore at Taconite Harbor
A LTV Mining (former Erie Mining) loaded taconite train slowly rumbles over the dock at Taconite Harbor, Minnesota, on a beautiful September 20, 1991. The... (more)

With ore bound for Taconite Harbor, LTV Steel F9 No. 4213 leads a A-B-B-A set of covered wagons at Sarto, Minnesota, on the morning of September 24, 1994.

Westbound empty ore train finds a sucker hole of sun as it nears the railroad siding location of Trow, halfway between Hoyt Lakes and Taconite Harbor.

Color in the Northwoods
LTV Steel (former Erie Mining Company) F9's move ore toward Taconite Harbor on dreary, yet colorful autumn day of September 23, 1993. This view is a few miles we... (more)