LTV Steel iron ore empties depart from the Lake Superior docks bound back to the Hoyt Lakes mining region
Erie Mining 4214 about to depart Hoyt Lakes in this July 1987 scene.
An ex. Erie Mining RS11 works the grain elevator at Watseka Illinois.
An A, and 3 Bs, set of F9s works a loaded taconite train eastbound near the Cramer Tunnel on a fine Fall morning.
Eastbound taconite loads about to enter the Cramer Tunnel.
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)
About a year before operation closed.
The LSRM's EMCO S-12 rests out back of the museum on track 2.
4211 and the other 6 remaining F-units wait at the interchange yard for shipment. The 4211 and 4222 will go to the LSRM in Duluth.
4210 and the other 6 remaining F-units wait at the interchange yard for shipment. The end is near for the taconite mill building in the background as it will soon be gone too.
control stand in the 4211
control switches for the 4211
cab of the 4211.This unit belongs to the LSRM in Duluth
control stand of the 4214, looking pretty rough after several years of being parked.
