LTV/Erie 4212 leads an ore train around the return loop at Taconite Harbor in September of 1987. The train has almost finished unloading and will cross Hwy 61 (twice) before heading back to the mi... (more)
In a panned photograph, LTV Mining (former Erie Mining Company) EMD F9A No 4212 leads an empty ore train west through Cramer, Minnesota, on September 24, 1994.
LTV/Erie Mining 4212 is in charge of a loaded ore train as it approaches Cramer Tunnel in September of 1987. 4212 would be wrecked almost a decade later in a runaway wreck at Taconite Harbor. I re... (more)
LTV/Erie 4212 bursts out of Cramer Tunnel with empty ore cars in September of 1987. It is a shame this line non longer operates.
Four LTV F9's await the scrappers torch after derailing in January of 1997. The runaway train claimed units 4212, 4213, 4220, and 4221. The crew was injured but survived.
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)
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 t... (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.