LTV Steel 4201 - 4202 - 4207, with empies at Cramer, Minnesota. April 12, 2000. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

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.

On September 16th, 1989, two Erie Mining F9As and a pair of C420s lead a loaded ore train through the tunnel at Cramer, Minnesota. Original Slide. Mike Cleary Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

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)

Erie Mining F9 4214 exits Cramer Tunnel with an empty ore train in the waning light of a nice evening in September of 1987.

Yet another load of taconite pellets is headed to the dock at Taconite Harbor behind a matched five unit set of F9's.

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.

An early season snow followed by a clear blue sky makes for a nice setting as a recently washed power set leads the 3 AM train with 96 empty ore cars back to the mine. F9A 4211 is preserved and op... (more)

An empty ore train exists Cramer Tunnel on its way back to the mine. F9 4213 would be destroyed in a run-away at Taconite Harbor two years later.

After the LTV Steel Mining Company ceased ore production in 2001 their mainline to Taconite Harbor was shuttered. However, in November 2002 Minnesota Power tested running coal trains from their po... (more)

After the LTV Steel Mining Company ceased ore production in 2001 their mainline to Taconite Harbor was shuttered. However, in November 2002 Minnesota Power tested running coal trains from their po... (more)

This is a power combination you don't see often. Erie Mining 4211 leads three leased (TTLX) former BN GEs out of Cramer Tunnel en route to the ore dock at Taconite Harbor with 125 cars. The final ... (more)

Six F9s in an ABBBBA configuration work ore empties just west of Cramer Tunnel.

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)