In this video, C. Vision Productions returns to the former LTV Mining Railroad to view the final days of train operations on the Cliffs Erie Railroad in 2008. Cliffs Erie’s popular F9 diesels were called upon one last time to move taconite fines from the dock at Taconite Harbor to Hoyt Lakes, for eventual shipment to the Severstal Steel plant near Baltimore, Maryland. Only a handful of these trains were operated, and C. Vision was granted special access to ride in the cab between Taconite Harbor and the Cramer Tunnel. Not only will you get a chance to view the scenic beauty of northeastern Minnesota from the cab, but you’ll also see trackside footage captured between Taconite Harbor and Hoyt Lakes, including scenes of the very last train that ran on October 28, 2008.

The sound of this ABBBA set of F9s grinding up the grade out of Taconite Harbor won’t soon be forgotten.

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