Along the Rail Line

Part of a work train parked on the edge of Erie Mine, Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Taken an a tour with the Missabe Railroad Historical Society. Didn't deliberately overexpose this one--in bright light, framing a photo with the F10 is guesswork, and exposure's pretty much outside your control--but it came out nicely....

I'm playing with Aperture, and with Connected Flow's FlickrExport add-in to the product.... Taken at Cliffs-Erie (Erie Mine), Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, in August of 2006. Part of an excursion with the Missabe Railroad Historical Society. Explored! #417 on Sunday, July 29, 2007. Thanks!

A railfan views an abandoned gondola outside the ( temporarily ) abandoned taconite plant at the Cliffs-Erie location, Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Another photo from our excursion with the Missabe Railroad Historical Society in early August.

At the Cliffs-Erie iron mining complex, Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Taken on an excursion with the Missabe Railroad Historical Society in August, 2006.

At the Erie Mining (aka LTV, & Cliffs-Erie) mining site near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Taken during the 2006 convention of the Missabe Railroad Historical Society

At Cliffs-Erie, Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Same crane as I showed last week, but I've moved closer....

More/different details of the crane at the former LTV facility known as Cliffs-Erie; near Hoytville, Minnesota. Photograph taken on a Missabe Railroad Historical Society excursion Beginning to get a feel for Aperture . There are definitely things to like about it.

One last view of the 4269 crane parked on the Cliffs-Erie complex, Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota.

At the Cliffs-Erie complex, near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Taken on an excursion with the Missabe Railroad Historical Society; August, 2006.

Mulliken, Michigan's feed company, as viewed from the tracks in 1995. Shot with a Minolta point-n-shoot.

This is the CN line--the old Grand Trunk mainline--at Schoolcraft, Michigan. Photo taken Thanksgiving Day, 2006. Best LARGE . As I've said before, I'm a recovering railfan. Sometimes the addiction strikes, and I can't resist...

New Hampshire's Mount Washington. Well worth the trip, even in the heavy fog we had on this August, 2002, day.

At the Cliffs-Erie (former LTV) complex, near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota.

Best LARGE . The Cliffs-Erie complex, near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota. Technically, this is a photograph of Hinsdale, a named place on the railroad, but apparently never a settlement. The mine built this hill/tailings pile to raise the railroad to a useful height at the large processing plant . But then they needed a grade-level railroad entry, so they built a tunnel through the hill. That didn't work satisfactorily, so they ripped everything out and replaced the tunnel with this overpass. The remains of the tunnel are visible under the bridge (though they don't show in this photo). The Missabe Railroad Historical Society's convention took us here, August of 2006.

In front of where I work.

As the MRHS bus pulled into the Cliffs-Erie complex, I told Joan that, despite Chuck Corwyn and Doug Buell's background information about the mining operation, we'd really come to get close to the F9s. Although "F9" is meaningless to her, she discovered I was right. One last look. Time to retire the Saturday series of photographs. Thanks for stopping by. Taken on a Missabe Railroad Historical Society convention outing; August, 2006.

...or maybe Iowa, Chicago, & Eastern. Depends on which locomotive you read. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota