Last Eastbound
On this day (October 27) ten years ago, Cliffs Erie ran their last eastbound train to Taconite Harbor to deliver side dump cars. Those cars would be loaded with limestone and taken to the Dunka Branch the following day where the limestone would be used at the Dunka Mine water treatment ponds.
The last westbound train on October 28 also had tank cars with dirty water being moved to Hoyt Lakes. It is nice to see Cliffs Erie using the western portion of the mainline in 2018, albeit just for sand car storage (two borrowed NSM SD40-2s provide the power).
Last Eastbound
On this day (October 27) ten years ago, Cliffs Erie ran their last eastbound train to Taconite Harbor to deliver side dump cars. Those cars would be loaded with limestone and taken to the Dunka Branch the following day where the limestone would be used at the Dunka Mine water treatment ponds.
The last westbound train on October 28 also had tank cars with dirty water being moved to Hoyt Lakes. It is nice to see Cliffs Erie using the western portion of the mainline in 2018, albeit just for sand car storage (two borrowed NSM SD40-2s provide the power).