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Erie Mining Company 4211 is a restored F9A diesel locomotive originally owned by the private rail company Erie Mining. ==History== In 1954 the Erie Mining Company (reporting mark EMC or EMCO) built a 74-mile private railroad from Hoyt Lakes to Taconite Harbor to serve the taconite mines in that area. The first train ran in 1957. In 1956, the company purchased five F9A and Six F9B (booster units) diesel units. This purchase was unusual for the mid-1950s, as most railroads no longer purchased "streamlined" type diesels, instead buying road switchers, which were easier for switching operations. When #4211 was built in May 1956, it was numbered as #101 and in Erie Mining Company's blue and silver paint scheme. The locomotive cost $189,262. It, along with the other F9 units wore the blue and silver scheme until 1963, when they were repainted into the yellow and maroon scheme it still wears today, in 1970, Erie Mining #101 was renumbered 4211. In 1975, 4211 and the other streamlined diesels had black painted on their roofs. By the 1990s these Erie Mining streamlined locomotives were the last of their type still in revenue freight service, as most other railroads retired streamlined diesels. In 1986, LTV Steel Corporation received ownership of the Erie Mining Company, it operated until bankruptcy in 2000. In 2001 Erie 4211 along with a few other units pulled the last train of pellet chips. After its last run, 4211 and B unit 4222 (but not until 2006) were donated to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erie Mining Company 4211」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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