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 No. 4213, was later involved in a runaway wreck at Taconite Harbor on January 13. 1997. The train lost control on the 7-mile long grade to to ore dock, with the four locomotives rolling over after hitting the switch that lined the train into a reverse loop, sparing damage to the dock. The engineer suffered a broken nose and ribs, while the brakeman escaped with cuts and bruises. Unfortunately, the locomotives weren’t so lucky, with the derailment claiming F9A Nos. 4213 and 4212 and F9B Nos. 4220 and 4221; all heavily damaged and later scrapped on site.
