EMDs sit in the stub yard awaiting work. The UPs were in for frame cracks. No word on the BNSF unit.

Metro East Industries workers, Eric and Kenny, work to apply the large vinyl lettering to complete the Lake State Railway's 25th Anniversary GP40-3 slug mother, LSRC #4325. The crew performed qua... (more)

Metro East Industries has commenced constructing a large 90-unit order for Union Pacific that includes 45 6-axle Road Slugs and 45 6-axle SD40N Slug Mothers. One of the pair that is being road te... (more)

Metro East Industries has commenced constructing a large 90-unit order for Union Pacific that includes 45 6-axle Road Slugs and 45 6-axle SD40N Slug Mothers. The first pair that is being road tes... (more)

Lake State Railway is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2017 and to commemorate the occasion, the latest GP40-3 slug mother has been released in a special 25th Anniversary scheme, wearing road n... (more)

Lake State Railway is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2017 and to commemorate the occasion, the latest GP40-3 slug mother has been released in a special 25th Anniversary scheme, wearing road n... (more)

The Lake State Railway MP15 #1501 cab end is shown at Metro East Industries in East St. Louis. The LSRC 1501 is the ex-UPY 1394 and was constructed in 1980 as M-K-T #57 and was recently acquired ... (more)

Introducing the first Lake State Railway MP15AC, LSRC #1501! Stripes are no stranger to the first Lake State Railway end cab as it was built as M-K-T #57 in 1980 and later went on to become Union... (more)

Got to reletter a locomotive for a new owner? Black electrical tape is the answer! SFGX 3090, seen here at Metro East Industries, Inc., in Alorton IL, is an SD40 that was rebuilt to SD40-... (more)

Found at Metro East Industries, Incorporated, in Alorton, Illinois, is a long string of former Union Pacific diesels. There are at least 13 locomotives in this string, primarily MP15DCs. Photo... (more)

Some assembly required. Built by General Electric in November 1990, Union Pacific Dash 8-40CW 9414 is at Metro East Industries, Incorporated, in Alorton, Illinois, for outsourced servicing... (more)

Wandering the grounds of Metro East Industries, Incorporated, in Alorton, Illinois, is like browsing in a well-stocked hobby shop - Following every turn one discovers locomotives painted for yet a... (more)

CIT Group/Capital Finance, Incorporated MP15DCs 1530 and 1529 sit at the end of a long string of UP diesels buried in the Metro East Industries facility in Alorton, Illinois, on October 4th, 2014.... (more)

Tucked away deep in Metro East Industries facility, where locomotives and rail cars are rehabilitated, are Herzog 181 (marked MPM XIV on its flanks) coupled to Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70MAC... (more)

It almost looks like a scene from Wyoming's Powder River Basin, but it is in reality the storage tracks at Metro East Industries, Incorporated, in Alorton, Illinois, on October 4th, 2014. From le... (more)