This TRRA #201 job is using the NS main for headroom to move his train into Hoyt Junction.All of the traffic on this job is for the Terminals #1 customer National Steel.

Coal Empties running northbound on UP trackage rights.

Manufacturers #255 is leased to one of the many industries located at Tri-City Port.Alot of barges are loaded here on a shipping canal that connects to the Mississippi River.

The westbound Schnieder train is a reliable morning departure from CSX Rose Lake Yard.This train is recrewed with a KCS crew and then heads west to Kansas City.

Running wrong main today, #22 has 2 motors which is a rare event these days.At the rear of the train were 2 private cars, I geuss they were the reason for the second motor.He is passing KCS IVNKC ... (more)

A Three- Way at WR Tower.3 trains are in view in this view,from left to right are NS #168 in the distance waiting to crossover and enter NS AO Smith Yard.KCS IVNKC with a pair of "Belles" is on tr... (more)

This #168 train is crossing from the NS Brooklyn Main to the NS A&E Main at WR Tower. In less than a mile ahead it will terminate at NS AO Smith Yard.

As is usually the case, the northbound Texas Eagle is running late.It is shown here entering the KCS for the trip north to Godfrey where it will gain UP track for the run to Chicago.

This empty taconite train is just beginning its trip north to the Iron Range of Minnesota.This train runs from the large National Steel Plant in Granite City to Allouez Dock in Superior WI.

Coal empties headed north on KCS/UP trackage rights. This train will return to BNSF rails at Litchfield Illinois.

The Respondek is down to only 2 locomotives at the Tri- Citie Port.A couple days later they will be down to 1 as the #1800 will be shipped to a new Respondek operation in Cahokia ILL.

Manufacturers Railway Company SW 1500 # 255 works to load grain cars, at the Tr-City Regional Port District Mid-Coast Terminal on Saturday, April 23, 2008. The towboat Ernie T. Wellhausen is in fo... (more)

Respondek #1206 is looking pretty good today, it was just powerwashed.This former Illinois Terminal unit will now become the primary unit at Tri-City Port.2 other locomotives here are shipping out... (more)

Respondek #1239 former TRRA same # is seen at Tri-City Port.It was just recieved last thursday and today had Respondek lettering added.If you look closely you can see the cans of spray paint used ... (more)

In a scene that will never be repeated, both of Repondeks former TRRA SW1200s in red pose together.The #1239 was just recieved last thursday and today recieved RRC lettering.The #1235 will be ship... (more)