Foster Townsend Rail Logistics SW1500 257 switches some covered hoppers outside the Anheuser-Busch brewing company's Saint Louis facility on October 4th, 2014. This is familiar territory, as FTRX 257 is the former Manufacturers Railway Company 257 - MRS was owned by Anheuser-Busch, but on October 2nd, 2011, FTRX took over the operation. Engine 257 is the former MRS 257, which the MRS acquired from Norfolk Southern (as their 2295, ex-Norfolk & Western 2295, originally Illinois Terminal Company 1514. Photo taken on private property with permission and full PPE.
