TRRA 532 switches Union Station
latest in the TRRA repaints
On my 20th birthday, the TRRA decided they'd play nice and give me a present... In the form of a fresh repainted GP38-2 on Job 202, as they continue to switch DOW Chemicals in North Saint Louis...... (more)
TRRA units 1512, 1517, 1513, 1501, 1502, 1515, and 1507 were moved from St Louis to Waycross in a dedicated train (X98220), in hopes of avoiding a situation like the derailment of the first batch ... (more)
TRRA units 1506, 1503, 1505, 1508, and 1511 were in transit from St Louis to Waycross in February when they were involved in a derailment in LaGrange...now they are stored awaiting repair to conti... (more)
The two Terminal reds charge the air after doubling their train, and block Madison Avenue in Granite City. Hot off the press news, the third red, TRRA 2003 is now on the property.
In 'da hood. Barbed wire fencing is a common sight in Granite City, still close enough to Venice and East St. Louis that some of the ghettoness trickles into town... The two repainted Termi... (more)
With the low setting sun putting an end to the last day of the second month, Terminal's hump job keeps shoving back, with an all ex-SP consist.
Caught in a blizzard! After pulling loads of coiled steel from Granite City Steel, the last 3 active TRRA SW1500s poke the NS main for headroom, allowing the rear of the train to clear Hoyt Junct... (more)
The last 3 active TRRA SW1500s pull coiled steel loads from Granite City Steel. Sadly, these units have since been retired.
Three big C-C EMD's shove back into the yard, working the Hump Job.
A sucker hole in a snow squall beautifully illuminates the last three TRRA SW1500s in service. They have since been retired.
On one of their last few days of active service, three SW1500s work in the snow near WR Tower.
Framed by a highway bridge support, retired TRRA SW1500s await their fate in the engine terminal.
I believe these two HLCX-marked GP38-2's are now owned by the Terminal Railroad Association. Here they are working the yard next to the steel plant.
