RRC 1001, 11, 5838, SQS 5690 & GMTX 1500 as seen rusting away at Liberty Mine outside Boonville, IN. There is a shot of the 1500 moving some tank cars to the NS in May 2020, but outside a storage ... (more)

A former KCS SW1500 in Belle paint that is leased to the Respondek RR heads south to interchange with the NS at Boonville In.

Built in November 1951 as St. Louis-San Francisco 594, this GP7 would eventually be sold by the Frisco to Peabody Coal Company, becoming PCCX 1001. Now owned by Respondek Railroad Corporation, th... (more)

Respondek Railroad Corporation made a wise decision when they resurrected the bright green paint formerly used by Illinois Terminal Railroad, as it is bright enough to make their equipment visible... (more)

Central of Georgia Railroad took delivery of SD9 204 in April 1955. The engine eventually became part of the Southern Railway, as SOU 204. The Southern sold it to coal hauler Squaw Creek Souther... (more)

Algers Winslow & Western SD9 203 is one of several locomotives owned by Respondek Railroad Corporation, and leased to the Liberty Coal Mine in Boonville, Indiana. This sixty-two-year-old locomoti... (more)

Soo Line SD40-2 6617, now owned by Respondek, has escaped a repaint - for now. On September 30, 2017, this locomotive was working in the Liberty coal mine in Boonville, Indiana, in its original p... (more)

Squaw Creek's U33Cs 5752 and 3809, seen here with empties, were I believe the last of their kind to remain active in the U.S.

A mean green machine, from Central of Georgia to Algers, Winslow & Western to Repondek's empire this classic is a survivor.

Two Squaw Creek Southern SD's run light towards Boonville.

KYLE 9347 Leads a ISRR train on the S Curve on the NS main south of Boonville Indiana to take its train to Yankeetown.

On the inaugural run for Terry Respondek's Squaw Creek Southern, Terry himself cracks the throttle on #11 as the train crosses Cypress Creek on the way back to Yankeetown.

Return Of Rolling Acres- Vigo Coal's new Liberty Flood loader is running at full capacity. Terry Respondek has capitalized on increasing Illinois Basin coal output at the expense of KY and WVA loa... (more)

After hearing these were not long for the world, I took a day off work and made the pilgrimage. After waiting for what seemed like forever the daily train approached at a leisurely pace and pause... (more)

In the summer of 2005, power-short Indiana Southern Railroad turned to any source of loaner engine they could locate... and eventually worked out a deal to lease the three operating Algers, Winslo... (more)