A Port Harbor MP15DC sits with a short string of cars at the port in Granite City

A Respondek SD40-2 painted in Illini Terminal colors sits at the port in Granite City, Illinois.

As darkness approaches, a veteran pair of Granite City Works' SW's move through the steel plant. It's usually rather uncommon to see these units running in pairs. They were split up about 20 minut... (more)

GCSX 1191 shoves a string of cars through the plant, preparing to disappear between the buildings of US Steel's Granite City Works. The old CB&Q veteran was hard at work, working several cuts of c... (more)

The Port Harbor Railroad in Granite City, IL put together both of it's "Illini Terminal" locomotives to pull a unit pipe train onto the property. The "Illini Terminal" is a no... (more)

Illini Terminal 2064 sits in Granite City waiting for it's next call to duty.

The Beer Railroad: The Elusive 253 Digging through old photos, it wasn't often that MRS 253 was spotted in the wild. It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudson in 1978 from MRS ALCO S-2, #208. Alth... (more)

The Beer Railroad: The Elusive 253 Digging through old photos, it wasn't often that MRS 253 was spotted in the wild. It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudson in 1978 from MRS ALCO S-2, #208. Alth... (more)

A very unusual locomotive leads a train out of the AO Smith yard in Granite City. This is an RP-E4C slug with a cab, occupied by the crew. I can't say I ever saw a slug leading a train before.

An interesting view of the USS Granite City Works and four SW1200 taking a rest waiting on the next assignment.

A pair of Terminal SD40-2s depart Granite City works with a local.

In October 1965, steam equipped Wabash Geep 486 and N&W 3494 (ex-Wabash 494) leads the Chicago-St. Louis Banner Blue at Granite City, Illinois. Photo from my collection, the photographer Al Hol... (more)

A former Terminal Railroad of St. Louis EMD SW8, now a St. Louis Car Company locomotive, sits at the Granite City yard. A little research showed this locomotive was built in May 1951. Still oper... (more)

A remote controlled MP15DC owned by SCF Lewis and Clark Terminals is positioning grain hoppers for unloading at their facility in Granite City, Illinois. At the right in the photo you can see ano... (more)

In September 1984, near East St. Louis, the yard parallel along 14th Street in Granite City, Illinois, at the south end of the sprawling complex of Granite City Division of National Steel hosts a ... (more)