Rspondek Rail painted former UP 3086 into Illinois Terminal colors commemorating the IT 100th anniversary. Special Thanks to Terry Respondek and Dale Jenkins and everyone who had anything to do wi... (more)
Terminal Job #201 with two reds, shoves down the A&E main with 11 cars for the steel mill.
Respondek 1800, an ex-Alaska GP8 switches an industry within the Tri City Port.
Freshly repainted United States Steel Works SW9 #1246 switches gondolas at the mill in Granite City.
After dragging 82 loads and two buffer cars out of the plant with a GP8 and a SW, the power has been tied down and the crew has gone home. Later on that night a crew came back out and handed the t... (more)
TRRA's 102 job does quasi street running while pulling out of the Shapiro Brothers lead in industrial Granite City, and prepares to shove back to WR tower to switch another steel mill.
All tied down, a SD40-2 holds the A&E Main awaiting a new crew to proceed into AO Smith Yard.
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)
Running long hood forward, NS 2532 meets the two Terminal reds while they double their train at Granite City Steel.
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)
A little Respondek SW1200 drags about 40 cars across the crossing and towards the sweet low setting sun.
BNSF 6399 pulls an empty ore train out of Granite City Steel.
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.
