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.

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.

This EMD SD40T-2(a former SP Tunnel Motor) is the newest addition to Respondek's fleet. Today she stepped in to provide the motive power for the "Thomas The Tank Engine" train, since TRRA who usu... (more)

The C&NW and MoPac Heritage Units lead the MASBN up the Alton & Southern mainline, headed towards Bloomington, IL.

Built in 1955 as ITC 780. The raised drop step was one of many options ordered to make the IT SW1200s suitable to work with their GP7s on road trains, as they often did. 1206 is seen here with I... (more)

After being stationed on the Metro freight line in St. Louis for several years and recently undergoing work at the Manufacturers Railway in St. Louis, Respondek 1219 now resides at the Rivers Edge... (more)

On the first day of unloading at the Port District's new transload area, RRC 1206 waits to shuffle the 50 car pipe train which arrived the night before. Illinois Terminal colors adorn most of Res... (more)

On the first day of unloading at the Port Districts new transload area, RRC 1206 waits to shuffle some of the 50 car pipe train which arrived the night before.

KCS local slowly easing its way through a work area at Niedringhaus Ave. and 16th Street, near WR Tower in Granite City, IL on an unseasonably warm and beautiful late December afternoon

5317, a former CR unit looks sharp in the new Operation Lifesaver paint heading a Northbound local.

Manufacturers Railway Company SW 1500 # 255 works to load grain cars, at the Tr-City Regional Port District Mid-Coast Terminal on Saturday, April 23, 2008. The towboat Ernie T. Wellhausen is in fo... (more)

Southbound Amtrak "Lincoln Service" train in Granite City, Illinois near WR Tower, on the last leg of its trip from Chicago to St. Louis on a cold mid-January afternoon. The train was about 9 min... (more)

Respondek Railroad Corporation provides switching services to the Tri-City Regional Port District in Granite City, Illinois. This line operates a former Illinois Terminal locomotive shown performi... (more)

Respondek Railroad Corporation provides switching services to the Tri-City Regional Port District in Granite City, Illinois. This line operates a former Illinois Terminal locomotive shown performi... (more)