A pair of SD40-2 locomotives pull a short train headed for the NS yard at Granite City. Framing up the shot while trying not to get hit by a car as I stood on the busy Rock Road overpass.

Terry Respondeks 'Illinois Terminal' inspired and painted SD40-2 #2301 basks in all its green goodness just before some bad weather rolled in. Big thanks to Mark Mautner for the help!

An all ex N&W SD40-2 team accelerate south out of AO Smith Yard bound for TRRA's Madison Yard with a pair of high hood SD40-2's on either end of the consist.

Going Home. For the first time in approximately a half of a century, Norfolk and Western Y6a #2156 rolls over "home rails" as it departs the Terminal Railroad's Merchants Subdivision and en... (more)

GMD, EMD's Canadian counterpart, added some extra design to their SW1200RS switchers, giving them a more stylish look than found on EMD's SW1200s. Canadian Pacific 8166, built in September 1960, ... (more)

Built by GMD in March 1958 as Canadian Pacific GP9 8818, CP Rail GP9u 1602 was found at new owner Respondek Railroad Corporation's facility in Granite City, Illinois, on October 4th, 2014.

We meet again... On February 26, 2006, I photographed Soo Line GP40 2064 in Canadian Pacific's engine facility in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Eight years, seven months and six days later I pho... (more)

A fairly short KCS train IKCVN rolls south on track one of the UP Springfield Sub between Lenox and WR.

Working at Bulk Service, on the banks of the Mississippi River in Granite City, Illinois, is a trio of Foster Townsend Rail Logistics diesels. FTRX MP15DC 251 is the former Manufacturers Railway ... (more)

It is always a treat to find a nice-looking GP7 sixty-three years after it was built! Respondek Railroad Corporation GP8 1800 rolled out of EMD's Illnois factory in 1951 as United States Army GP7... (more)

Looking rather bland is Port Harbor Railroad GP40 4615 in Granite City, Illinois, on October 4th, 2014. Just the previous day, this engine was fully lettered - but it had all been removed by the ... (more)

Amtrak 66 in Phase 2 paint leads a Chicago bound #22 Texas Eagle through Granite City, Illinois on KCS's ex Gateway Westerns East St. Louis Terminal Sub. Amtrak 66 seems to be hanging out around S... (more)

Respondek Railroad Corporation SD40-2 1000, lettered for "America's Central Port," is the former RRC 2962, the same number it was assigned when it was a Union Pacific unit. And before i... (more)

Having its moment in the sun, Port Harbor Railroad GP40 4615 was in Granite City, Illinois, on October 3rd, 2014. Built in January 1967 as Milwaukee Road 162, this engine was later renumbered MIL... (more)

Wearing a paint scheme reminiscent of the old Illinois Terminal Company, Respondek Railroad Corporation SD40-2 2301 is positively glowing in the bright morning light on October 3rd, 2014. The eng... (more)