NS 8105 The Interstate Heritage Unit Waits for a crew at Pontoon Road in Granite City Illinois. This train is posed next to the local Big!Lots which just so happens to have nearly the same colored... (more)

After the crew has just left the train, 431 sits at Pontoon Road, waiting a few hours before it heads north later in the afternoon.

Locomotive numbers reflected in yardmaster's office window

NS 1057 and the Conrail Heritage Unit, NS 8098, await a new crew to take them to East to Abee Mine

NS 430 sits at Pontoon Road, waiting for its call to head south many hours later in the day.

Two of Respondek's locomotives sit waiting their next call at Granite City

Two DPUs on NS empty coal train 431 prepare to push northbound out of Granite City. The NKP heritage unit, NS 8100, is the interior DPU. This train actually sported two heritage units: the Nickel ... (more)

NS auto train 145, rerouted due to a derailment, slams by NS coal train 431 at Granite City, IL. 145 was only 8 cars long tonight, and I almost got both the head end and EOT in the same exposure. ... (more)

Union Pacific oil train sits at 25th Street in Granite City while a Norfolk Southern yard job moves across WR interlocking.

NKP heritage unit sits over the weekend before doing coal duty on NS 431 on Sunday.

NKP 765 struts her stuff on the way to Decatur, Ill.

Port Harbor 1000 sits on the loop track as a Terminal Railroad transfer begins to cross the Mississippi River into Missouri

This engine is an Ex UP SD40-2 and was painted into this Special RRC Blue and Silver Paint Scheme to be shown to an elected official. The paint job at the time of the picture was almost done but n... (more)

SQS 1000 and 3086 pose for photos at America's Central Port in Granite City, IL. Thanks goes to the crew and Respondek Railroad Corp. who allowed this to happen.