Transfer job from the UP 12th St. yard in St. Louis to the Alton and Southern Gateway Yard in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Yard job
Alton & Southern GP38-2 2000, 2 A&S SW1500s, a UP SD90MAC, and a UP AC4400CW hold with a eastbound stack train.
The 'dynamic duo', A&S 2000 & 2001, sits at the Terminal's engine facilities next to TRRA SD7R #1751, a former Penny unit. Canon 350D.
This 5 unit set of A&S power, including 2000 and 2001 (the RR's only 2 road switchers), sits on TRRA property waiting to run through Valley Jct. Canon 350D.
The brakeman steps off and throws the switch so the units can proceed forward, then they will back past the cut of cars and pick-up another cut. Canon 350D, 75-300mm.
Yard move to a train
Note the plated over window(s) on 2000
Power move
A&S power manned by TRRA crew
Preparing to haul a local
Preparing to move a local
A&S job 304 shoves a string of cars into the A&S Gateway Yard
A&S transfer heading west to St. Louis, Mo