The Beer Railroad: The Elusive 253 Digging through old photos, it wasn't often that MRS 253 was spotted in the wild. It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudson in 1978 from MRS ALCO S-2, #208. Alth... (more)
A very unusual locomotive leads a train out of the AO Smith yard in Granite City. This is an RP-E4C slug with a cab, occupied by the crew. I can't say I ever saw a slug leading a train before.
In October 1965, steam equipped Wabash Geep 486 and N&W 3494 (ex-Wabash 494) leads the Chicago-St. Louis Banner Blue at Granite City, Illinois. Photo from my collection, the photographer Al Hol... (more)