In what is reportedly the Manufactures last month of operation MP1500 257 runs light into the Budwieser plant to pick up some cars. The 257 was originally built for the Illinois Terminal as their... (more)

The Manufacturer's Railway pulls across Broadway Street as it pulls out of the Budweiser Brewery. The MRS will soon be sold off to a new shortline operator as Anheuser-Busch is pulling out of the ... (more)

The Manufacturers Railway's 7:00 am job switches the Budweiser Brewery south of downtown St. Louis. With limited time left for this historic railway, railfans have come from far and wide to shoot ... (more)

MRS # 252 switches the brewery at Dorcas Av.

A St. Louis railroading icon since 1887, the Manufacturers Railway filed for abandonment of its tracks on March 24th and will turn its operations over to Foster Townsend Rail Logistics. Sadly, the... (more)

This one-of-a-kind switcher was rebuilt from either an Alco S2 or S4 by Morrison-Knudsen with an EMD 567C engine with 645 power assemblies. It also goes by the designation S4m. It is frequently le... (more)

Street-running in St. Louis, taking cars into the AB-InBev Brewery complex. First photo posted using my new Nikon D90 DSLR!

Manufacturers Railway's one and only TE47-4E sits outside Dome Rail Services in Wood River, Illinois. 253 was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen from MRS S-4 208 but the rebuild was so costly that it was... (more)

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)

An MRS job over to the A&S' Gateway Yard heads north on the elevated trackage....

It looks like the infamous 253 is back on MRS property. MRS seems to have this one-of-a-kind rebuild leased out to other railroads/industries year round. Canon 350D.

After the fresh snow and ice, MRS 254 idles next to the yard office while the crew is inside getting their paper work for the day. MRS just recently painted the boxcar into locomotive colors. Cano... (more)

MRS 253 began life as MRS 208, a 1,000 hp ALCO S-2. The unit was then rebuilt by EMD with a new 645C, a new hood, and new AAR trucks, the only thing original is the frame and cab. This was reporte... (more)

Plant switching