#trra

[guerrerense]

Terminal Time por Robby Gragg Por Flickr: TRRA Slug 307 reverses a train into Granite City works in Granite City, IL.

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

How to replace a test cock tube on 645 EMD engine locomotive.

That sound!    Hmmmmm

Every once in a while, I see something neat and also go, “I know what that is!” -- and I don’t merely mean about the massive EMD645E3 2-stroke diesel engine!

I mean, I see Southern Pacific heritage!

I see snowsheds and summit tunnels, the Sierra, Cascades, and the Tehachapi Loop -- I. see. a. living. breathing.  tunnel motor.

For kicks and giggles, here’s my suppositional identification, which might be wrong, but there’s not a lot of surviving SD40T-2s left, sadly -- I am counting on someone to correct me if I get it wrong lol @eltristan​  @identifying-trains-in-posts-too​ @identifying-trains-in-posts​ @identifying-trains-inposts​

Southern Pacific 8515, grimey and glorious -- Speed Lettering and at some point sold to the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, TRRA 3001  and still going as ILSX 1310 on the leasing company, Independent Locomotive Service

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/serialThumbs.aspx?id=786174-17&mfg=EMD

[20th-century-railroading]

TRRA - Granite City, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: Derelict power including Western Pacific U30B No. 3057 and UP GPs are seen on the TRRA headed for the boneyard, in May 1985.

[coolfancywitches]

Steel Job by Robby Gragg Via Flickr: A duo of TRRA geeps lead a steel trail out of Granite City works. Granite City, IL

[aryburn-trains]

5 More of Roger Puta's B&O Shots by Marty Bernard Via Flickr: B&O 1412 (E6A) with Train 2, the George Washington, leaving St. Louis between April and October 1967 (exact date unknown). Note TRRA SW1 in background.

[20th-century-railroading]

TRRA - Brooklyn, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: TRRA yard slug B562 was rebuilt from NW2 No. 562, seen at the Brooklyn Shops, in May 1985.

[20th-century-railroading]

A TRRA NW2 has a string of cars approaching us. Note the TRRA Alco switcher in the background. East St. Louis, IL September 11, 1955

[20th-century-railroading]

TRRA - Madison, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: TRRA transfer cab No. 564 at Madison Yard, in May 1986.