After running around it's train of loads due to track constraints at Alexander, Engine 113 is shoving the cars north to the Appalachian & Ohio Railroad interchange.
The first pull of taconite "fines" heads west through Murphy City early in the morning. After dropping the loads off at Trow siding, the Fs will return to the Tunnel siding to pick up more loads.
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)