Port Harbor Railroad Honors 1st Responders
A last bit of fall clings to the trees still on November 7th, 2020, as Port Harbor Railroad Corporation’s (reporting mark PHRR) Honoring 1st Responders locomotive 8955 sits tied down at Granite City, Illinois at America’s Central Port America’s Central Port.
According to Wikipedia: The Port Harbor Railroad is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America’s Central Port.
PHRR began operations in 2004 as a subsidiary of the Respondek Railroad and connects with the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis at “WR Tower,” a major railroad junction in Granite City. PHRR transports everything from steel and aluminum products to foods, lumber, paper, chemicals, minerals, grains and other products. The railroad is classified as a Class III Common Carrier.
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