Port Harbor Railroad

Port Harbor Railroad
Reporting mark PHRR
Locale Illinois
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 5.2 miles (8.4 km)
Headquarters Granite City, Illinois
Port Harbor Railroad crew members posing on unit #3086, an SD40-2 diesel electric locomotive built by the Electro Motive Division of General Motors.

The Port Harbor Railroad (reporting mark PHRR) is a short-line railroad in Granite City, Illinois, serving an industrial port district known as America's Central Port.[1] PHRR began operations in 2010 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.[2] 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.[3]

PHRR serves several industrial businesses in Granite City, including:

Motive Power

The motive power roster for the PHRR consists of 10 EMD locomotives, two of which have a notable history. Unit #1800, a rebuilt EMD GP8, formerly served on the Alaska Railroad and starred as the third unit in the 1986 movie Runaway Train (film). And, while not as famous as the #1800, unit #2064 did briefly appear in the Jason Aldean music video for Fly Over States. The newest locomotives on PHRR's roster are two GP40's and a GP9/Slug set and a SW1200RS that were purchased from the Canadian Pacific Railroad and arrived between July and August 2013.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.americascentralport.com/rail-service/
  2. ↑ http://www.bnsf.com/customers/where-can-i-ship/shortlines/directory/PHRR.html
  3. ↑ http://www.illiniterminalrailroad.com/port-harbor/


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