Venice, IL: and Madison, IL: TRRA and UP/C&NW/L&M Madison Yards and GM&O Roundhouse

TRRA: (Satellite)

UP/C&NW: (Satellite and Satellite)

GM&O: (Satellite, the Venice Yard was the light gray area north of I-70)

L&M = Litchfield & Madison

TRRA

Third photo in photo scroll on TRRA
[Judging from the hump bowl, this view is looking north.]

(Update: according to Google Map, the yard is in Venice, IL; but their web site says it is in Madison, IL. p. 85, Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad In Color by Edward M. DeRouin has a 1967 photo of the yard with a C&EI locomotive that has completed a transfer to the yard.)

Satellite

Madison Yard is the main yard for the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA).

It has become quite rare for a current yard to be almost as big as it was in the 1940s.

1940 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Noah Haggerty posted
TRRA S2 #588 and SW1 #555, along with two cabooses, are seen at the northern end of Madison Yard in Madison, Illinois in 1970. That year, the National Model Railroad Association was in St. Louis, with TRRA hosting a train to loop around yards in the Metro East area. John & Roger Kujawa Photo, Thomas Dyrek Collection.

Note that both the above and below photos include a yard tower.

Jim Pearson Photography posted

TRRA 3006 working Madison Yard

Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) engine 3006 leads a cut of mixed freight as it works on building a train at the St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois.

According to the TRRA website: "Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the "Gateway to the West."

Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day."

#trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @150mm, f/6.3, 1/1000, ISO 280.

Jim Pearson Photography posted

BNSF 7477 and 4051 working TRRA, Venice, IL

Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) crews work on dropping cars from a BNSF train at the St. Louis Madison yard at Venice, Illinois with BNSF 7477 and 4051 as power.

According to the TRRA website: "Since 1889, the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis has played a vital role in the railroad operations and growth of the St. Louis metropolitan area on November 7th, 2020.

The Association was originally created to satisfy the need for an efficient, safe, and economical method of interchanging rail traffic at the railroad hub of St. Louis, Missouri: the "Gateway to the West."

Over 120 years later, the employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis make the same commitment to efficiency, safety, and value to our customers, owners, and the public with each new day."

#trainphotography #railroadphotography #trains #railways #dronephotography

Tech Info: Nikon D800, RAW, Sigma 150-600 @220mm, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 560.

I presume this facility was in this yard.

Marty Bernard posted
What Do You Make of This?
Terminal Railroad Association switchers, St. Louis, MO, no date, probably around 1990, Karl Miller photo.
[Some comments suggested dead line or strike.]
Karl Swartz: I count at least 15 locomotives. I’m surprised they needed that many.

UP/C&NW/L&M

Evan Johnson posted
1984

This yard appears to be the terminus of this C&NW branch, but they must have had trackage rights so that they could switch in National City, IL.

Evan Johnson posted
1984

GM&O

I could not figure out where the roundhouse was.

Don Wirth posted
GM&O Roundhouse in Venice, IL about 1969.
Don Wirth photo

Rick Shilling posted
Undated overview Chicago and Alton Railroad Roundhouse, Turntable, Shops and Yard, Venice, Illinois.

1954 Granite City Quad @ 24,000