Engineer Dave Henry waves to two farmers that have been mowing with an old John Deere tractor, as the Canton Cannonball approaches Blair Junction south of Bushnell, Illinois.STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
The Canton Cannonball heads east at Bushnell, Illinois after exchanging cars and one locomotive with another train out of Keokuk, Iowa.
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On the last day of August, 2009, the Canton Cannonball crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Josh Flatley enjoy the peace of the Spoon River Valley as they drag a train of thirty cars westboun... (more)
Keokuk Junction mechanic Nick Troutman ducks into the 1752, after four of the six locomotives failed on the Peoria & Western Railway coal train, failed to make the final pull of Glasford Hill.
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Keokuk Junction mechanic Nick Troutman is working within the stopped Peoria & Western Railway coal train , after four of the six locomotives failed to make the final pull of Glasford Hill.
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