Peoria & Western's "new" FP9s make their maiden freight run! Here they are shown on a Tazewell & Peoria yards-bound freight approaching Bridge Jct. The rails in the foreground are ADM industrial... (more)
The Peoria & Western crew picks up order from the Tazewell & Peoria dispatcher at Bridge Jct. This train into TZPR's East Peoria yards, is the maiden run of the "new" P&W FP9's on a freight run.
Often, when Tazewell & Peoria and Iowa Interstate crews discuss meets for interchanging trains, they state that they will meet at the "Water Works Crossing". As can be seen in the background, the... (more)
TP&W "Galesburg Job" westbound at Edwards with Caterpillar bulldozer loads up front
Ex Algoma Central FP9 #1752, now in Pioneer Railcorp's Peoria & Western paint, appears ready to blast-off westbound with hoppers in tow!
IC "Peoria Local" makes its way south through the center of Pekin. Do you get the feeling that the engineer needs 20 sets of eyes in this area!
This Iowa Interstate empty coal train is not on IAIS property at all--A Peoria & Pekin Union (P&PU) crew continues its journey southbound through Creve Couer towards interchange with the CN-IC at ... (more)
BNSF stack train accelerating out of the crossovers at Edelstein behind ex-ATSF #724. This stack train has distributed power with one more unit on the rear.
NS eastbound stack train descending Edelstein Hill on BNSF Chillicothe Sub just west of Chillicothe
TP&W intermodal train from Galesburg makes its approach into Peoria on trackage rights on the BNSF.
An IC coal train bound for Iowa Interstate interchange at Peoria passes a parked empty BNSF coal train on the Tazewell & Peoria RR double track north of Pekin.
The new and the old meet at Decatur. A westbound roadrailer train passes the NS "Santa Special" behind Wabash F7 #1189.
The NS "Santa Special" rounds a curve just west of Decatur. Remains from the previous week's ice storm remain on the ground.
UP "Kincaid" coal train on west side of Peoria--appears from the windshield that I must be on camera too!
BNSF work train distributes ties 1 mile west of Edelstein.
