Halfway through it's 50 mile trip from Peoria to Galesburg, BNSF's Peoria Local blasts through Elmwood with two unofficial Santa Fe heritage units behind the lead locomotive.
A BNSF empty grain train was heading through the switch when it derailed it's lead axle thereby fouling the crossover plant. Tazewell & Peoria's "Pekin Job" passes the disabled ET44C4 o... (more)
KJRY's outbound train from the Tazewell and Peoria yard is lead by the usual A-B-A set of FP9's and a GP20 to boot. The wreath from December's Santa Train is still hanging on in mid-January.
UP's M-PECL rounds the corner at Pottstown and appears in a clearing in the overgrowth. This once wide open area is being taken over by overgrowth. Photo time at this location seems to be on the... (more)