Westbound at New Philadelphia, Illinois, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. Here is the schedule: The Santa Train should sport the Funits on Saturday De... (more)

Westbound and west of Bushnell, Illinois, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Westbound and across the BNSF diamonds, the Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

After almost eight months out of service, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

After almost eight months out of service, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

After almost eight months out of service, Peoria & Western 1750 joins sister 1752 and PW 2045 on the Canton Cannonball. Both FP9A's were out of service together, with the 1752 getting a couple new... (more)

The Peoria & Western's ''Canton Cannonball'' departs Good Hope after meeting the Keokuk Junction Railways train out of Keokuk, Iowa on Monday Sept 28, 2009. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

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. ST... (more)

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. STEVE ... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway uses six locomotives to pull a 52 car cut of coal onto the Ameren Spur at Rawalts, as the loaded coal train heads for the Duck Creek Power Generating Station at Dunfermli... (more)

Keokuk Jct. empty "Duck Creek" coal train, lead by a FP9, followed by 3 GP20's.

Saturday afternoon finds the 1752 charging uphill along Reed City Road as a set of coal loads begins to assault Glasford Hill. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Peoria & Western Railway is making a run onto the Ameren Spur at Rawalts, Illinois on the way to the Duck Creek Power Generation Station at Dunfermline. Engineer Dave Henry has the train in th... (more)

Brothers Dave Henry, in the 1752, and Doug Henry, in a troublesome last unit, have the 67 car cut rolling through the S curve on the power plant spur as they approach Illinois Rt. 9. STEVE SMEDLE... (more)

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, poses with the Peoria & Western Railway coal train, stalled on Rawalts Hill East of Canton, Illinois with the classic power of FP9A, GP8 and four GP20R's The tr... (more)