The Iowa Interstate ES44AC has just cut away from its inbound train while the TZPR backed in its power led by a SD18 borrowed from sister railroad I&M. Big power for both railroads, but from enti... (more)

The Des Moines to Gateway manifest is just coming off the bridge over the Mackinaw River at MP 96.75.

Illinois countryside can be pretty flat, but not entirely as illustrated in this photo.

An eastbound TP&W departs the East Peoria yards crossing the NS at Farmdale. No true TP&W power in this consist.

Keokuk Junction freight heading to the Tazewell & Peoria yards. Caterpillar rubber mixer is in the background.

An empty coal train from ADM in Decatur rounds the wye off the Illinois River bridge and heads for home rails.

An empty coal train from ADM in Decatur blasts through Edwards, Illinois. I couldn't figure out if the big blob of ice trackside was done on purpose or was just a random act of nature.

A UP Powerton-bound coal train rounds the corner about 10 miles from its destination. BNSF Peoria Sub trackage is off to the left.

TP&W tunnel motors round the corner with yet more loads of corn for ADM. A rubber mixing plant is off to the left in this heavily industrialized setting.

The TZPR has just gotten on this Iowa Interstate delivered train and is ready to head south as traffic along route 29 speeds past.

Everything is thawed-out (temporarily) as this UP "Kincaid" coal train rumbles overhead.

The TP&W delivers grain loads to ADM. These tunnel motors are finishing their useful lives in service hauling midwestern grain, a little different from their original intent.

We were expecting the CN/IC Santa train, but instead got this NS. It was just after 8:00 AM, and this would be the only train shot this day with any decent light.

A TZPR potash train heads onto the UP Peoria Sub mainline under a canopy of trees. The TZPR access the UP to deliver the potash to an Illinois River dock.