The Keokuk Junction crew is working with the Peoria & Western job from Kolbe as they work on replacing storage cars on the old TPW mainline to Lomax. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

On the last day of March 2010, two Keokuk Junction Railway crews are moving over 300 storage cars to dig out hoppers going back into service. The Peoria & Western set of Funits are in the siding a... (more)

On the last day of March 2010, two Keokuk Junction Railway crews are moving over 300 storage cars to dig out hoppers going back into service. The Peoria & Western set of Funits are shoving a set o... (more)

Engineer Dave Henry and conductor Randy Forbis bring the Peoria & Western Railway's Canton Cannonball west through New Philadephia, Illinois on a warm Monday afternoon. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

In an unusual Tuesday run west due to a derailment, the Peoria & Western's Canton Cannonball heads east south of Bushnell. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

In an unusual Tuesday run west due to a derailment, te Peoria & Western's Canton Cannonball heads west towards a meet with the Keokuk Junction job out of LaHarpe on Tuesday afternoon.STEVE SMEDLE... (more)

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Josh Flatley drag a half mile of train through Bushnell, Illinois as the Canton Cannonball heads east on the first run of t... (more)

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Doug Henry and conductor Jake Streitmatter enjoy the scenery, not knowing that in a few miles the eastward progress of the Canton Cannonball will en... (more)

The Canton Cannonball heads westward into another snowfall on Monday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Josh Flatley take the Canton Cannonball westward as they roll through the Spoon River valley and down the Smithfield Hill, ... (more)

The Peoria & Western Railway's Canton Cannonball is westward running through the start of snowfall in the Spoon River valley at Marietta, Illinois on Monday Feb 8, 2010. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Jake Streitmatter take the Canton Cannonball westward at Seville, Illinois, over the Spoon River bridge. SAM SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Jake Streitmatter take the Canton Cannonball westward as they roll through the Spoon River valley at Marietta, Illinois on ... (more)

You are looking east on main # 1 at Bushnell, as the Peoria Western's westbound local crawls across the diamond at Bushnell on their way towards Good Hope, IL, to meet the eastbound job out of Keo... (more)

The Peoria & Western Railway's crew of engineer Dave Henry and conductor Jake Streitmatter take the Canton Cannonball westward at Marietta, Illinois, the former site of the Marietta siding. SAM S... (more)