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)

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)

Peoria & Western Railway engineer Dave Henry begins to work his power of FP9A, GP8 and four GP20R's on a 135 car loaded coal train recieved from BNSF at Darst Street on the south side of Peoria Sa... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway engineer Dave Henry runs engine light with six units on the way to retrieve an empty coal train stored at the Duck Creek Power Station south of Canton, Illinois. The crew... (more)

Is in 1969 or 2009? A P&W F Unit leads a westbound train near Glasford, IL

Peoria & Western Railway runs a 130 car empty coal hopper train out of storage in Canton, Illinois on a windy Saturday April 25, 2009. Engineer Tom Black is notching out his power of GP8 GP20 FP9A... (more)

Recently returned from service after derailment repairs, Peoria & Western Railway's 1752 pilots the TZPR transfer as the train rolls over Kickapoo Creek. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Conductor Jake watches as the Canton Cannonaball crawls across the Spoon River bridge at Seville. The river is well above Flood stage, but had gone down according to Jake. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO ... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway's Canton Cannonball trundles along at 10 mph on the way to LaHarpe. I was told a part was taken off the 1750 last week to keep 1752 running, so lets hope they don't make t... (more)

Sleeping in on Sunday due to the time change, radio traffic on the Keokuk Junction Railway channel held a surprise for the photographer. Two Peoria & Western Railway crews were working on storing ... (more)

Sleeping in on Sunday due to the time change, radio traffic on the Keokuk Junction Railway channel held a surprise for the photographer. Two Peoria & Western Railway crews were working on storing ... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway spent Monday switching out storage cars in preparation for a Tuesday run westbound to Good Hope. Here the 2045 heads to the Hollis Pass to drag some stored tank cars clear... (more)