My father and I were thwarted in our attempt to get TP&W Alcos on this day. But we did see this train with TP&W GP35s bracketing a Santa Fe U23B and F7B.

With the recent addition of former RCPE SD40-2's, the TP&W has another paint scheme to add to their variation.

Fairbury Turn arrives at Cruger where it will switch the Grainland CO-OP before returning to East Peoria.

A short grain train bound for the ADM ethanol plant in Peoria.

Looking westbound down the TP&W rails, we see the fixed semaphore acting as a distant signal guarding the diamond with the SPCSL on another hazy summer evening due to the wildfires out west.

A Toledo, Peoria, & Western excursion passes the classic 1889 station .............. in Montchanin, Delaware? Actually, this train is on the Octoraro Railway, shortly after the acquisition of two ... (more)

TPW 5008 heads east with 15 AOKX hoppers at Cruger, IL.

TPW 5008 heads east, without lights on, with a few covered hoppers at Cruger, IL.

TP&W GP38-2 units 2010 & 2004 are ready to head west to La Harpe, IL on an excursion behind Nickel Plate Road 2-8-4 765.

The engineer goes over his track warrants with dispatch as he prepares for his depart from West Gilman. The consist includes 2 G&W GP50's and an ISRR GP40. The new TPW looks to be fairly busy thes... (more)

Switch power TPW yard East Peoria

The local has finished its work at the Reynolds elevator and is now slowly moving west toward Hoosier Lift. I'm guessing this guy started out in Logansport earlier on in the day. On this day we wi... (more)

IORY 4011 and a mate wait for their next trip east on the TPW in Remington, IN.

Toledo Peoria & Western GP20u 2003 and 2010 lead a hefty TP&W train off the connection and onto the ATSF Chillicothe Subdivision at Lomax, Illinois, on the way to Fort Madison, Iowa. The train wa... (more)

My friend and I had just joked about actually catching TP&W switching out at Gilman as we pulled into downtown. As we turned down 2nd street, joke became reality. TP&W 5015 is an ex-Frisco unit se... (more)