TZPR's "Pekin Job" crosses Court St. in Pekin as it approaches the industries it serves. In the background is the Illinois River and the John T. McNaughton Bridge
carrying Illinois route 9 over ... (more)
Built in Oct 1953, UP 1202 now lives at the Grainland Cooperative elevator in Cruger,IL. Unfortunately, the TP&W has not switched this elevator in several months now due to the railroad demanding ... (more)
There are plenty of critters dotting the Illinois landscape, here we find a rare SW10 still in full UP markings working a cut of cars at the Grainland Co-op just west of Cruger Illinois.
This ex-UP switcher still lives on in middle Illinois. She was last painted at NLR in July of 1991, not so bad for almost 20 years worth of weathering.