Due to crossing signal maintenance from Canton to Cuba, the westbound Canton Cannonball made a delayed departure from Mapleton, IL.

Due to crossing signal maintenance from Canton to Cuba, the westbound Canton Cannonball made a delayed departure from Mapleton, IL.

Due to crossing signal maintenance from Canton to Cuba, the westbound Canton Cannonball made a delayed departure from Mapleton, IL.

The Keokuk Job has run East to service the grain elevator in Blandinsville and is now shoving 11 loads West back to LaHarpe. The 56 year old former Santa Fe GP20 is part of the backbone fleet of P... (more)

A westbound Keokuk Junction Railway freight switches a yard at Bartonville, Illinois, at milepost 115 on April 7, 2016. Two EMD FP9s (Nos. 1750 and 1752) and GP20 No. 2003 power the train of “ho... (more)

Pioneer Railway F units lettered for the Keokuk Junction Railway are approaching La Harpe just before sunset at one of the many ubiquitous grade crossings along the former TP&W mainline.

Keokuk Junction Railway's B unit is missing from the classic A-B-A lashup as a former CSXT GP16 fills in. The Westbound train crosses the Spoon River Bridge on Thursday afternoon. Steve Smedley

Keokuk Junction Railway's B unit is missing from the classic A-B-A lashup as a former CSXT GP16 fills in. Steve Smedley

Keokuk Junction Railway's Westbound is running late this Friday, Feb. 2, 2017 as engineer Randy Bennett has a nice roll on the short train at Sciota, Illinois. Steve Smedley

Keokuk Junction Railway 1752 West rolls along next to the former location of Marietta siding as blowing snow rolls through the valley with an air temperature of 6 degrees above zero. Steve Smedley... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway engineer Jeff Rhoades creates a mobile snow squall as he operates FP9 1752, F9B 1761 and FP9 1750 in A-B-A form trailing GP20 2003 Westward at Cuba. As in years past, the C... (more)

When Pioneer Railcorp first acquired the Algoma Central FP9's, they stored them in an industrial park in north Peoria. In this photo, an outbound KJRY train from the Tazewell & Peoria yard has th... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's FP9A 1752 works Collier yard as it rolls past Keystone Steel & Wire. Steve Smedley photo

La Harpe to Mapleton train approaches Cuba as sun breaks out amid threatening skies

The KJRY Santa Train heads west, approaching the town of Breeds.