The E&W returns to Argos after working a couple industries in Plymouth along this Nickle Plate branch line.

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

Engineer Dave Henry waves to two farmers that have been mowing with an old John Deere tractor, as the Canton Cannonball approaches Blair Junction south of Bushnell, Illinois.STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Canton Cannonball heads east at Bushnell, Illinois after exchanging cars and one locomotive with another train out of Keokuk, Iowa. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

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)

With failed engines and heavy switching, Monday's Canton Cannonball is working at Kolbe station in Mapleton, Illinois with one of the few lettered P&W GP20's leading the recently repaired FP9A, 17... (more)