The Peoria Rocket pauses at the depot in Bureau. Bureau is the junction of the Peoria Branch with the mainline to Silvis.

Comparing railroad heralds, old and new.......

Iowa Interstate's Peoria Rocket trundles past the restored Rock Island depot, home to the Chillicothe Historical Society in Chillicothe, Illinois. Hard to imagine this scene 35 years ago, when pas... (more)

The Chillicothe Fire Department will be practicing extrication with this classic Camaro, as another classic passes with the Peoria Rocket on Friday the 13th. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

inbound Peoria Rocket

Westbound

Rock Island 652, still in it's Bicentennial scheme, heads for Chicago in this busy Joliet scene. An ATSF westbound waiting and a Chicago bound Amtrak making it's station stop round out this view.

Do you need a "foul line" in your driveway? Photograher's notes: This is Iowa Interstate (former Rock Island) trackage heading directly into the TZPR North Limit Yard. Due to a number of circum... (more)

The Peoria Rocket passes Ronald Reagan on its way into the TZPR North Limit Yard.

The Peoria Rocket approaches the beatifully restored ex-Rock Island station at Chillicothe.

The Iowa Interstate hugs the Illinois River for much of its route to Peoria, but you would never know it with all the overgrowth between the tracks and the river.

Iowa Interstates Peoria Rocket is at Buffalo Bay, south of Mossville on the run to Peoria. The 715 has apparently lost its herald in a mishap of some sort. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Iowa Interstates ''Peoria Rocket'', trundles along the Illinois Riverfront line as it nears Peoria, Illinois. The 715 is making a Sunday afternoon, Feb. 24, 2008 turn run from Bureau Junction to P... (more)

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