Peoria & Western Railway's FP9A's continue to see their second season of service on the former Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway line between Mapleton and Good Hope, Illinois. Engineer Dave Henry is ''waiting for one'', as the BNSF dispatcher puts it, as he watches the diamond crossing in Bushnell for a BNSF train to clear.
Traffic levels continue to climb on this Keokuk Junction Railway affiliate, with todays train of 27 loads and one empty taxing the F's on the hills of West Central Illinois.
Photo Tuesday Sept 2, 2008.
STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
