Forrest is where the TP&W and the Wabash crossed. The Wabash line was their mainline between Chicago and KC.
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway 3442 West passes the Wabash Railroad Depot and Model Train Museum, crosssing the former Wabash Chicago to Bement, Illinois rofway. and Steve Smedley photo
As a teenager visiting my grandparents during the summer, I would always be listening for a distant horn. If I rode my bike fast enough for about 6 or 7 blocks, I would sometimes be lucky enough t... (more)
Having just crossed the Norfolk and Western diamond, this trio of motive power is accelerating eastbound out of Forrest.
