Canton Cannonball crosses the Spoon River near Seville, Illinois with Classic Cabs leading.

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, hands up Gatorade and candy bars gifted to the crew during a slow paced chase westward at Cuba, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's 2018 West is the flip side of the Keokuk Job begining its roll west towards LaHarpe and then its home base of Keokuk, Iowa, as the Eastbound Canton Cannonball waits for t... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's 2047 East rolls light engine out of the east end of the siding, will clear westward on the main allowing the Funit powered Canton Cannonball to cut off its train and roll... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball works a 79 car train westbound as it nears Good Hope, Illinois and a meet with an eastbound out of Keokuk, Iowa. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway's Canton Cannonball rolls across the rebuilt Spoon River crossing at Seville, population 9, as the train nears Kiki Hollow. Steve Smedley photo

Engineer Doug Henry backs his train towards the Hollis Pass while working a set of eighty storage tank cars. Normal operations are a Monday run westbound, that will wait till Thursday and more car... (more)

Dave Henry has his two FP9A's and GP20 2003 busting through what a snow plow has left alongside Trivoli Road as a train of new crude oil tank cars head West of Glasford, Illinois, and toward stora... (more)

After three hours of switching, the ethanol empty train has been put away in Hollis Pass, and now a train of brand new crude oil tank cars head South at Mapleton, Illinois, and toward storage near... (more)

Rolling towards Iowa Junction on the south side of Peoria, Illinois, an 88 car empty ethanol storage train is on the move towards the Illinois River crossing at Peoria. Steve Smedley photo

Peoria is known for Caterpillar tractor, and in the last nine years, covered wagons. The storage train is on the move towards the Illinois River crossing at Peoria. Steve Smedley photo

Keokuk Junction Railway begins to move an 88 car empty ethanol train for storage on the LaHarpe to Lomax section of its former TPW lines. The train is just under way after pumping air and walking ... (more)

A Christmas wreath makes up for the lack of a nose herald, as Keokuk Junction Railway 1752 West clears a light coating of snow off the rails. The bells are open on the air horn as engineer Doug He... (more)

Conductor Jeff walks the set and release on a short ten car train at Reed City Road, west of Mapleton, after the Keokuk Junction Railway cleared Kolbe so the TPW could enter its trackage in a chem... (more)