An eclectic power lashup brings a train west across the Illinois River.
Norfolk & Western EMD GP30 No. 558, complete with a high-hood nose, sits at Peoria & Pekin Union Railway’s yard at Peoria in March 1984. Only Southern Railway and N&W GP30s came with the unique ... (more)
A TZPR industry job brings Iowa Interstate interchange traffic through Peoria's warehouse district, which is transforming into apartments and shops.
Minneapolis & St.Louis GP9 608 in original paint scheme, performing switching duties at Peoria, Illinois in June 1959. M&St.L GP9's numbered 600-608. Photographer R.T Smart, from my slide collect... (more)
UP's Proviso to Gateway Yard train has a classic consist up front, with all CN&W locomotives on the point and some classic Wisconsin Central box cars in tow.
Heading for a crew change at South Pekin, a Chicago & North Western freight skirts Peoria, Illinois, and crosses Kickapoo Creek in March 1984. The southbound train is powered by venerable EMD GP9R... (more)
UP's "Peoria Wayfreight" approaches the entrance to their Adams Street yard with hoppers pulled from the ADM ethanol plant. At this point in time, UP had yard locomotives assigned to th... (more)
Fresh after a 2 year hiatus in a storage, two of the four Iowa Interstate SD38-2 locomotives, along with a GP38, crawl over the Illinois River in Peoria with a long cut of grain & manifest traffic... (more)
A TZPR job moves an empty BNSF grain train from the ADM ethanol plant to BNSF property on Peoria's south side. A Paducah-rebuilt GP10 leads the way.
Rock Island BL2 429 MU'ed with BL2 425 layover between freight runs at Peoria on April 2, 1960. Despite the uniqueness of BL2s, they had almost seventeen years of service before going to EMD as t... (more)
Dressed-up in the full "wings" treatment, the 1293 was working the Peoria yard in April 1960. Photographer M.L. Powell, R Lalonde collection.
A CN-IC empty grain train crosses the Peoria & Pekin Union railroad bridge across the Illinois River. This train will use haulage rights across the BNSF from Peoria to East Dubuque where it will ... (more)
Tom Golden photo.
The IAIS Rock Island heritage unit leads an NS grain haulage train through downtown Peoria.
TZPR power passes the entrance to Kelleher's Irish Pub, where they still know how to properly pour a Guinness.