Unbelievably, waiting to pull a PRB coal train to the power plant.

Rail grinding on the UP Peoria Sub.

Iowa Interstate and TZPR meet at the North Limit Yard. The TZPR power has just cut away from the coal train it delivered and the IAIS power is backing into it.

A single GP35CAT brings the empty Cedar Rapids coal train onto the wye heading to the Illinois River bridge. That's a covered salt pile in the background.

This Havana bound coal train will not be stopping by the airport.

The Iowa Interstate ES44AC has just cut away from its inbound train while the TZPR backed in its power led by a SD18 borrowed from sister railroad I&M. Big power for both railroads, but from enti... (more)

BNSF geometry train approaches Darst St. in Peoria, IL on the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad. Once at Darst St. the train will get back on the BNSF Peoria Subdivision and head for Galesburg, IL.

Keokuk Junction freight heading to the Tazewell & Peoria yards. Caterpillar rubber mixer is in the background.

An empty coal train from ADM in Decatur rounds the wye off the Illinois River bridge and heads for home rails.

A UP Powerton-bound coal train rounds the corner about 10 miles from its destination. BNSF Peoria Sub trackage is off to the left.

TP&W tunnel motors round the corner with yet more loads of corn for ADM. A rubber mixing plant is off to the left in this heavily industrialized setting.

The TZPR has just gotten on this Iowa Interstate delivered train and is ready to head south as traffic along route 29 speeds past.

Everything is thawed-out (temporarily) as this UP "Kincaid" coal train rumbles overhead.

The TP&W delivers grain loads to ADM. These tunnel motors are finishing their useful lives in service hauling midwestern grain, a little different from their original intent.

Two SD70ACe's, one on the front and one as the DPU, power this Havana bound coal train into Peoria.