Keokuk Junction mechanic Nick Troutman is working within the stopped Peoria & Western Railway coal train , after four of the six locomotives failed to make the final pull of Glasford Hill. STEVE ... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway uses six locomotives to pull a 52 car cut of coal onto the Ameren Spur at Rawalts, as the loaded coal train heads for the Duck Creek Power Generating Station at Dunfermli... (more)

Keokuk Jct. empty "Duck Creek" coal train, lead by a FP9, followed by 3 GP20's.

Saturday afternoon finds the 1752 charging uphill along Reed City Road as a set of coal loads begins to assault Glasford Hill. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

The Peoria & Western Railway is making a run onto the Ameren Spur at Rawalts, Illinois on the way to the Duck Creek Power Generation Station at Dunfermline. Engineer Dave Henry has the train in th... (more)

Brothers Dave Henry, in the 1752, and Doug Henry, in a troublesome last unit, have the 67 car cut rolling through the S curve on the power plant spur as they approach Illinois Rt. 9. STEVE SMEDLE... (more)

The photographers son, Sam Smedley, poses with the Peoria & Western Railway coal train, stalled on Rawalts Hill East of Canton, Illinois with the classic power of FP9A, GP8 and four GP20R's The tr... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway engineer Dave Henry begins to work his power of FP9A, GP8 and four GP20R's on a 135 car loaded coal train recieved from BNSF at Darst Street on the south side of Peoria Sa... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway engineer Dave Henry runs engine light with six units on the way to retrieve an empty coal train stored at the Duck Creek Power Station south of Canton, Illinois. The crew... (more)

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

Is in 1969 or 2009? A P&W F Unit leads a westbound train near Glasford, IL

Recently returned from service after derailment repairs, Peoria & Western Railway's 1752 pilots the TZPR transfer as the train rolls over Kickapoo Creek. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Keokuk Junction Railway lineup at the Kolbe depot.

I've just learned that Peoria & Western Railway 1752, shown here on Friday the 13th, derailed the next day during a switching move in LaHarpe. The unit is out of service pending inspection and hop... (more)

Conductor Jake watches as the Canton Cannonaball crawls across the Spoon River bridge at Seville. The river is well above Flood stage, but had gone down according to Jake. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO ... (more)