The CNIC Peoria Local will soon depart from the switch at Hanna Steel and the lumber yard on the south side of Pekin, with one empty car for Decatur.
That's a lot of power for an empty grain train! This train is on its way from corn processers in Decatur back to Iowa for more loads.
Engineer Dave Allenson has a nice leader on the point, as he operates a loaded grain train through a dense area of grade crossings buildings and utilities in Pekin, Illinois. The CNIC grain loads ... (more)
BNSF 8944 waits with it's empty coal train for it's next crew on the Tazewell & Peoria double main in Pekin
Have they done an adequate job of indicating that this is IC Jct?? This IC train is crewed by BNSF and is actually heading down the Illinois & Midland mainline (the IC tracks head towards me). B... (more)
Normally I get ticked when a random car darts into my photos--but maybe this "oldster" is ok! The IC grain train is backing into a space on the TZPR double track just north of downtown Pekin. Tr... (more)
IC "Peoria Local" makes its way south through the center of Pekin. Do you get the feeling that the engineer needs 20 sets of eyes in this area!
An IC coal train bound for Iowa Interstate interchange at Peoria passes a parked empty BNSF coal train on the Tazewell & Peoria RR double track north of Pekin.
4 "wings" line-up at I&M's Cresent Yard
Early morning shadows are cast on this westbound empty coal train
A south bound coal train passes a loaded grain train awaiting a fresh crew
Waiting for the empty coal train to pass.
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A pair of SD60's bring a loaded coal train into Powerton Yd. The C&IM will break up the train for the power plant in the background.
