PREX 2018 in Pioneer colors lead the eastbound Keokuk Junction freight throught Burnside Illinois. A slow trip for them as track speed on the west side of the railroad is a nice and slow 10mph, it... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's TZPR turn approaches Sanger Street in Peoria, Illinois after interchanging inbound for outbound cars in the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad yard in East Peoria, Illinois on 3... (more)

This is the Keokuk Junction Railway's inbound Keokuk turn power consist switching at La Harpe. The 2018-1301-1357 are "DIC" and will be set out at the Pioneer Railroad's shop here for 92... (more)

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)

Fast stop for beans nice spot to shoot them.

The local out of Keokuk rolls west back towards Keokuk after swapping trains at Good Hope with the local out of Mapleton. Today the F-units on the have to go to the shop at La Harpe for 92 day ins... (more)

Keokuk Junction Ralway's Keokuk turn, with the set of Funits safely in tow, trundles through Sciotta at a blistering 10mph. The Funit set are on the way to the LaHarpe enginehouse for a 92 day ins... (more)

The turn out of Keukok, Iowa ties into the PREX 1603, which has been pinch hitting for out of service B unit on the Peoria & Western, as the crew exchanges trains and power with the Canton Cannonb... (more)

Peoria and Western's GP20's lead the last cut of cars from storage off the mainline and towards Laharpe, where they'll shove down the TP&W main and finish a busy day of work.

The Keokuk Junction crew is working with the Peoria & Western job from Kolbe as they work on replacing storage cars on the old TPW mainline to Lomax. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

Formerly the Keokuk Junction, Pioneer Rail operates 147 miles of old TP&W track from Keokuk, Iowa to Peoria, IL.

PREX 2018 and 2041 prepare to move a cut of stored boxcars toward the McNeil Interchange