I don't know if they are outstanding in their field but they are out standing in somebody's field because the crops grow right up to the tracks at the nice new shop facility. We didn't catch the ... (more)

After wintering on an industrial siding in Kolbe, Illinois, the BUGX F7's are on the move again, being handed off by the KJRY to the Tazewell & Peoria railroad. A TZPR SW10 shoves the 2 units tow... (more)

KJRY's outbound train from the Tazewell and Peoria yard is lead by the usual A-B-A set of FP9's and a GP20 to boot. The wreath from December's Santa Train is still hanging on in mid-January.

On a frigid Saturday afternoon, Santa is heading west across the KJ. #1752 now works in warmer climates down south for Georgia Coastal.

Making their last run before being put into storage, KJRY 1750 stops for a few minutes with a westbound freight over the Spoon River with a photo opportunity for the many photographers chasing the... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway power (EMD FP9s Nos. 1750 and 1752, and GP20 No. 2003) pass a farm just east of Cuba, Illinois, on April 7, 2016. The locomotives are running light to Bushnell to switch th... (more)

Keokuk Junction's train to Peoria has left it's inbound in the yard and is backing into it's outbound train at Wesley Road. I did not realize it at the time, but the days of getting the F-unit A-... (more)

Keokuk Junction's famous A-B-A set of FP9's sit stored at the shop in La Harpe. With the sale of parent company Pioneer Railcorp to a new investor, all of the oddball locomotives have been stored ... (more)

Various first and second generation EMD's await an uncertain fate at Keokuk Junction's shop facility. A new investment group in charge of the railroad has sidelined the famous matching set of A-B-... (more)

Various first and second generation EMD's await an uncertain fate at Keokuk Junction's shop facility. A new investment group in charge of the railroad has sidelined the famous matching set of A-B-... (more)

A KJRY westbound crosses over IL Highway 9. This is the last train for the F Units before retirement.

The last westbound assigned to the KJRY F Units rolls through the woods near Marietta.

On their final trip to Peoria and back, a GP20 and two of Keokuk Junction Railway's F units lead their train to Peoria. The trailing A unit, PREX 1750, was built as CN 6502 in 1954. It worked f... (more)

Railfans say their goodbyes as the Keokuk Junction F units make their last trip west across the Spoon River at Seville, Illinois.

KJRY FP9 1750 plus a B-unit run through the grass and weeds as they approach their shop at Kolbe. This is the last time these units will operate before being stored, if not retired, by the new own... (more)