Canadian National's Peoria Local rolls South along 3rd Street in Pekin, Illinois as it approaches a switch at IC Junction, which will take the light power onto the CN's Peoria District. Photo 29 November, 2018. The photographers good friend, engineer JD Wright, of Clinton, Illinois, is in the seat of 2445, a full bodied ''cowl'' unit, General Electric GE DASH 8-40CM built in 1992. Photo copyright Steve Smedley
Freight Cowls are standard locomotives that have a hood that extends the full width of the locomotive. Sadly, most Freight Cowls have been retired, but a few still run on short lines.