BNSF M-GALPEI breaks the silence of Knoxville, IL with its pair of EMD SD60M "Triclops" on the trains journey from Galesburg, IL to Peoria, IL.
Southbound local out of Galesburg bound for Peoria has a classic BN local power for 1996. The train is seen here passes thru the 1st town outside of Galesburg on the Peoria Sub. The train makes al... (more)
A detoured BICB approaches Knoxville on the BN. I found it kinda funny that the 513 was the leader.
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe SD70ACe leads an eastbound coal loads on the Peoria Subdivision at Knoxville, Illinois. The coal is running between Galesburg and Peoria, Illinois over this former C... (more)
Rail America's Toledo Peoria & Western Railway Galesburg Job has high wides on the head end, as it heads back to Peoria in snow showers at Knoxville, Illinois. The Knoxville PD is quiet this morni... (more)
Westbound past the bed and breakfast at Knox Station with stacks for LA..
A companion shot to this picture, Santa Fe ran this train at the behest of TrailerTrain Co., thus the TTX drumhead.
We can only dream of what Santa Fe passenger trains may have looked like in the modern era. This is a special for Trailer Train execs, click Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)Locomotive: GE B40-8W (Dash 8-40BW)Location: Knoxville, Illinois, USALocomotive #: ATSF 511Train ID: QWSLAPhoto Date: March 31, 1995
I was finally able to catch the elusive TP&W. Here a pair of geep 40s head toward Galesburg to interchange with the BNSF. The bulldozers on the flatcars were manufactured in Peoria by Caterpillar.
TP&W's Galesburg Turn is pausing at Knoxville for a snack on its way back to Peoria with a pair of ex-SP Tunnel Motors.
