A BNSF empty grain train was heading through the switch when it derailed it's lead axle thereby fouling the crossover plant. Tazewell & Peoria's "Pekin Job" passes the disabled ET44C4 o... (more)
This TP&W grain train is amply powered with five G&W motors and another three UP motors. I believe that this train was loaded at Prairie Central grain at Chenoa on the TP&W and is on its way to t... (more)
A girls softball team warms up for their game as a BNSF coal train rumbles by.
CN mixed freight train L557 takes the green signal at Grove while BNSF power awaits the dispatcher to talk them by their red signal. The BNSF power will connect onto train G-PEISMR, distillers gr... (more)
An Illinois & Midland wind turbine blade train crosses under the TZPR signal bridge at Grove. The train, bound for Havana, Illinois, is crewed by the IMRR, uses a TP&W locomotive in the lead, and... (more)
CN L557 at crossover switches at Grove behind a lone IC "deathstar" SD70.
The Pekin Local slowly makes its way back towards the TZPR yard in Peoria. The train had been working in Pekin most of the afternoon. Here at "Grove West," they are passing under an old ... (more)
CN's Peoria Local at North Pekin.
BNSF 5643 leads a coal train under the signal bridge at Grove West.
Illinois & Midland RS 1325 31 has a healthy train in tow after the weekend holiday as she heads back home along the Tazewell & Peoria's double track on Monday morning. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
CN-IC "Peoria Local" passing under signal bridge at Grove.
In a lashup only the I&M could create, a RS1325 and SD18 lead a train of empty CWEX coal hoppers to the TZPR RIP track.
CN 2586 and IC 1012 have just uncoupled from there loaded coal train at Grove on the TZPR in North Pekin, IL. The TZPR will take the loaded coal cars to the North side of Peoria to the TZPR's Limi... (more)
C&IM 81 is the only unit left to still have the Chicago & Illinois Midland paint scheme.
I&M's only 2 SD18's make their way through North Pekin with a short train bound for the Tazewell & Peoria yards in East Peoria.
