Pioneer RailCorp-Ripley & New Albany Railroad

Peoria and Western FP9 1752 leads 4 old Geeps and 35 loads of western coal down grade on the Ameren Spur about 5 miles north of the Duck Creek power plant near Dunfermline IL. P&W handled the de... (more)

Peoria & Western's Santa Train heads west through Canton, IL., powered by a pair of covered wagons.

Peoria and Western Railways' Canton Cannonball with three Fs and a GP 16 1603 tiptoe across the Spoon River bridge westbound with 16 cars.

Peoria and Western spent most of Friday July 9th on Ameren's Duck Creek power plant spur retrieving coal hoppers from storage. Photographed about 400 yrds south of Il route 9 with the second pull... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway's Jake Streitmatter watches for traffic west of New Philadelphia, as he rides aboard GP16 1603, now dead in consist due to problems on a hill earlier in the trip. The Cant... (more)

Peoria & Western Railway engineer Josh Flatley shoulders his three Funits and a GP16 into fifty-eight empty cars being shoved back into storage on the Ameren Spur east of Canton on Saturday mornin... (more)

A 50mm shot of the A-B-A set, a bit of a different view from my previous moon shot. Exposure 90 seconds, f/9,ISO-200.

Pioneer Railcorp's A-B-A set of vintage Funits head west from Canton, Illinois towards the last stop of the day at Cuba. The Peoria & Western Railway Santa Special made six stops along its line, o... (more)

With out of service fire damaged B unit left in LaHarpe, the Canton Cannoball heads eastward with the matched pair of Aunits on the Peoria & Western. The Bunit has been repaired after fire damag... (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)

The westbound P&W sits on the main, poised for the start of the week with its A-B-A set of F's.

The Canton Cannonball is west bound at Cuba, Illinois minus A unit 1752 which is shopped for its 92 day inspection. A GP20R is filling in for the unit, as the train makes its way west on Monday J... (more)

The Canton Cannonball crosses the Spoon River on its way to meet the Keokuk turn at Good Hope.

The Canton Cannonball rolls steadily eastward at a blistering 10 mile per hour pace outside of Cuba, Illinois STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO