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)
Tazewell & Peoria railroad's "Pekin Job" trundles along the Illinois River behind a unique combination of a SW10 and GP15-1.
A TZPR industry job brings Iowa Interstate interchange traffic through Peoria's warehouse district, which is transforming into apartments and shops.
TZPR power passes the entrance to Kelleher's Irish Pub, where they still know how to properly pour a Guinness.
TZPR 1351 heads light back to East Peoria Yard.
A TZPR Industry job switches the PMP Fermentations plant along the Illinois River. This is former Rock Island territory. It's nice to catch a local job switching an industry on an industrial sid... (more)
A Tazewell & Peoria job enters the UP Peoria Sub to deliver potash loads to the Mosaic facility on the Illinois River a couple of miles south.
TZPR's East Peoria yard switcher is see taking headroom at Washington Street in East Peoria. The railroad owns two of these unique switchers, #1351 & 1352. There were a total of 75 SW10's rebuilt ... (more)
TZPR's "Pekin Job" crosses Court St. in Pekin as it approaches the industries it serves. In the background is the Illinois River and the John T. McNaughton Bridge carrying Illinois route 9 over ... (more)
