A rare GP40X in patriotic RailAmerica colors leads CEFX 9362 eastbound on the old Pennsy through the tiny town of Donaldson, just east of Plymouth.
Many railfans came out for the TPW Santa Train in Canton. Here, the attractive F units bask in the afternoon sunlight.
The TP&W road freight waits for a rested crew to take the train west while a old GP20 waits for the scrapper to show up.
The TPW shoves a cut of loads for ADM to pick up on the interchange track.
TP&W's Santa Train slows to a stop, just outside of downtown Canton. The crew stopped to take a lunch break.
The CEFX 9395 brings a Toledo, Peoria & Western train across the Tazewell & Peoria's Illinois River lift bridge at Peoria on Saturday afternoon. The nice looking tunnel motor is leading 40 loads o... (more)
Toledo, Peoria & Western's 2009 Santa Train heads west through Canton, Illinois, powered by the pair of attractive F units.
With the C&O 2716 on the other end TP&W 1500 in its New York Central inspired paint trails one of several trips held that weekend around Logansport.
TP&W was a timetable/trainorder railroad through the 1970's. In the small town of Eureka, which a few years later would become known as the college hometown of a young Ronald Reagan, the Conducto... (more)
With only a couple of months to go before the Santa Fe takeover, the engine pit at East Peoria still yielded quite a variety of units. From left to right: GP40 #1000, GP30 #700, C424 #800, a GP3... (more)
Traffic heads across Washington St. as a transfer job from Collier Yard in Bartonville heads towards the main yards in East Peoria.
A TP&W eastbound heads for Logansport, IN rolling slowly through Kentland, IN over some less than ideal track.
TP&W backs grain hoppers into another delivery to ADM in Peoria.
CF&E does some switching duties downtown Decatur for the Bunge North America Inc. (former Central Soya).
A TP&W windmill parts train, including a solid block of windmill blades, makes its way across the West Main towards the East Peoria yards.
