Halfway through it's 50 mile trip from Peoria to Galesburg, BNSF's Peoria Local blasts through Elmwood with two unofficial Santa Fe heritage units behind the lead locomotive.
After a quick crew change, this empty coalie continues west with the shuttle crew now in charge.
The BN Peoria local makes a rare daylight appearance in Elmwood as it heads west back to the burg. This was a combined train.
A BNSF grain train for Tate & Lyle in Decatur heads towards Peoria with a H1 in the lead.
One unit wonder empty grain from Tate & Lyle sits outside of town waiting for the shuttle crew.
M T coalie sits outside of Elmwood waiting for a broken rail to be fixed further up the line. The leader is a non isolated cab SD70ACe and its unusual to see it on the point since theyre technica... (more)
A pair of the old BN executive MACs lead a M T Kincaid coalie thru town on Halloween.
One of several grain trains bound for ADM in Peoria/Decatur. Because of the drought this summer the corn yields are low so ADM had to buy more corn.
The DPU of an empty Hennepin coalie head thru Elmwood.
The DPU of the Havana coalie creeps slowly out of Elmwood. The line was down to 10mph due to the temperature being over 90 degrees.
An empty coalie from Havana Power heads thru Elmwood.
A heavy Galesburg bound freight rolls uphill through downtown Elmwood in the last light of the day. The glare from the sun must have really been a pain for the crew.