Union Pacific MCLPE 11-26-17


I'm unsure how long this train has been sitting on Edelstein Siding. 

I've blogged before on Union Pacific Railroad's MPECL, which predictably leaves Peoria around 4:00pm every Tuesday and Friday afternoon. 

Copunterpart MCLPE operates at night, departing Clinton, Iowa close to midnight and arriving Peoria before sunrise, Wednesday and Sunday. Only on the longest days of the year in late-spring and early-summer, can one catch this run with hope of the sun shining.

So I was excited to find the nocturnal MCLPE sitting out in the open along Union Pacific Road. UP locomotives 8502 & 5038 have 31 cars. The Peoria Wayfreight (LPD01) crew will likely fetch the train Monday morning. 

- David P. Jordan

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  1. Traingirl36November 26, 2017 at 4:50 PM

    Wait so it's on Friday's too? Will this mess up next Friday's schedule and throw them off i wonder? I might consider going after it if it's still going to be on Friday. I might try for it at Farmington Road or Pottstown where ever the best place to park without being bothered by passer byers .

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    1. David P. JordanNovember 26, 2017 at 9:22 PM

      They'll probably be on the normal routine this week. The wayfreight crew will likely pull the train into Adams Street Yard first thing Monday morning. They should still have time to classifiy it, work the KJRY, TZPR and TP&W interchanges and built the MPECL in time for departure Tuesday afternoon. That would put the train back on its normal routine - returning as MCLPE Wednesday before sunrise and departure as MPECL Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, it is getting dark by 5:00pm now, so not much daylight left.

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    2. David P. JordanNovember 27, 2017 at 6:09 PM

      The Peoria Wayfreight crew probably had to create space at Adams Street Yard before bringing in Sunday's MCLPE.

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  2. ShawnNovember 29, 2017 at 5:08 AM

    In the gondola, were those bales of scrap, heading for Keystone?

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    1. David P. JordanNovember 29, 2017 at 5:39 PM

      Yes, the scrap metal load is most likely for Keystone Steel & Wire (via TZPR delivery).

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