Keokuk Junction Ry. Local (both ways) and a TZPR-to-TP&W Transfer 6-7-23

I rarely capture the East Peoria-bound KJRY local before it sets out TP&W and/or UP interchange at Collier Yard in Bartonville. I got lucky Wednesday!

The first 15 cars - a mix of covered hoppers displaying PREX and ALAB markings - were loaded. I figure they contained soybeans loaded at Sciota and are consigned to Incobrasa industries at Gilman, Illinois. Thus, they were set out at Collier Yard.

There were eleven loaded boxcars for UP at Collier Yard, and these appear to be mixed in with cars for TZPR, requiring some extra switching at Collier Yard.

Most if not all of the tank cars were corn syrup loads for Norfolk Southern. Two empty covered hoppers on the rear came from ADM's Bushnell plant, and last contained soybean flour. They are returning to Decatur via Canadian National. 


CAPTION: The Keokuk Junction Railway's Kolbe-East Peoria Turn is shown at Mapleton from the US 24 overpass as it departs for East Peoria. Later, the whole train is shown at Hollis and again as it approaches Bartonville, Illinois late-afternoon Wednesday, June 7, 2023. LTEX 6437, PREX 2003 and LTEX 3848 have 39 cars.

While in East Peoria after 6:00pm, I happened to catch this TZPR crew run a short transfer to the TP&W's East Peoria Yard. 



CAPTION: A Tazewell & Peoria Railroad transfer to the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway's nearby yard is shown at East Peoria, Illinois early evening Wednesday, June 7, 2023. TZPR 1352 and TZPR 1351 have 14 cars.

I lingered in hopes that I'd catch the KJRY's return local, which I did. Train left East Peoria with 41 cars, adding eleven from Union Pacific at Collier Yard in Bartonville, ensuring a healthy westbound for LaHarpe, probably Thursday morning. Quite a few gondolas will be set out at Hitchcock Scrap Yard's Canton transload facility. 


CAPTION: The Keokuk Junction Railway's Kolbe-E. Peoria Turn is shown at Sanitation Road in Bartonville, Illinois on its return leg to Kolbe early evening Wednesday, June 7, 2023. LTEX 3848, PREX 2003 and LTEX 6437 left East Peoria with 41 cars. It added eleven more from Union Pacific at Collier Yard. Final scene is at Illinois Street in Bartonville.

- David P. Jordan

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