TZPR Drags a TP&W Transfer 6-2-23

Even with the long summer days, I can still miss train movements. BNSF's M-GALPEI came into town in late-morning with BNSF 1766 and BNSF 2922 and a healthy train, including scrap metal loads (like Monday's train, which I also missed) and salt boxcars for the TP&W.

Tonight, three motors that likely came off an empty feed train (X-SMRPEI) were added to the other two and after 7:00pm, a crew went into Track A-15 to begin building M-PEIGAL. They still had to double over and pull from A-14 as well. But it wouldn't leave until well after dark...

Oh well, I got something! 

This cut of cars that was left on Main No. 2 at Wesley came from the TP&W. It included empty salt boxcars and empty nitrogen tank cars fro BNSF. Most if not all of the Incobrasa covered hoppers were loaded, so they're probably for BNSF as well. But zinc oxide loads are for Union Pacific, with which TP&W interchanges directly at Collier Yard in Bartonville. There were sme Mapleton cars on it as well. 

I can only speculate that local crosstie replacement could be limiting capacity somwhere and a temporary arrangement has been made to interchange UP business via TZPR.

CAPTION: A Tazewell & Peoria Railroad (TZPR) yard crew pulls a lengthy cut of cars from TP&W from Main No. 2 at Wesley (Creve Coeur), Illinois mid-evening Thursday, June 22, 2023. TZPR 1521 has 83 cars. A mashup of traffic includes cars for both BNSF and Union Pacific, though TP&W interchanges directly with the latter.

- David P. Jordan