Union Pacific MPECL, Iowa Interstate PESI 9-22-23

Union Pacific's MPECL left Adams Street Yard before 4:00pm this afternoon, so I didn't waste time waiting for it like on some days. I mixed up locations a little and shot scenes at the old Molitor Junction area (MP 80) and Pottstown, barely making it in time. 

 

CAPTION: Union Pacific train MPECL (Manifest, Peoria IL to Clinton IA) rolls along the Peoria Subdivision shortly after leaving Adams Street Yard in Peoria, Illinois mid-afternoon Friday, September 22, 2023. Later, it enters the double track at Pottstown. UP 8084 has 41 cars. 

While a friend and his two sons who were also waiting at Pottstown, we initially thought they heard the horn blast at W. Farmington Road of an empty coal train expected out of Crescent (MP 89.2). The faint noise repeated several times in a short span, which meant it couldn't be on the Union Pacific. They suggested it could be Iowa Interstate's PESI train, since SIPE came in several hours earlier. I decided to investigate. Sure enough, I encountered PESI rolling by the IVY Club along Route 29. I shot these scenes at San Koty and River Drive at Mossville. 

CAPTION: Iowa Interstate manifest PESI (Peoria IL to Silvis IL) rolls by the San Koty area after leaving Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Friday, September 22, 2023. Later, it is shown at the River Drive crossing at Mossville. IAIS 506, IAIS 707 and IAIS 711 have 85 cars. 

David P. Jordan