TP&W-UP Grain Extra 11-23-23

The TP&W received an empty Union Pacific grain train late-morning Tuesday and quickly forwarded it to ADM Grain Co's Clymers, Indiana elevator on Winamac Southern Railway's TP&W-operated Van (Logansport) - Bringhurst line. 

So it was a surprise how quickly the loaded train returned west, arriving back at East Peoria late-afternoon on Thursday! 

I didn't see the empties go east, but after a family gathering for Thanksgiving, I decided to check for evidence of potential Friday rail activity. I'm glad I did because I picked up scanner chatter on the TP&W road channel (161.400) in East Peoria. 

I quickly found three UP motors on a grain train inching westbound through the TP&W yard. The crew asked for dispatcher's instructions on proceeding to Powerton where the train would be handed over to Union Pacific. 

I shot the entire train in good lighting as it made its way along the TP&W's Peoria Sub in East Peoria, but in the video, you will first see only power runby here, then the same at Hilliards and Pekin on the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad. The entire train can be seen in the last part. 


CAPTION: A TP&W crew rolls a Union Pacific-bound grain train through East Peoria, Hilliards and Pekin late-afternoon Thursday, November 23, 2023. Enroute to the Union Pacific (at Illinois & Midland Railroad's Powerton Yard), UP 7354, UP 5567 and UP 7135 have 111 cars loaded at ADM Grain Co's Clymers, Indiana terminal. 

David P. Jordan

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