Tazewell & Peoria RR Pekin Local, Iowa Interstate SIPE 3-2-24

Late this morning, I went to Havana hoping that a used bookstore would have some old Illinois Rail Plan Annual Updates. Enroute, radio chatter told me that a Tazewell & Peoria Railroad local would run from the Ice House up the double track to Grove and then hold due to a broken rail which was being repaired. I just missed a chance to capture the train on the riverfront, so I settled for a spot by Worley Lake along Rt. 29. Just one gluten feed (or DDGS) load and two alcohol loads. 


CAPTION: A Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Local leaves Pekin, Illinois for East Peoria late-morning Saturday, March 2, 2024. TZPR 1352 has three cars. 

I was disappointed with Havana. The bookstore where I bought the 1977, 1978 and 1979 editions of the Illinois Rail Plan Annual Update years ago had nothing else. But a trip along the Illinois & Midland Railroad always yields some interest. The were seven tank cars on spot at the Darling Ingredients transload in Havana, and plenty of wind turbine components at Havana Dock & Rail, indicating another construction season is due to start, and hopefully, more trains will arrive. 

The siding switch for the old Weaver Popcorn/Rickett Grain Co. transload in Forest City was removed several years ago, and wintertime reveals that more now than I remember. The Rickett Grain Co. elevator siding at Manito is still intact, of course. The siding on the south end is still in place either, but I don't expect anything lock the boxcar traffic (Weaver Popcorn loading) as in the winter of 2014-2015. 

I noticed a tank car with an ADM logo at the Agridyne LLC liquid feed plant by Crystal Lake. This explains why I've seen non-alcohol and non-corn syrup ADM tank cars on area freight trains. 

Finally, after spending some time at the downtown library, I headed north on Rt. 29 with the knowledge that an Iowa Interstate freight was heading toward Peoria. I found it north of Mossville, turned around and shot video in the old San Koty area just above Peoria Heights. 


CAPTION: Iowa Interstate Railroad manifest SIPE (Silvis IL to Peoria IL) rolls by the old San Koty area near Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Saturday, March 2, 2024. IAIS 512 and IAIS 504 have 47 cars. 

David P. Jordan

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