BNSF M-PEIGAL 5-27-25

As usual, I saw something on my way to the downtown library this afternoon after work. 
 
I'm glad I took I-474 instead of I-74 because I came across a three locomotive/two-car Keokuk Junction Railway local waiting at Iowa Junction for traffic to clear before heading on to East Peoria. First, BNSF's M-PEIGAL as just pulling onto home rails at S. Darst Street when I drove by. After catching it at W. Farmington Road a short time later, I returned to Peoria's southside to find an empty Union Pacific Decatur coal train pulling through Adams Street Yard.
 
The signal at W. Farmington Road was green for a northbound UP, but I don't believe it was the coal empties. A coal empty out of Crescent or a grain empty out of South Pekin are more likely. I ended up going to the downtown library, but should have stayed at W. Farmington Road as not only the Decatur train but also MPECL departed before evening. 


CAPTION: BNSF Railway train M-PEIGAL (Manifest, Peoria IL to Galesburg IL) rolls by W. Farmington Road shortly after departing Peoria, Illinois mid-afternoon Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Train operated a day late due to the Memorial Day holiday. BNSF 6982 and BNSF 8080 have 34 cars. Note Caterpillar D9 and Komatsu chassis high-wide loads.
 
On a positive note, I saw at least three flatbed trucks hauling coiled wire rod on eastbound I-474 or coming out of Bartonville this afternoon. So Liberty Steel & Wire Co. is producing rod again. Hopefully, we'll see rail shipments happening soon, if they aren't already. 
 
- David P. Jordan

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