Iowa Interstate PESI 8-31-25

Late this morning, I found BNSF's M-GALPEI sitting on the mainline short of Darst Street. I believe it had just arrived, but it did not appear to have a crew aboard. I could be wrong though. It is possible that the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad's East Peoria Yard had no room, and M-GALPEI was waiting for Iowa Interstate's PESI to depart.
 
I did not stick around to find out, opting instead to chase PESI to a location with decent lighting, but ended up getting it several times between downtown Peoria and Chillicothe. 
 
Today's PESI had a decent variety. 
 
- 12 ADM mash empties
- 1 industrial empty alcohol (UN 1170)*
- 6 BRIX (Incobrasa Industries) soybean empties
- 1 PTEX potash empty
- 2 gondolas (CIGX/GBRX) that were likely iron oxide loads
- 2 ADMX covered hoppers (probably corn germ or gluten meal empties)
- 14 BRIX (Incobrasa Industries) soybean empties
- 5 industrial alcohol loads (UN 1170)
- 15 (various marks) dry fertilizer loads
- 18 ADM mash empties
- 3 grain product loads*
- 5 ADM mash empties
 
*The three covered hoppers embedded in the last block appear loaded. If the first alcohol tank car is loaded, then there are 26, not 25, loads. It is hard to tell for sure on the first alcohol tank car. 


CAPTION: Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. manifest PESI (Peoria IL to Silvis IL) is shown at several locations between downtown Peoria and Chillicothe, Illinois around midday Sunday, August 31, 2025. Power runbys in downtown and at Alexander Street in Peoria on the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad precede views of the whole train on home rails at Mossville and Chillicothe. IAIS 151, IAIS 715 and IAIS 152 have 84 cars (25 loads, 59 empties).
 
- David P. Jordan

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