BNSF 13814 in 1995; Coal MTs at Same Spot 30 Years Later! 10-18-25


CAPTION: Burlington Northern's westbound local, 13814, is shown shortly after leaving Peoria, Illinois on Wednesday morning,  October 18, 1995. Three unidentified geeps have 78 cars. Burlington Northern and Norfolk Southern shifted most carload interchange from Chicago to Peoria that month, swelling consists on existing trains.

After creating a slideshow/narration video of Burlington Northern local 13814 from October 18, 1995, I got to thinking...what if I could catch a BNSF train in the same spot moving in the same direction on the 30th anniversary? I would have preferred M-PEIGAL (a possible scenario given some recent Saturday runs), but had to settle for an empty Kincaid coal train to recreate my encounter with 13814 exactly 30 years ago today! 


CAPTION: BNSF Railway ran this train of coal empties out of Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Saturday, October 18, 2025. The train, originating at the Kincaid Generating Station near Pawnee, Illinois on the Illinois & Midland RR, was delivered to BNSF at Crescent, Illinois. BNSF 6181 and BNSF 8463 have 132 cars. BNSF 9210 is DPU.
 
Sometime on Thursday afternoon, a Norfolk Southern crew brought a Loram railgrinder into East Peoria, parking it just short of Farmdale Switch. A heard the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad dispatcher say they did not have a pilot on duty to take it onto his property so they'd have to leave it there. The railgrinder was parked by TZPR's old "90 Yard" in Peoria today, and that's where it was when I left it in early evening. It is reportedly heading for Silvis for storage via the Iowa Interstate. 
 
- David P. Jordan

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