Peoria Station

When I crossed the river on I-74 this afternoon, I glanced north (as I usually do) to find a Tazewell & Peoria Railroad switcher working at PMP Fermentation Products. So I turned right onto NE Adams and made my way to the RiverPlex parking lot.  The crew was just finishing up their work, having just shoved corn syrup loads (and maybe a sodium hydroxide solution tank car) into PMP's spur. After coupling six corn syrup empties to three other cars (a tank car, probably used as a buffer and two Komatsu chassis loads), they left for the West Yard, dropped the train and then ran engine lite across the river. TZPR 1351 paused at Bridge Junction for maintenance-of-way to clear.  CAPTION: A Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Industry Job leaves PMP Fermentation Products for the West Yard in Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Friday, October 3, 2025. TZPR 1351 dropped its nine cars at the West Yard and crossed the river engine lite. After TZPR 1351 cleared, ADMX 932 dragged 15 TP&...

No sign of Norfolk Southern's D49 local on any late-afternoon this week. It must be turning early. I assume that it has come up to East Peoria at least once this week. I did, however, catch BNSF 9100 and BNSF 6728 at the north end of the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad's East Peoria Yard, having just dropped an inbound train (M-GALPEI).   I could only glance at the yard as I drove the Cedar Street Extension, but the consist appeared to have been on A-41. Shortly, they received permission to cross W. Washington Street and then run down the Nickel Plate. I did not see whether they tied up on the Creve Coeur Team Track or coupled to M-PEIGAL and went west. When I checked again around 6:00pm, lighting was too blinding to really see much.    We know M-GALPEI/M-PEIGAL already turned here on Monday, and the next regular cycle is usually Friday (unless late, like last week when Friday's train ran just after sunrise on Saturday). Perhaps they had sufficient traffic to run on We...

This afternoon proved to be busy.    When I reached East Peoria, I heard the TZPR 1521 ask permission to leave the diesel shop for the yard as Industry 4. Within minutes, TZPR 1351 received permission from Iowa Junction to the East Peoria Yard. This train, probably Industry 2, left Kickapoo Yard with three scrap metal loads. Only minutes after that, IMRR 43 left the West Yard for East Peoria with a dozen cars (five alcohol loads, the rest corn syrup empties and buffer cars). CAPTION: Two Tazewell & Peoria Railroad locals are shown approaching Bridge Junction in Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Friday, January 17, 2025. TZPR 1351 came first at Sanger Street, and was enroute from Kickapoo Yard to East Peoria with three scrap metal loads. Within minutes, IMRR 43 crossed Leland Street enroute from the West Yard to East Peoria with 12 cars. I heard TZPR 1521 (Industry 4) get permission to leave with 21 loads for ADM Grain Co's Wesley Road dock (still called "CID") bu...