Keokuk Junction Rwy. Local, Union Pacific MPECL 8-16-24

When I drove by Adams Street Yard Friday afternoon, I noticed Union Pacific's MPECL was strung out onto the Low Line, with the tail end by Adams Street Yard, and the Keokuk Junction Railway local was stopped short of Darst Street, having the conductor line the switch after a loaded TP&W-BNSF grain train had cleared Tazewell & Peoria Railroad's Southern Division.
 
Fortunately, the Keokuk Junction train was ready to roll when I parked off Krause Avenue, and I shot video there. Reportedly, this was the second "East Peoria turn" of the week (the first was probably Wednesday). 


CAPTION: The Keokuk Junction Railway's East Peoria Turn rolls by Krause Avenue in Peoria, Illinois mid-afternoon Friday, August 16, 2024 on what was an unusual second run for the week to the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad. LTEX 6437, PREX 2018 and LTEX 3010 have 25 cars.
 
After the Keokuk Junction train cleared, I went to W. Farmington Road and waited, hearing MPECL receive track warrants to go north from Peoria Junction. I did not have to wait long for the train's appearance. 


CAPTION: Union Pacific train MPECL ( Manifest, Peoria IL to Clinton IA) rolls by W. Farmington Road shortly after leaving Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Friday, August 16, 2024. UP 6162 has 68 cars.
 
- David P. Jordan

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