Tazewell & Peoria RR Local 5-5-25

I saw this as I drove down the Cedar Street Bridge this afternoon. I fact, it was already moving by the time I was heading down SW Washington Street. The train pulled up to Bridge Junction and then radio'ed the dispatcher for permission to cross the river into East Peoria.

 

The tank car on the head end was loaded. It was placed ahead of four empty corn syrup tank cars and one empty sodium hydroxide solution (UN 1824) tank car. Given the absence of a haz-mat placard and its position ahead of cars pulled from PMP Fermentation Products, I'd say it might contain sodium gluconate or perhaps some wastewater sold as liquid feed. Two empty tank cars and two industrial alcohol (UN 1170) were pulled from BioUrja Renewables LLC's Alcohol Tracks. 

CAPTION: A Tazewell & Peoria Railroad local rolls toward Bridge Junction in Peoria, Illinois mid-afternoon Tuesday, May 6, 2025. After a brief wait for a barge, East Peoria-bound TZPR 1351 drags ten cars (three loads, seven empties) across the Illinois River.

 

- David P. Jordan