TP&W MEPEF 1-31-26

The absence of Incobrasa covered hoppers is odd. These days, orange power and green rolling stock seem inseparable. 


CAPTION: An eastbound Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway "M-Train" (sometimes called M-EPEF) crawls as it approaches Cruger, Illinois early-afternoon Saturday, January 31, 2026. Later, the train crawls through Secor (after a fast run through Eureka) and then pulls through El Paso. IORY 3492, TPW 5008 and HESR 2107 have 58 cars.
 
- David P. Jordan

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