Peoria Station

A Norfolk Southern Railway extra delivered 83 grain empties to the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad at Wesley (Creve Coeur), Illinois early this evening. This is the third such train for interchange to the Iowa Interstate Railroad and loading at Landus Co-operative's Adair, Iowa elevator. NS 4149, NS 9459, NS 7584 and NS 4576 were on the point. Several scenes show the train at N. Main Street in East Peoria and then crossing the river to wye onto the Pekin Main at Wesley. It isn't common to see a Norfolk Southern crew take their train into Peoria proper!  The final scene shows the whole train at N. Main Street in East Peoria.  - David P. Jordan

Since 2012, Iowa Interstate has, off and on, acted as haulage agent for Norfolk Southern grain trains between Des Moines and Peoria.  I don't believe they have originated any NS-bound grain trains on-line until now. This week, Landus Cooperative loaded corn at its Adair, Iowa elevator for an NS destination via Peoria. The train moved east, and finally operated to Peoria as SIPE-2 on Friday afternoon. Iowa Interstate receives a rate division on this one, with likely far more revenue than as haulage agent.  Hopefully, there will be more such trains. And that the NSPEDM and NSDMPE haulage trains will return as well. A healthy corn crop and good service is a must. Word is, Norfolk Southern had already forwarded this train out of East Peoria and through Bloomingtin by late Friday evening.  NS 4576 and NS 7584 had 83 corn loads. NS 4149 brings up the rear as DPU. In the video, today's train is first shown in The Narrows in late afternoon approaching Tazewell & Peoria Railro...