Peoria Station

I received a heads up around midday today that a TP&W westbound had passed Fairbury, Illinois. Fortnately, I was able to see it at El Paso and chase to Cruger.   The 25-car mid-train block of Incobrasa covered hoppers were loaded, so they were likely from Inco Grain Ltd. at Goodland, Indiana consigned to BioUrja Renewables LLC in Peoria. Inco Grain Ltd is a subsidiary of Incobrasa Industries, and purchased the Co-Alliance LP elevator in September 2023. It will load corn for two years and then switch to soybeans only.  CAPTION: Toledo, Peoria & Western train M-EFEP (Manifest, Effner IL to E Peoria IL) rolls through El Paso, Secor, just west of Secor, Eureka and Cruger early afternoon Sunday, November 24, 2024. TPW 5015, RCPE 3481, TPW 5008 and TPW 3441 have 50 cars.   - David P. Jordan

CAPTION: Toledo, Peoria & Western road freight M-EFEP (Manifest, Effner IL to E. Peoria IL) is shown at locations at or near Weston, Chenoa, Gridley, El Paso, Eureka and Washington, Illinois Saturday afternoon, November 11, 2023. The entire train is shown at each. TPW 2070, IORY 5007, TPW 5010, and IORY 5014 have 121 cars from on-line industries and CSX and CN interchanges.   A nice sunny late-morning and early-afternoon in November is a good time to get a westbound TP&W freight!  A lot of typical TP&W freight business is represented on today's train. - The first 15 cars are loaded with limestone shipped from The Rogers Group/Newton County Stone in Perkins, Indiana and consigned to East Peoria Materials, located on the east end of the TP&W yard (and to celebrate 20 years in January 2024!). - Fourteen TPW-marked cyclindrical covered hoppers might have been pulled from the Ludlow Co-Operative Elevator Company at La Hogue. (Crescent City is possible, but newer, 2...