Union Pacific Coal Train, TZPR Potash MTs 2-9-25
I was able to set up at W. Farmington Road just minutes before this loaded, Powerton-bound coal train rolled by. CAPTION: A Union Pacific coal train rolls by W. Farmington Road near Peoria, Illinois late-morning Sunday, February 9, 2025. UP 5613 and UP 2610 have 135 loads for NRG Energy's Powerton Station on the Illinois & Midland RR. UP 6284 is DPU. While lingering on the east side of the river, I heard chatter indicating a Tazewell & Peoria Railroad local was moving on the Peoria side. So I checked it out and found this empty potash train heading toward Bridge Junction. A loaded potash train arrived Friday evening, and this was probably the one sitting along Wesley Road today. CAPTION: A Tazewell & Peoria Railroad local pulls a train of potash empties at Sanger Street in Peoria, Illinois late-morning Sunday, February 9, 2025. Train is enroute from Mosaic Crop Nutrition LLC south of Bartonville to the TZPR Pekin Main at Grove. TZPR 1352 and IMRR 43 have...