Peoria Station

I had to wait about 40 minutes this afternoon for Union Pacific's MPECL to leave Adams Street Yard. I believe it was because a CPWNR (Coal Empties, Powerton IL to North Rochelle Mine WY) was moving ahead so MPECL had to wait.    Train was short, but had those nine zinc oxide loads I saw a Tazewell & Peoria Railroad crew pull from the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway's East Peoria Yard late-Saturday morning.  CAPTION: Union Pacific train MPECL (Manifest, Peoria IL to Clinton IA) rolls by W. Farmington Road shortly after leaving Adams Street Yard in Peoria, Illinois late-afternoon Tuesday, July 16, 2024. UP 3086 and UP 7791 have 31 cars.     - David P. Jordan

I left the CIncinnati, Ohio area (Florence, KY actually) early this morning, stopping to photograph the inbound Central RR of Indiana (CIND) autorack train that stopped short of Valley Junction, Ohio after coming from Honda's Greensburg, Indiana assembly plant, probably overnight.  It wasn't moving, but at least I got it after a few failed attempts. So I was tired when I arrived back home in mid-afternoon, but managed to capture the Union Pacific freight today! It is good to see zinc oxide traffic from the TP&W still moving on MPECL. Today's train had seven loads.  CAPTION: Union Pacific train MPECL (Manifest, Peoria IL to Clinton IA) rolls across W. Farmington Road shortly after leaving Peoria, Illinois mid-afternoon Tuesday, June 27, 2023. UP 8806 has 42 cars. - David P. Jordan 

For about a month, the zinc oxide loads from TP&W seemed to dry up, but today's Union Pacfic MPECL had eleven of them!  A few other cars were left behind at Adams Street Yard, probably due to having a single locomotive and tonnage per axle limits. I'd guess most cars on this train were empty.  CAPTION: Union Pacific train MPECL (Manifest, Peoria IL to Clinton IA) rolls across W. Farmington Road shortly after departing Adams Street Yard in Peoria, Illinois mid-afternoon Tuesday, June 13, 2023. UP 5046 has 53 cars, including eleven zinc oxide loads from the TP&W! - David P. Jordan