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[20th-century-railroading]

The conductor grabs his orders on the fly. Eureka, IL December 1, 1979

[railwayhistorical]

Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway

The TP&W, sometimes called the Tip-Up by those in the business, has roots dating back to antebellum times. Later, as I understand it, the road became a bridge line between the Pennsylvania Railroad (at Effner, Illinois, on the state line with Indiana) and the Santa Fe (at Lomax, Illinois). Its western terminus was across the Mississippi River, at Keokuk, Iowa.

In any case, here are some interesting and intriguing locomotives seen in East Peoria during the latter half of the 1970s—numbers 205 and 202 are both Alco RS2s, number 400 is an Alco RS11, number 900 is an EMD GP35, number 800 is an Alco C424, and lastly number 902 is another EMD GP35—with Alco trucks no less.

Six images by Richard Koenig; taken September 25th 1977.

[aryburn-trains]

Powered by colorful EMD GP18 No. 600, Toledo, Peoria & Western’s Morton Switcher arrives at Morton, Illinois, on a snowy December 16, 1983. Merry Christmas to all!

[thefakeray]

Eve for the TP&W by Mike Danneman Via Flickr: On New Year’s Eve in 1983, the original Toledo, Peoria & Western only had a few more hours to survive before becoming part of the Santa Fe. At the East Peoria Yard locomotive facility, GP38-2 No. 2006 is flanked by SW1500s Nos. 303 and 306 on December 31, 1983.

[20th-century-railroading]

Switching Morton by Mike Danneman Via Flickr: Toledo, Peoria & Western’s Morton Switcher, powered by the road’s lone EMD GP18 No. 600, switches a lumber yard at Morton, Illinois, on December 16, 1983.

[20th-century-railroading]

TPW 2001 CR (LV) 2780 3118 TPW 401 passing SRS rail car 130 Remington 4-14-79 by Lloyd Rinehart Via Flickr: The Sperry rail testing car is in the hole at Remington, IND, to let #21 pass with 2 TP&W and 2 Contrail units. Remington depot is in the background.

[20th-century-railroading]

Illinois Central Gulf / Toledo, Peoria & Western - Cheona, IL by d.w.davidson Via Flickr: The former joint GM&O / TP&W depot at Cheona, in May 1986.

[railwayhistorical]

Southbound Saluki

This is Amtrak 391, the Saluki, just north of Gilman, Illinois. If one looks in the distance in the first three images, one will see two massive coaling towers from yesteryear. The train, zipping down the former Illinois Central mainline, will soon clatter over the crossing with the Toledo, Peoria & Western.

Five images by Richard Koenig; taken April 9th 2018.