Peoria Station

PEORIA – Atlantic Southeast Airlines dba Delta Connection will drop its nonstop service between Peoria and Atlanta on September 1. The airline’s online schedules show two daily roundtrips through July, then one through August. Delta Connection had reduced Peoria service to just one daily roundtrip last fall, leading to speculation that service would soon end altogether, but then restored [...]

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PEORIA – Is rail passenger service between Peoria and Bloomington-Normal really feasible? Saturday’s Journal Star reported that the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission is looking to obtain funds for a possible connection to planned high speed trains at Normal. I have some trouble believing such a thing is feasible. Consider this: (1) In an age of  commercial [...]

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  I took a half-day off from work on Friday, June 19, and happened upon this train shortly after it left Peoria. In railroad jargon, the train is the Iowa Interstate Railroad’s “Bureau Switcher.” It works south to Peoria every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (with some variation) and goes east to Utica on Tuesday, Thursday [...]

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Galesburg is a railroad town, any visitor will quickly conclude. And the residents are used to the almost constant sound of locomotive horns sounding at the city’s numerous crossings. Most are used to it and don’t complain. An annual event designed to celebrate the city’s railroads has been held since 1978. Galesburg Railroad Days is [...]

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I will be posting this weekend about Galesburg and also probably analysis of a freight train I caught Friday afternoon. Thanks for visiting. – David P. Jordan

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PEORIA- Butternut bread is now made with wheat flour that arrives by railcar. On Saturday morning, May 30, I happened to see Toledo Peoria & Western’s eastbound “Galesburg Job.” On the rear of the train were four “Pressure-aide” (use of pneumatic air flow to keep granular product from clumping, and also for easier unloading) covered hoppers. [...]

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Amtrak’s Peoria – Chicago rail passenger service feasibility study will now be released in the fall. – David P. Jordan

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I’ve been busy lately, but more posts are coming. In time for Railroad Days, I plan a look at Galesburg and its rail operations and industries. Sometime this month or next I will post the annual update on rail users in the six-county port authority region. Thanks for visiting, – David P. Jordan

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