Peoria Station

While in the Mapleton area this afternoon I noticed the above sign off Wheeler Road, just a little distance past the Supply Chain Services (SC2) facility.
Mapleton Solution Terminal refers to nearby bulk storage tanks. Olin Mathieson Corp. opened an anti-freeze processing and packaging facility there in December 1957. Eventually acquired by Northern Petrochemical Corp., it manufactured [...]

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Santa will return to several Peoria and Fulton County towns this year. Details appeared in Thursday’s Canton Daily Register. The event will occur on December 5. Stops will be made at Mapleton, Glasford, Breeds, Canton two stops) and Cuba.
Last year’s event, which took place on December 13, proved extremely popular with large crowds at all stops. So much [...]

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PEORIA – A year ago, the Greater Peoria Regional Airport got a new name – General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport. And construction began on a new terminal building. Coinciding with these events, the national economy took a tumble, and now a year later, the consequences have caught up with the airport.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines [...]

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This is the second time in about a month at the same location that I’ve seen this happen. The first time, a bicyclist was riding on the other side of the road in the other direction!
- David P. Jordan

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PEORIA – According to Delta Air Lines’ online schedules, nonstop service linking Peoria with that airline’s Minneapolis/St. Paul hub will be reduced from three to two daily roundtrips on or about January 1, 2010.
This service is operated by Mesaba Airlines, regional partner to Delta’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Northwest Airlines. Saab 340 turboprops, configured for 34 seats, are [...]

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PEORIA – I didn’t know about it until after dark, so I didn’t get any good pics. I’m not sure I could have, though, had I saw it in daylight – it was parked on Runway 4-22 facing northeast. WMBD-TV Channel 31 did get some video of the aircraft parked at the airport. (I should note that [...]

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PEORIA – BNSF Railway brought a 54-car train of wind turbine tower sections into the area this afternoon.
Originating at Houston, Texas on September 29, the train worked its way north through east Texas and Arkansas, finally entering the state of Illinois by Friday evening. Despite the rainy weather, I got out and photographed the train [...]

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The Journal Star is reporting that passenger business at the Gen. Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport continues to decline, though not as fast as it did this winter.
Some good news is that air cargo continues to boom. Through August of this year, United Parcel Service air cargo volume increased 308% compared to the same [...]

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