Peoria Station

I took this photo of a Custom Air Transport 727-200C on July 16, 2005 during an air show held at the James M. Cox – Dayton International Airport. I never shot one at Peoria either because it was dark or I was too lazy to get up early. The early 2000s were not the best [...]

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I’ve some posts planned for this week. One will be on Peoria’s air cargo history. Meanwhile, feel free to ask a transportation-related question. As always, if I don’t know the answer, I’ll find one. – David P. Jordan

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An airline has made known its interest in starting scheduled flights to Mexico and the Caribbean from Peoria, reports WEEK-TV25. I have little doubt that the airline is Allegiant Air, given their recent achievement of flag carrier status and public acknowledgement of interest in flying to those areas from another city. In order to accommodate [...]

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The Illinois Railway Museum’s former Chicago Burlington & Quincy RR Nebraska Zephyr is shown July 22, 2011 on static display during Train Festival in Rock Island, Illinois Railfans and the curious public are in for a treat next month. That’s because the Illinois Railway Museum’s Nebraska Zephyr will be making a scheduled, roundtrip excursion between Chicago Union [...]

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Back in March 2008, after the last customer ceased using TP&W and Canadian National’s joint intermodal service, primarily between East Peoria and the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, there was speculation as to whether service would be revived. After all, Caterpillar was said to have shifted its container shipments to Norfolk, Virginia on a temporary [...]

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An Allegiant Air MD-80 is shown September 3, 2007 at Springfield’s Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport on a Las Vegas “turnaround” Allegiant Air is returning to Springfield! Twice-weekly nonstops to Punta Gorda, Florida will start November 6. The carrier previously served Illinois’ capital city in 2007 with twice-weekly Las Vegas nonstops. Allegiant operated these flights to counter AirTran [...]

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The Alton Telegraph, as well as other media, reported Tuesday that Allegiant Air is resuming service to St. Louis Mid-America Airport at Mascoutah, Illinois. The 14-year-old facility has seen airlines come and go. Allegiant Air was there the longest, most recently in January 2009, and the airline will be making another go of it November 7, [...]

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The terminal at Champaign’s Willard Airport is shown September 9, 2007 when Allegiant Air, American Eagle and Northwest Airlink offered flights to several cities. Opened in 1989, this facility has been underused for years. The University of Illinois – Willard Airport at Champaign-Urbana is determined to expand its air service offerings. A recent News-Gazette article, details the airport’s [...]

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A BNSF Railway North Dakota crude oil train stops at Galesburg for a crew change and fuel on March 17, 2012. Similar trains are now being routed to Marquis Inc’s Hennepin facility for transfer to barges. North Dakota crude oil is now being transloaded from railcars to barges for shipment downriver on the Illinois Waterway. [...]

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…you saw an Omni Air International Airlines Boeing 777-200 being ferried to Peoria for a military charter. The plane, which arrived from Minneapolis/St. Paul, is scheduled to depart Peoria for Nuremberg, Germany at 1610 this afternoon. Look for more info later! UPDATE (August 19): Unfortunately, this 777-200 (seen below at the 182nd ANG ramp) departed almost an [...]

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