Peoria Station

I’ve been busy with other things, but more posts are coming soon.
- David P. Jordan

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I started this blog September 18, 2008. I missed the actual date, but thought I’d mention the first anniversary anyway.
- David P. Jordan

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  Empty BNSF coal train creeps through Lewistown at dusk on August 5, 2009. Earlier that morning, the same train ran through here in the opposite direction with “black diamonds” for AmerenCILCO’s Duck Creek Station.
BNSF Railway has revived the southern half of its Yates City – Vermont line after securing a contract to haul coal [...]

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Back in 2005, it was first reported that the City of Davenport, Iowa made plans to construct a rail spur from an existing rail line to a new industrial park located on the city’s northwest side. Known as the Eastern Iowa Industrial Center, it attracted the interest of Ferguson Enterprises, but due to lack of rail [...]

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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 – So what customers has the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway (and its now 4 and 1/2 year old successor Tazewell & Peoria Railroad) gained and lost since the Staggers Act partially deregulated the railroad industry in October 1980? I will first list the losses (some of which will require clarification):
Lost since 1980
Amoco (River [...]

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PEORIA – Below is a list, albeit not 100% accurate, showing customers of the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway for the year 1982:

Cargo Carriers
Bartonville
All Commodities

Keystone Steel & Wire Co.
Bartonville
Wire & Steel

Luria Brothers & Company, Inc
Bartonville
Scrap Iron

Wayne Pet Foods, Inc.
Bartonville
Dog Food

Central Illinois Dock Co.
Creve Coeur
Fertilizer, Steel, etc.

COFC/TOFC Terminal
Creve Coeur
Intermodal

Growmark, Inc.
Creve Coeur
Grain Elevator

Load & Unload Platform
Creve Coeur
Misc.

Peoria [...]

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Been busy lately. More posts will becoming, including a “Quad Cities Railroad Info and Gallery” for comparison to the Peoria Railroad Info and Gallery posted January 3. The QC area is served by three railroads – BNSF Railway, the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railway and the Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. Once I figure out how to make [...]

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Check out how Pekin, Illinois promotes its Riverway Business Park. Read all of it.
If only Peoria could figure out how to do the same for Growth Cell Two.
- David P. Jordan

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