Peoria Station

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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A number of wind turbine components trains have passed through the Peoria area since February 2008, but now a local staging facility has been established. The Toledo Peoria & Western is hosting such a facility at its East Peoria yard. Ten heavy-duty flat cars, carrying two nacelles each, arrived Sunday and were on spot for unloading this morning. [...]

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PEORIA – Another Toledo Peoria & Western Railway wind turbine components train, presumably the second carrying 130′ blades to pass through the area, rolled right through the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad’s Farm Creek through truss bridge without any problems Friday evening.
As you may recall, the first one, on May 1, had to be broken into [...]

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  TP&W wind turbine components train creeps through East Peoria railroad bridge on May 1.
Union Pacific hauled the 53-car train carrying wind turbine hubs, nacelles and blades without incident from the Port of Vancouver, Washington to Sommer (south of Bartonville) where it was received by the Toledo, Peoria & Western for the final leg to the [...]

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PEORIA - The Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway will haul a wind turbine blade and nacelle train through East Peoria, tomorrow. Per WMBD Radio 1470’s Traffic One Report:
“In East Peoria…on Friday, May 1st, from 1pm to 2pm, a mile long train will travel through the city moving at a restricted 3 mph speed limit. The train [...]

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TP&W wind turbine parts train is shown at Bartonville on April 2, 2009.
PEORIA – The Toledo Peoria & Western Railway received its first wind turbine parts train of 2009 on Thursday, April 2. Union Pacific delivered the train to TP&W at Sommer (south of Bartonville off Rt. 24 – site of AmerenCILCO’s E. D. Edwards [...]

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On Wednesday, September 17, 2008, a 37-car train loaded with wind turbine tower sections left the Port of Stockton, California for a staging facility located just east of I-65 and about half-way between Remington and Wolcott, Indiana. The BNSF Railway originated the train and the final destination is on the Toledo Peoria & Western. The [...]

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