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Viewing Album:  Toledo Peoria & Western in 1983
 
By:Richard Kundert
Dates:8/17/1983 - 12/27/1983
Album Info:The TP&W is railroad I wish I had photographed more. This classy little line operated out of East Peoria, east to Logansport, IN and west to Ft. Madison, IA with a branch to Keokuk, IA. The TP&W was fighter...it faced incredible challenges throughout its history including the 1887 Chatsworth wreck, an 84 day strike in 1941 and government seizure in 1942. However, the 1970's almost pushed the TP&W over the edge. On February 12, 1970, a barge hit the Illinois River bridge forcing the TP&W to permanently detour over the Peoria & Pekin Union. The June 21, 1970 derailment at Crescent City injured over 60 people, leveled the downtown area and caused millions of dollars in damage. The same day as the Crescent City wreck, the Penn Central filed bankruptcy and could not pay interline settlements due to the TP&W. The PC bankruptcy also caused bridge traffic to dramatically decline during the 1970's. The early 1980's were also challenging years for the TP&W: the shut down of the Rock Island resulted in lost overhead traffic, and deregulation caused more erosion of bridge traffic. The TP&W faded into history on 12/31/1983 and it became the Santa Fe's Peoria Subdivision. Three years later, the Santa Fe sold the entire line and the new owners brought back the TP&W name. Today, the TP&W is part of the Rail America system.
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TPW 2008
Title:  TPW 2008
Description:  Three TP&W locomotives at Peoria
Photo Date:  8/17/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 11:44:30 AM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2008(GP38-2) TPW 902(GP35)
Views:  809   Comments: 4
TPW 2009
Title:  TPW 2009
Description:  Looks like the Alco is doing all the work with a coal train
Photo Date:  8/18/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 11:45:34 AM
Location:  Peoria, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2009(GP38-2) TPW 801(C424)
Views:  526   Comments: 0
TPW 2011
Title:  TPW 2011
Description:  Crossing the former GM&O at Chenoa. The depot was jointly used by the GM&O and TP&W. There was a local effort to save the depot, but it had deteriorated badly and was razed in 2013.
Photo Date:  8/18/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 11:46:31 AM
Location:  Chenoa, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2011(GP38-2)
Views:  392   Comments: 1
TPW 2004
Title:  TPW 2004
Description:  Pulling out of the siding at Fairbury. The N&W (former Wabash) had trackage rights on the TP&W from Forrest to Fairbury to serve the Honeggers feed mill. The mill closed in 1989.
Photo Date:  8/18/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 11:50:05 AM
Location:  Fairbury, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2004(GP38-2)
Views:  418   Comments: 1
TPW 2011
Title:  TPW 2011
Description:  Crossing the ICGs Chicago-New Orleans mainline. The TP&W also crossed the St. Louis mainline at Gilman
Photo Date:  8/18/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 12:01:16 PM
Location:  Gilman, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2011(GP38-2)
Views:  1211   Comments: 1
TPW 2005
Title:  TPW 2005
Description:  On August 10, 1887, one mile east of Chatsworth, one of the worst wrecks in American history occured. A passenger train consisting of 15 wooden coaches and over 500 passengers, struck a burning bridge and derailed. The coaches telescoped and caught fire....over 80 deaths occured. Here, a westbound train is about to cross the ICG Bloomington district branch
Photo Date:  10/15/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 12:07:43 PM
Location:  Chatsworth, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  451   Comments: 1
TPW 2005
Title:  TPW 2005
Description:  Switching the elevator at Meadows
Photo Date:  10/15/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 12:08:52 PM
Location:  Meadows, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2005(GP38-2) TPW 600(GP18)
Views:  787   Comments: 3
TPW 2010
Title:  TPW 2010
Description:  An eastbound at Meadows. Both C424s are in the consist. They have been sold and are moving to the Morristown & Erie in New Jersey. Also in the consist is an SW1500 headed to NASA in Florida
Photo Date:  12/27/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 12:12:29 PM
Location:  Meadows, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  291   Comments: 1
TPW 2010
Title:  TPW 2010
Description:  On June 21, 1970, Train #20 derailed 15 cars in the middle of Crescent City. Nine cars of Liquefied Petroleum Gas exploded. 16 businesses and 25 homes were destroyed and 66 people injured, luckily there were no fatalities. This was my last photo of a TP&W train
Photo Date:  12/27/1983  Upload Date: 6/1/2016 12:17:35 PM
Location:  Crescent City, IL
Author:  Richard Kundert
Categories:  Winter,Action
Locomotives:  TPW 2010(GP38-2)
Views:  419   Comments: 2

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