Nomad of Mid-America
Curtain Call for the Canton Cannonball
Vintage FP9s have been a staple of Pioneer Railcorp's Keokuk Junction Railway since they were acquired for freight service in the mid-2000s. However, Pioneer's new owner BRX Holdings has deemed the venerable EMDs unfit for KJRY's needs and plans to take the units out of service and place them in storage at the railroad's facility in La Harpe, IL. On what looks to be the last week of service for the Fs hauling freight, FP9A #1750 and its accompanying B unit (and a GP20) lug cars from the Tazewell and Peoria's yard in East Peoria westward through the jungles of Illinois on their return run to Mapleton. The crew will tie the train down in just a couple more miles before resuming the westbound trip to La Harpe the next day...for the final time with the Fs.
Curtain Call for the Canton Cannonball
Vintage FP9s have been a staple of Pioneer Railcorp's Keokuk Junction Railway since they were acquired for freight service in the mid-2000s. However, Pioneer's new owner BRX Holdings has deemed the venerable EMDs unfit for KJRY's needs and plans to take the units out of service and place them in storage at the railroad's facility in La Harpe, IL. On what looks to be the last week of service for the Fs hauling freight, FP9A #1750 and its accompanying B unit (and a GP20) lug cars from the Tazewell and Peoria's yard in East Peoria westward through the jungles of Illinois on their return run to Mapleton. The crew will tie the train down in just a couple more miles before resuming the westbound trip to La Harpe the next day...for the final time with the Fs.