Nomad of Mid-America
The Iowa Over the Illinois
Iowa Interstate's Peoria to Silvis freight PESI-04 lifts 1 load and 103 empties across the Illinois River lift bridge in Peoria behind the muscle of a pair of non-turbocharged 645 EMDs--one each of the 6 and 4 axle variety. The lift span, dating to the mid-1980s, is the third generation of movable bridges at this location, replacing a bascule span constructed in 1911 that itself replaced a swing bridge constructed in 1881.
The Iowa Over the Illinois
Iowa Interstate's Peoria to Silvis freight PESI-04 lifts 1 load and 103 empties across the Illinois River lift bridge in Peoria behind the muscle of a pair of non-turbocharged 645 EMDs--one each of the 6 and 4 axle variety. The lift span, dating to the mid-1980s, is the third generation of movable bridges at this location, replacing a bascule span constructed in 1911 that itself replaced a swing bridge constructed in 1881.