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C&NW #6814 Pekin, Illinois

A loaded coal train behind a pair of C&NW SD40-2's rolls south on Peoria & Pekin Union trackage through downtown Pekin. The power has just crossed Margaret Street and has entered a three or so block stretch of street running down 3rd Street.

 

In three blocks the train will enter Chicago & Illinois Midland trackage and continue a few more miles south to the power plant at Powertown to be unloaded.

 

The P&PU tracks have since been realigned and now run parallel to 3rd Street.

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Uploaded on July 18, 2022
Taken in May 1981