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Were you around in 1979 or so when 765 ran on the TPW? I was almost six years old when I saw the 765 leaves East Peoria with the Golden Arrow Lines excursion to Keokuk. Funny thing is the following Saturday, when my mon, dad and two brothers headed east on Rt. 24 to visit our grandparents, we caught up with the 765 (unexpectedly) heading east with another excursion. We ate at that tenderloin place in Watseka (since closed) and the train passed us and stopped in town, blocking the MoPac crossing for a time. It was in May 1980, the day after my birthday, IIRC. I made a trip to EP for that. Just found my slides last weekend. So, let me get this straight. CN (IC) is running intermodal to and from EP with interchange at Gilman? That explains when I pass over TPW on I57 I sometimes see a block of intermodal cars on a siding. Yep, that's traffic interchanged with CN. CN runs a train (281, IIRC) out of Chicago that sets out "pigs" for TP&W at Gilman then proceeds to Gibson CIty with autoracks for NS. The return run north picks up "pigs" from TP&W. Does the big soybean plant in Gilman do much with TPW? Incobrasa ships via TP&W soy meal and soy oil pretty much on a daily basis (though probably not on Sunday). The Indiana Local will generally handle this business. Most of TP&W's business from Incobrasa goes to CSXT but occasionally, soy meal will go to BNSF at Peoria for forwarding to southwestern feed mills (and by "BNSF" I mean TP&W's Galesburg Job, which does haulage business for BNSF so the routing is TPW Peoria BNSF). I haven't seen it lately but I guess there is still a soy oil movement routed TPW Peoria UP to New Orleans. As for the latter, I heard that CN messed up and lost this business to the competition. DPJ
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