On hot summer nights, you'd hear that lift machine from a long way off, working the TP&W yard during the height of their Intermodal years. I would love to have seen the first years of their existence, when much of the line through East Peoria going east through Farmdale was, before the building of the Farmdale Dam - on the opposite side of Farm Creek. Many of the old bridge footings and/or abutments can still be seen today. So to can old roadbed remnants.
I love stuff like this, thank you for sharing.
I remember green frog from national train day Toledo long ago.
On hot summer nights, you'd hear that lift machine from a long way off, working the TP&W yard during the height of their Intermodal years. I would love to have seen the first years of their existence, when much of the line through East Peoria going east through Farmdale was, before the building of the Farmdale Dam - on the opposite side of Farm Creek. Many of the old bridge footings and/or abutments can still be seen today. So to can old roadbed remnants.
I'm from Peoria Illinois, we would fish and hangout under that train bridge
This is likely the first video of footage from the original TP&W to be on UA-cam.
I sure miss living near this line. I was raised in El Paso.
This video was produced by Green Frog in 1992.
Watched By An Old Geezer In 2024
Enjoyed!