Peabody Coal (PCCX) and Kaskaskia Regional Port District (KRPD) Railroads

The PCCX connects its mines and the Baldwin Power Plant with two CN/IC routes. KRPD connects the Kaskaskia River Port District #1 with the PCCX.

Trains, one of a few photos

I provide this map excerpt for context. The CN route between Freeburg and St Johns as the original IC and the CN route that goes through Baldwin to Percy was the GM&O/Mobile & Ohio route.

IDOT, 2021

The vertical route between Lenzburg and Baldwin is the PCCX. It serves the Baldwin Power Plant (red rectangle) and the Peabody Randolfph Preparation Plant (yellow rectangle) for some Peabody Coal mines. The horizontal route is the KRPD between the Kaskaskia River Port District #1 and the PCCX.

IDOT, 2021 plus Paint

The railroad had several different color schemes.

R.R. "Dick" Wallin via DieselShop, one of several photos
Baldwin AS-16

Roger Kujawa via pinterest

FineArtAmerica, Wernher Krutein, uploaded Jul 5, 2014
Peabody Coal Company loading coal

I came across this history of coal in Illinois while researching this railroad, and it is worth noting.

Spencer Range