At first, I was confused by the skinnypiers in the middle and the fat piers on the edges.
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| Street View, Aug 2011 |
But these photos confirmed that the skinny piers are parallel to the NKP tracks while the fat piers are square with the TP&W tracks so that they can be smaller.
Noah Haggerty posted four photos with the comment: "An eastbound Toledo, Peoria & Western mixed freight led by three different EMD locomotives cross over the N&W at Farmdale Bridge around late 1979. On the rear of the train, SW1500 #305 is giving the train a push up Washington Hill. John & Roger Kujawa Photo, Thomas Dyrek Collection."
David Jordan: The single TP&W unit makes me wonder if this was the Watseka trip one week after the LaHarpe/Keokuk move? I saw both back then.
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| Mark Zook commented on Noah's post I took this photo, however, it was back when I lived in East Peoria prior to moving to Florida. I believe it was around 1976 or 1977. Noah Haggerty: Mark Zook Sweet photo! Exact dates escape me, 765 was first on the TP&W in May of 1980. |
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| Mark Zook commented on his comment here’s another photo. I was chasing the train. |
This map helped me find the bridge
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| 1950/50 Peoria East @ 24,000 |
The NKP route was the western part of the Lake Erie & Western.
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| Rails and Trails via Dennis DeBruler |































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