Western Railroad Discussion > Keokuk Junction Pipe Train (F-units)

The Keokuk Junction Railway ran about a 40-car pipe train from the Union Pacific near Peoria, IL to Keokuk, IA today.  The F9B which has been out of service for 9 months was repaired and back in service last week.  Needing a little more horsepower for the hills, a pair of PREX, ex-ATSF, GP20s were in the consist as well.  Thanks to fellow TO member Tim Holmes for keeping me updated on the train's location this morning!

1.  Crossing the Spoon River at Seville, IL.

2.  Passing through New Philadelphia, IL.

Erik

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Thanks, good to now.  Nice and open now at Spoon river.

Bob Jordan

Nice shot and nice consist!!

F units in revenue service -
Life is good!
...Lorenzo

Where is the best place to find those F Units usually ?

567Chant Wrote:
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> F units in revenue service -
> Life is good!
> ...Lorenzo

You got that right.  Very cool to see an ABA set of F's in revenue service.

That remines me, I remember in the 90's reading about the Erie Mining/LTV F9's which had been in regular continuous revenue service hauling ore since purchased in the 1950's.  What ever happened to them?

Cheers, Jim

I enjoyed the video!!

miralomarail Wrote:
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> Where is the best place to find those F Units
> usually ?

The Keokuk Junction F-units are based out of Mapleton, IL (west of Peoria) and operate a couple days a week to Good Hope, IL.  At Good Hope, the crew with the F-units swaps trains with a job coming from Keokuk, IA and return to Mapleton with the F-units.  Monday is the almost sure bet and Thursday is typically the other day.  The night of the eastbound return (or sometimes the following morning), the Mapleton crew will use the F-units to make a transfer run into the TZPR Yard in Peoria.

These pipe trains are an extra move and operate when they show up from the UP.  This is the second of only a handful of trains.

Erik

This is something you wouldnt expect to see in this day and age.

trainboy03 Wrote:
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> miralomarail Wrote:
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> > Where is the best place to find those F Units
> > usually ?
>
> The Keokuk Junction F-units are based out of
> Mapleton, IL (west of Peoria) and operate a couple
> days a week to Good Hope, IL.  At Good Hope, the
> crew with the F-units swaps trains with a job
> coming from Keokuk, IA and return to Mapleton with
> the F-units.  Monday is the almost sure bet and
> Thursday is typically the other day.  The night
> of the eastbound return (or sometimes the
> following morning), the Mapleton crew will use the
> F-units to make a transfer run into the TZPR
> Yard in Peoria.
>
> These pipe trains are an extra move and operate
> when they show up from the UP.  This is the
> second of only a handful of trains.
>
> Erik

This schedule is "generally" good rule of thumb but these extra moves with the pipe trains have thrown that off some.  There are supposedly three more pipe trains coming.

Great photos and congrats!

Roger Holmes

Love that image and video. f units with a pipe train in 2015, holy cow! I was disappointed that I didn't catch any of their trains when we were in the Keokuk area last summer. Thank goodness for trainorders.

Nathan

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Shiftable load next to power - no buffer?