P&E = Peoria & Eastern
All three routes that went through this junction were probably abandoned relatively soon after the Staggers Act was passed in 1980. To use more informative names, the routes were:
Aban/ICG/GM&O (north/south) vs Aban/Santa Fe + Aban/Conrail/PC/NYC/Big Four/P&E.
(Update: this junction was east of the terminal yard in Pekin for Big4/Peoria & Eastern, Santa Fe, and Rock Island.)
The junction was in the parking lot of J&J Cleaners & Coin Laundry.
All three routes that went through this junction were probably abandoned relatively soon after the Staggers Act was passed in 1980. To use more informative names, the routes were:
Aban/ICG/GM&O (north/south) vs Aban/Santa Fe + Aban/Conrail/PC/NYC/Big Four/P&E.
(Update: this junction was east of the terminal yard in Pekin for Big4/Peoria & Eastern, Santa Fe, and Rock Island.)
The junction was in the parking lot of J&J Cleaners & Coin Laundry.
Yellow: GM&O
Orange: Santa Fe
Blue: P&E
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| Satellite plus Paint |
From this photo, the tower was in the northeast quadrant.
The Santa Fe ran parallel with the P&E (red line) and then separated again at Parkway Drive. The Santa Fe went on the north side of Coal Miner's park and then along Broadway Street. The P&E continued running straight through Pekin.
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| John Stell posted GM&O's East Yard Tower at Pekin on 4-26-69. Tower guarded GM&O, P&E, and AT&SF crossing. PT also delivered to and received from GM&O at this location. John Stell slide. Mike Martin Phil the foundation for that cantilevered signal bridge is still there alongside Broadway. Somehow it's never been removed... I get a kick out of seeing whenever I go down Broadway. [Street View] John Stell posted GM&O's East Yard Tower at Pekin, Il. AT&SF's Pekin district and the P&E crossed the GM&O at this location. John Stell slide on 4/26/69. Dick Bidwell shared |
Once again, the property lines defined by the railroads leave some strange property shapes today --- the angle of the east side of Walgreens parking lot, a crack in a parking lot (the soil disturbed by the railroads removal caused sinking or heaving?), and another angled property line and alley.
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| John Woodrow posted Peoria and Eastern crossing GM&0 east yard, Pekin Illinois no date (Edward Wayne Bridges photo) Bill Edrington: Has to be in the ‘60s. The second unit has been painted in the simplified black color scheme with white frame stripe; the first car in the consist is an Erie Lackawanna boxcar (1960 merger); and the second car is an NYC “Century green” boxcar with the new “cigar band” emblem (1959-60). John Windish: Bill Edrington , I believe my grandfather worked that GM+O tower in the 40s and early 50s. Looks like the one by Broadway and 14th St. [And the sign on the tower says East Yard.] Randy Grindley: The photo had been taken before September 1967 at which time 5620 was renumbered to 5686. |
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| Satellite |
Thanks to the cars parked on some tracks, you can see the GM&O had an interchange on the north side and the Santa Fe had a small yard.
Update:
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Roger Holmes posted Pekin Tower - I'm looking south, standing on the GM&O with Penn Central's switch engine crossing the diamond. Santa Fe would also cross over here (Pekin branch) and the Rock Island would sometimes come up and make a delivery. I was working for the GM&O at this time, around 1970, and was the only tower I had ever seen or worked that had a bed in it! I was there, third shift and about the only train I would see would be the GM&O coming from the P&PU en route to Bloomington. When I would OS the train the dispatcher would always ask me what my seven o'clock weather was. This would be about 3:30 or so in the morning. Apparently at least one of the other operators would absent themselves after the train left town. Not me! I stuck to my post! But I do have to admit that I did take advantage of the bed and caught a few zzzzzz's! © Roger A. Holmes. Harold J. Krewer They had separate but parallel tracks from here to downtown Pekin into the late 60s, when Santa Fe got trackage rights on the P&E and pulled up their track. David JordanGroup Admin Change happened in Spring 1969. |
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| John Woodrow posted Peoria and Eastern crossing the GM&O at the east yard tower Pekin Illinois 1949 or1950 (Eward Wayne Bridges photo) Michael Buckley: Track to right by tower is Santa Fe from east yard down town to Santa Fe Depot and yard. |
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| 1960 Marquette Heights and Pekin Quads @ 24,000 |
After seeing the roundhouse on the topo map, I revisited the aerial photo. And as the topo map shows, P&E also had a yard down here.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| John Woodrow posted turntable at Pekin Illinois (Edward Wayne Bridges photo) David Jordan: This was two days before AT&SF filed to abandon Morton-Pekin and Ancona-Eureka, so the turntable must have lasted until the line was scrapped. Richard Foster: Where was east yard located at in pekin, I've lived in pekin almost 20 years. |
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| Dennis DeBruler replied to Richard's comment A lot of that yard is green land today. The roundhouse was just south of today's Jac's Doghouse with the turntable west of the roundhouse. 1960 Marquette Heights and Pekin Quads @ 24,000 https://goo.gl/maps/tDzS4DjrkUeqcR9H7 |
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| John Woodrow posted picture of turntale in Pekin looking northeast note eagle food now Pekin insurance for the location turntable |
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| Richard Fiedler commented on John's post From the book “Trackside around Peoria”. Caption is included. Santa Fe round hand turntable in Pekin. I believe it was 5 stalls. |
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