Sunday, June 21, 2026

Pekin, IL: Junction Tower: P&PU+Sante Fe+Peoria & Eastern vs. P&PU

(Satellite, the east/west route and the P&PU Bridge are gone.)


Richard Haward posted
Pekin Tower.

Given the curve of the train and the angle of the tower, this must be the junction of the east/west P&PU route that carried Santa Fe and P&E across and the P&PU route that went along the east side of the Illinois River. There is also an industrial spur that went south closer to the river. The industrial spur still exists, but it now joins the north/south P&PU route further north.
1960 Pekin Quad @ 24,000

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