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They load them indoors because they can ground the car, to protect from static electricity while filling and also because of a chance of lightning while filling outside. I remember that place very well as I had a lot of school mate's fathers that worked there and at the Pabst Grist mill which is gone now. Thanks again for some of the best Rail roading videos ever made!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thank you. You’re welcome, I’m glad you enjoyed!

@RobertCraft-re5sf

8 ай бұрын

they do it inside so the hobos don't steal the moonshine!!!

@douglasskaalrud6865

8 ай бұрын

I think that cars are simply grounded through the wheels to the rail whether inside or outside. Protection against lightning hitting a car is laughable at best. I helped unload flour from hundreds of cars with pneumatic outlets and never had so much as one hair lift in response to any static. We never used any extra grounding as none was required and flour is about as explosive a commodity as there is.

@douglasskaalrud6865

8 ай бұрын

It’s sad to see a couple of F’s slowly disintegrating on a storage track, especially such a good-looking pair with a Southern graphic design using Northern Pacific colors. I’m going to dispense with the, “they should….” observation because I wouldn’t wish a task on someone else that I wasn’t prepared to do myself and saving an F from the torch would not be an easy or cheap proposition. A savior is needed with a lot of money and a lot of friends to make these work again. Replacing the engine with the thrown rod would be especially expensive but restoration/upgrading sure fires the imagination doesn’t it? An F-unit with a G engine and AC transmission would be so boss…..it would be the marvel of the railroading world (who needs the 4014?) and garner admiration from fans in the UK, Canada, Mexico and even Australia. And let’s have none of that tier-4 business on our boss locomotive either. Just a nice little 710G. Remember those cartoonish t-shirt graphics from the early 70’s of a Camaro with an outrageously massive engine, a turbo bigger than the engine block and a blower the size of a foghorn? Something along those lines I think…….

Tremendous video. Thank you for sharing. I am 64 years old and I’ve been a rail fan for 55 years and have never heard of this industry. You need to get your hands on a drone and film this thing from the air and your video will go viral. Thank you.

Appreciated this video. I used to work for the original TP&W and at one point was based out of E. Peoria Yard (since I was low seniority, I worked all over the place). I have since visited Peoria and once helped a switch crew that was shoving cars of corn into the ADM unloading track. They asked if I would close the switch after they cleared, to save them a long walk back to do that. I agreed and after the last car cleared, I closed the switch,or, as they say now days, re-lined it for the main. That was back in the ‘80’s or ‘90’s. They could get in real hot water, now! I was more than happy to help them! Incidentally, ethanol is made from corn (usually), methanol is made from wood, and isopropanol is made from propylene is a petroleum product. I remember that little so called beer can tank cars of isopropanol were shipped from Chicago, Exxon Chem. Co., to Mapleton, IL, Sherex Chem. Co., routed ICG Chenoa TPW. I grew up and went to school in Chenoa. Anyway, thanks for your videos!

Beautiful engines. Nothing like older units still in their prime.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

For sure!

@meme-md9yy

8 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_RailfanHave you ever railfanned in Arkansas? If not I would highly recommend Little Rock for some Union Pacific action. Got a huge yard.

It’s always good when he uploads

@TheGs4_4449

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

@cxmx3295

8 ай бұрын

Yes it is

I am from there, my family worked on the TP&W Rail Road and I had friends that worked the PP&U. Fond memories, Thank you from Tennessee!

Man! That #1521 is a "cutie-pie" switcher. Love it! And that 1352 ain't no slouch either..............

@ 4:28... G-map Coords: 40.677616, -89.606932. And much to my surprise, 3152's sister ship, 3154, is at the odd ball cross buck crossing in street view...

Great video! SW10’s are very cool, unique locomotives! Thanks!

I saw 402 "helping" switch the autoracks at the plant i work at!

end was unexpected

It is so cool to see a rail video about my home town

If ever there was a common substance that deserves the label, Handle With Care, it would be methanol. It is highly flammable and quick to react to even the most mundane ignition source. Methanol used to fuel both top fuel dragsters and fighter jets until the NHRA and the USAF determined it was too volatile for safe use.

Hearing about that cross-buck being from waaaaaay back in the seventies makes me feel so old! I was in college in the seventies 🤣😂 Great video! I love your narration

I live in Peoria. As a matter of fact, I pass by that plant on my way to work.

Nice educational videos SPR 💪💯🔥

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great. Thanks.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed!

If you need a trip out to NC,(with a good reason) I got you covered. The CLNA branch line between Rocky Mount and Spring hope, NC, and passes through Nashville. It’s main customers are Purdue and Braswell family farms. Only two trains a day, Mon. thru Fri. One in the early morning from Springhope, and one in the evening, from Rocky Mount.

SHADOW WIZARD MONEY GANG!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

💪💪💪

Gotta say, one of the most interesting switching videos I've seen. I hope a wealthy group buys and saves those F units. Once they're gone - they're absolutely gone. Can't have Classics like those under a scrapper's torch.

@conraillock1299

8 ай бұрын

They're supposed to be heading out to oklahoma

@douglasskaalrud6865

8 ай бұрын

I always say, “They is you.” If you want something saved you have to do the work to get the project going yourself.

GREAT video! must have been nuts in the day!

Nice!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Awesome video! I would love to check out this railroad sometime!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s worth it. The T&P is pretty neat.

@trainlover_7

8 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan It sure looks like it!

Wow, so happy this wasn't a short!! I have lots of family in the area and in my riding days I would go through Peoria often just because it's was such a hub for grabbing different mainlines in different towns. Peoria has definitely had it's ups and downs. But who doesn't love a river through downtown!

Great vid and cool shortline and neat operations

Were you a conductor at one point? I was and your assessments at 7:52 are right on. It a dangerous job, hyper alert is a must on the ground.

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

No, I’ve just been around the railroad a lot.

cool shortline railroad

Oh god! Please don't scrap those F7s! Donate them to a museum!

13:28 you mention coal. The facility (now owned by BioUrja Renewables LLC, formerly ADM) hasn’t used any coal fired process in a decade. Barges are alcohol or feed.

Ive lived in peoria or tazewell counties my entire life and learned a lot i didnt know. I enjoy boating on the other side of this plant as you can see a lot of the other rail lines in action.

I have a high school classmate that used to be an engineer there. He says it was a fun place to work.

Great video!!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@randallfawc7501

8 ай бұрын

Love the EMD F and E series Bulldogs. Have several of both for my HO layout.@@Southern_Plains_Railfan

Really enjoyed this one!!😊

it's A good day when he uploads!

Love when he uploads just love it😊

Great video. Thanks!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed!

There recently was a fire at an ADM plant in Decatur.

Great video😊

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very unique and cool video!!

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

You should do a video about SD90MACS

401 and 402 are currently in Mapleton il they didn't pass bnsf inspection

I love short line railroads and class ones I love ones in Indiana and many others on short line in Georgia

Great video! I love short line switching. 😊 Would you be willing to do a video about 3-step protection, when the conductors are working in between the cars?

It would be a shame to see those streamliners scrapped they should be preserved at a museum somewhere

are we not going to talk about the end?

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

👽

@eat_more_fries

8 ай бұрын

good chance he has gone insane

@jamesreillytrains

8 ай бұрын

Great video. Bizarre and kinda disturbing tagline at the very end. The joke could have benefited from a comical visual reference of some sort.

@greaterHoustonrailfan

8 ай бұрын

It wasn’t that disturbing @@jamesreillytrains

@jamesreillytrains

8 ай бұрын

@@greaterHoustonrailfan : Nuclear weapons… Not disturbing at all. 🚀

Cool video

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Need video cool catches

"Legaliz nuclear bombs" 🔥💥💥💥💥💣💣

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

🗣🗣🗣💪

@eat_more_fries

8 ай бұрын

☢️🚀☢️💥💥💥💥💥👥👥👥

Is that T&P railroad, Texas and Pacific? If so, my grandfather was assistant superintendent of that railroad and retired after world War II from T&P as a dispatcher. During World War II, he was in charge of all European rail activity. Col. Alva Ogg

Try Irondale, Greenville and Fort Deposit Alabama for some great trainspotting.

Shoreline in Canada are hard find. Too

1:30 I'm going to say it's disappointing we don't get to see the first caterpillar locomotive

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Lol, it’s a WIP

@godlugner5327

8 ай бұрын

Trackless-Tracked-Traction unit

Is there a holding company that has many railroads in north America? Cause Ottawa Valley Railroad (OVR) has the identical livery as T&P and I think there's two or three other railroads using that livery with different railroads names..

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s called Gensee and Wyoming. They own railroads/ railroad assets all over the world

@radarmike6713

8 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan Thanks. I appreciate it. Do you have a FB? Or Insta? Got a few older N/S and CN locos up in North bay ON think they're in for changeover to the Montreal railroad that had the lac megantic tragedy. O N R has a old tall hood I hope to catch and photograph as well

@ADIX2400

8 ай бұрын

Yes. The Genesee and Wyoming is a major holding company that owns 116 freight railroads worldwide.

Santa Fe warbonnet 676 is in Burlington Iowa

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

Cool! What other locos is it hooked up to?

@ILikeGT_101

8 ай бұрын

@@Southern_Plains_Railfan I did not check the number but is was bang in h2 paint scheme

@ILikeGT_101

8 ай бұрын

I mean BNSF

Coming to Decatur, IL again soon?

About how the T&P have to run multiple trains a day, The same thing goes here with California Northern (CFNR) It is another “shortline” but All the tracks are all actually owned by Union Pacific because The line is EX: SP and I see trains every weekday and horns too! It’s very rare to see a train running on the Line on a weekend, Here is one of my videos: kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2Fpl6yzndabpaQ.htmlsi=tYtEwAIAjdan30of This is a video where they are going back to Woodland from Davis after they picked up the rail cars that UP Had dropped off.

please do a video on the porters steam loco the cook mogul the class 48 tank engine the Japanese class d51 nick name hero of the railways. how do gear trains work something on saddle bolier tank engines one talking about the different types of steam funnles and there uses, the different types of cut offs/reversers/Johnson bar some are a big lever, some are a big valve wheel, and ive also seen some that are like rods, one exsample is train sim world 3 and im not sure where to find the other reverser but a video on the different models of these and different whisle models would be nice

SW10? how much horsepower?

@Southern_Plains_Railfan

8 ай бұрын

1200

Legalize nuclear bombs 😂

I HATE this video!

Die Deutschbahn best👍