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Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Bridge

 
Sanger Street, Peoria, IL 61602, United States of America
 
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Peoria and Pekin Union Railway Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Illinois River) between Historic Route 66 Bridge (Illinois) (123.61 miles and 3 locks to the northeast) and Mississippi - Illinois Junction (Junction of the Mississippi River with the Illinois River ) (167.83 miles and 2 locks to the southwest).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Historic Route 66 Bridge (Illinois) is Cedar Street Bridge; 1.01 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Mississippi - Illinois Junction is Shade-Lohmann Bridges; 2.68 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.

 
 
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[Peoria and Pekin Union Railway] The Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (reporting mark PPU) is a switching and terminal railroad in Illinois that began operating in 1881 and was leased to [Columbia (collapsed paddle steamer)] then returned downstream. Just after passing under the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway bridge, just upstream from Wesley City (now Creve Coeur), the boat [List of Illinois railroads] Company Peoria Railway Peoria and Pekin Terminal Railway Peoria and Pekin Traction Company Peoria Railway Terminal Company Rock Island Southern Railway (RIS) [Peoria, Illinois] Chicago and Illinois Midland, comes up from Springfield and Havana) and Tazewell and Peoria Railroad (leases the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway from its [Indianapolis Union Station] devise a union station, in 1848. The station building opened on September 20, 1853 at 39 Jackson Place, operated by the Indianapolis Union Railway. A much [List of bridges in the United States] railroad bridge (Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge No. 458), Chicago Cedar Street Bridge, Peoria Cherry Avenue Bridge (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge [Illinois] St. Louis), Peoria and Rockford. Three U.S. presidents have been elected while living in Illinois: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama [List of rail yards] (UP) East Peoria: East Peoria Yard (TZPR) East Peoria: East Peoria Yard (Toledo, Peoria & Western) East Saint Louis: Gateway Yard (64)(Alton and Southern [1950 in rail transport] February 11 - Victor V. Boatner, president of Peoria and Pekin Union Railway 1921-, Chicago Great Western Railway 1929–1931, dies (born 1884). MichiganRailroads [List of Norfolk Southern Railway lines] Virginian Railway rail line. Allen Creek Bridge track- a former Virginian Railway rail line. Bowyer Creek Branch- a former Virginian Railway rail line
 
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Peoria and Pekin Union Railway - Wikipedia
The Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (reporting mark PPU) is a switching and terminal railroad in Illinois that began operating in 1881 and was leased to the Tazewell and Peoria Railroad in 2004. Its main yard and roundhouse are in East Peoria, Illinois, and it owns track on both sides of the Illinois River. The company also ...
Bridgehunter.com | Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
PPU - Farm Creek Bridge (Tazewell County, Illinois) Built 1905, Rebuilt ?? Warren through truss bridge over Farm Creek on Peoria & Pekin Union Railway in East Peoria Open to traffic. PPU - Illinois River Bridge (Peoria County, Illinois) Built 1985. Vertical lift through truss bridge over Illinois River on Toledo, Peoria and ...
Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
Peoria & Pekin Union NW2 No. 405 rests at the railway's yard at ... On a springlike January day P&PU 600, a NW2u is westbound across the Illinois River Bridge. Railroad: Peoria and Pekin ... Peoria & Pekin Union Railway rarely used diesels in multiple, unless of course a long train called for it. Here the 605 and 603 are ...
Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Bridge, Peoria, IL
The Tazewell & Peoria was formed to operate the assets of the former Peoria & Pekin Union Railway. The T&P handles traffic on both sides of the Illinois River handling 100,000 cars per year with trackage rights to 150 miles of track. This bridge is the key railroad bridge over the Illinois River in the Peoria area. Several  ...
TZPR Farm Creek Bridge
Name, TZPR Farm Creek Bridge. Built By, Peoria & Pekin Union Railway. Contractor, Unknown. Currently Owned By, Tazewell & Peoria Railway. Length, 250 Feet Total, 125 Foot Spans. Width, 1 Track. Height Above Ground, 15 Feet ( Estimated). Type, Subdivided Warren Through Truss and Through Girder. Date Built ...
VERTICAL CLEARANCES TABLE - BRIDGES ILLINOIS WATERWAY
Pekin Highway Bridge. Fixed. 430.0. 72.9. 502.8. 429.9. Low Operating Level / Flat Pool. NGVD 1929. 53. 1. 158.0. Illinois River. I-474 Dual Bridges. Fixed. 500.0. 65.0. 505.0. 440.0. Low Operating Level / Flat Pool. NGVD 1929. 54. 1. 160.6. Illinois River. Peoria and Pekin Union Railroad Drawbridge. Lifting. 307.0. 19.8.
UP: Tazewell & Peoria Railroad Inc. TZPR #753
History. The predecessor railroad to the TZPR was the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (PPU) that began operating in Illinois in 1881. At one time, the PPU was owned jointly by UP, CN and NS. The TZPR was acquired by Genesee & Wyoming, a railroad holding company, in 2004.
ARAC Meeting on Transport Airplane and Engine Issues
Transportation Board (Board) a petition under U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to discontinue overhead trackage rights over approximately 3 miles of rail line owned by Peoria and Pekin Union. Railway Company, between Bridge. Junction in Peoria and P&PU Junction in. East Peoria , in ...
The Wreck of the Columbia: A Broken Boat, a Town's Sorrow & the ...
Of the nearly 500 passengers on board that night, most were from the town of Pekin. Eighty-seven people lost .... DeWayne Bartels, East Peoria Times-Courier: “Ken Zurski captured the scene, the people and the events surrounding the wreck of the Columbia in a captivating and readable style. This book was hard to put ...
John Patterson Ramsey (born November 21, 1864), American ...
John Patterson Ramsey, American railway official. Member American Railway Association, American Railway Engineering Association.