| Railroad Name: | Tazewell and Peoria Railroad |
| Logo Filename: | Tazewell and Peoria Railroad logo.png |
| Marks: | TZPR |
| Locale: | Illinois |
| Start Year: | November 1, 2004 |
| Hq City: | Creve Coeur, Illinois |
The Tazewell & Peoria Railroad (T&P) (November 1, 2004—present) is a short-line railroad, running entirely in Peoria County and Tazewell County, Illinois, and formed by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. to lease the assets of the century-old Peoria and Pekin Union Railway (P&PU), which is owned by Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern and Canadian National. It switches close to 100,000 cars per year and has about 142 miles of track.[1] [2] Genesee & Wyoming owns 81 miles of TZPR and can handle freight cars with up to 286,000 pounds of cargo. [3]
The P&PU track straddles the Illinois River at Peoria, Illinois, making the T&P an important transportation link for industrial sites such as the Caterpillar plant in East Peoria, Illinois. In addition to interconnections with the P&PU track's owners, the T&P interconnects with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe, the Toledo, Peoria & Western, the Iowa Interstate Railroad, the Canadian National Railway, the Keokuk Junction Railway, the Norfolk Southern Railway, the Union Pacific Railway, and the T&P's sister Illinois and Midland Railroad. All of these interchanges are at Creve Coeur, Illinois. [4]
| Model[5] | Road number | |
|---|---|---|
| 601 | EMD NW2 | |
| 602 | EMD SW7 | |
| 700 | EMD SW14 | |
| 701 | EMD SW10 | |
| 702 | ||
| 714 | EMD SW1500 | |
| 715 | ||
| 1520 | ||
| 1521 | ||
| 800 | PPU SC15A-3 | |
| 801 | ||
| 802 | ||
| 1351 | EMD SW10 | |
| 1352 | ||
| 2000 | EMD GP35R | |
| 2001 | ||
| 3000 | EMD GP10 |