This
three bay Evans covered hopper is painted Lobster Red with large
TP&W logo and white lettering. It was built in August 1977
and runs the rail on Barber Roller Bearing trucks. The Toledo,
Peoria and Western Railway (TPW) is a short line railroad that
operates from Mapleton, IL through Peoria, IL, and on to Logansport,
IN with trackage rights in other areas of Indiana and Illinois.
The road transported more than 20,000 carloads in 2010, including
agricultural commodities and chemicals, machinery, cement, feed
meals and biodiesel, wind tower components, and
high/wide shipments.
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