Prex #1611 getting towed back....(again)

I'm relieved to see the KJRY train this morning more than I would

any other time I look for them because it restores my sanity some.

Yes, a train restores sanity sad but true. When I say this I mean I 

was told yesterday by my brother n law Scott that he thought he had

heard a train and I was like what Train?  I didn't hear any train and

Canton is small enough you could hear it from downtown so it became

a puzzler trying to think  back if I heard anything in case i zoned out

when running errands. I guess not.  I don't think i'm that insane I 

wouldn't hear a train.  It's not like the F units aren't loud and that

GP20 #2003 has a unique sounding horn so unless you were  out by

Walmart or way across town somewhere or even a mile out or more 

then you would hear something even if faint. I have to wonder if he

was trolling me or thought he heard it and made a mistake.  We also

have Duck Creek Power plant just south of town by three miles I can

sometimes hear faint horn from a BNSF Coal train if you're paying

attention to details or if the wind carries it just right. He could have

heard that.  He doesn't pay attention to the sounds of the horns to 

identify what railroad it belongs too. I'm enough of a nerd too however.

I guess KJRY departed the Mapleton area around 8 am for the westbound.

It's line up was Prex #1752-1761-1750-1611-2003 so the F's and  two Gp20's.

Prex #1611 crapped out again so it's being towed to La Harpe.  They have the

worst luck with that one maybe third times a charm and they'll fix her.  I

really should knock on wood so i'll knock on my hard skull.  I photographed

it not far from a curve on the east end of town not far from my apartment

to mix it up location wise plus to catch the F's going around that which like

I think I stated was around 9:20 am.  I head to the west end of town off 

Maple street and film in that location around 9:30 am.  I didn't have gas to

really be picky there. I also wanted something  not as blinded by the sun.

I'm happy.  Yes I said it happy.  Again knock on wood ( my head) for that

feeling to last.  :)

Photo's and will post video when uploads: Canton, Il 12-19-17

In the future want to do more digging on the Camp Ellis Camp around Ipava

which held army training and such there in the 1940's up until maybe the 1950's.

There was a CB&Q spur that went to this coming off the main line south of Table

Grove heading east and up to it which was north of Ipava and southwest of

Bernadotte.  It had a small yard there I know not sure how many tracks and they

had water storeage for the steam locomotives. I want to explore that area in winter

when the right of way isn't as difficult to make out by brush and leafs.  I wonder if

the bed still exists. I've only explored a few areas around it not alot and wasn't even

looking for any traces of a railroad. There is a museum for it at Ipava I am told by

a friend so will need to check into that too.  By old maps it looked like tracks may 

have still been in place as late as 1962 for whatever reason and  was gone from the

maps by 1966 so track removal was gone prior to the mid  1960's probably. I will

probably do a blog on it in the future as it certainly deserves one.

Camp Ellis area Oct 2016: