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Mainline towards Annada289 viewsView looking south towards Annada.
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Kissinger, MO165 viewsBNSF leaves Highway 79 for several miles here. On the right are two boxcars from a 1962 derailment on the CB&Q. A defective flange caused a multi-car derailment, and about 7-10 cars came off the track. Most of them sat there into the 1970s, but later were removed except for two boxcars.
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CB&Q derailment in Kissinger382 viewsIf memory serves, in the 1970s there were about 4-5 cars sitting here, including a tank car. These last relics were recently removed after all these years.
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Interior of old boxcar341 viewsThe interior of the derailed Cotton Belt boxcar at Kissinger, MO.
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Derailed boxcars at Kissinger, MO.343 viewsThese two boxcars were all that is left after the other derailed cars were carted off in the 1980s-90s, but they are now gone as well.
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BNSF 7661 ES44DC north of Kissinger Hill274 viewsHere the tracks return back to Hwy 79 and stay that way until they reach Clarksville, about 3 miles to the north.
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BNSF #7661 approaches Kissinger Hill288 viewsAt this point, the tracks separate from Highway 79 for a few miles to round Kissinger Hill, while Hwy 79 goes over the top.
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SD70MACs roll northward298 viewsUnder darkening winter skies, a pair of SD70MACs head north with a line of empties for the coal fields.
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St. Louis-bound freight approaches Dameron Corners142 viewsAt one time there was a post office, grain elevator and station here. In the late 1800s, the main road north from Elsberry was actually on the Mississippi side of the tracks. It crossed back to the west side here at Dameron.
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Southbound BNSF freight races across Mississippi bottoms140 viewsBNSF freight races across the pancake-flat Mississippi bottoms towards St. Louis. The Mississippi river is about 5 miles beyond the locomotives.
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Dameron, MO80 viewsDameron, Missouri in 1980. You can see Dameron just left of center, and just make out the large anhydrous ammonia tank next to the tracks. BN locals used to service this tank.
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Dameron, MO335 viewsLooking north from Dameron. Just to the right of the BNSF mainline there also used to be a small siding that served a large anhydrous ammonia tank. The siding was removed in the late 1960s-early 1970s.
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Southbound Freight out of Elsberry164 viewsBNSF C44-9W splits the twilight pulling a night freight to St. Louis
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View north into Elsberry, MO185 views
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BNSF #5353 ES44DC at Elsberry, MO287 viewsES44DC #5353 idles just south of Elsberry Missouri on the mainline.
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