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Threshing Rice in Elsberry153 viewsA Kerschgesner threshes rice in Elsberry, MO, using an Advance-Rumely Oil Pull 15-25 tractor and a Red River Special threshing machine.
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Bridge at Foley, MO199 viewsLooking south towards Foley & the route to St Louis
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Southbound freight193 viewsSouthbound freight roars into Foley, MO
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Southbound freight into Winfield193 viewsSD70MAC rolling freight to St. Louis
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Barn at the base of the bluffs near Winfield, MO205 viewsThe K-line is completely agricultural, farms and small towns dot the entire line.
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BNSF #6082 north of Winfield MO318 viewsES44DC leads a drag of coal empties back north to be re-loaded
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BNSF freight Winfield432 viewsBNSF freight heads south into Winfield and further to St Louis on this cold December day.
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Lumber siding in Winfield339 viewsOne of the industries still served by the rail line, the lumber mill near Winfield.
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Mexico line242 viewsThis is all that's left of the Mexico, MO line out of Old Monroe, MO. Occasionally it is used to park equipment. Called the Francis line, it was built by the CB&Q in 1903 and abandoned in 1980. The crews called it the "high line".
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Sleepy Old Monroe236 viewsNow that Highway 79 has bypassed the town and the Mexico trackage was removed, it has all but disappeared
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BN #5455 in Old Monroe460 viewsU28B crosses Hwy 79 doing switching duties on the Francis branch.
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U28B in Old Monroe426 viewsBN U28B switches cars in Old Monroe. Here it is on the Francis (high) line to Mexico, Mo.
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BN local in Old Monroe466 viewsBN local coming off the Francis line onto BN mainline.
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old mexico line old monroe mo dec18 2004399 viewsA MoW crane and flat car sits on the short bit of track that used to be the Francis line to Mexico, MO, and on to Kansas City.
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St. Louis bound freight crosses Cuivre River bridge191 viewsThe K-line was first opened between Hannibal and St. Peters, MO in 1879. By 1894, you could take a train from Mt. Pleasant IA to St. Louis via the K-line.
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