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SD70ACe along the Mississippi268 viewsNear Saverton, Missouri, the SD70ACe stretches its legs and pours on the power as it races across the Mississippi bottoms towards St. Louis. Hwy 79 is relatively new in this location, prior to 1955 it was called Hwy T and did not go all the way between Hannibal and Louisiana.
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Southbound freight crosses Grassy Creek on the way to Louisiana160 viewsSD70ACe & AC4400CW rush to St. Louis powerplants with a load of coal.
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Louisiana MO in the 1930s248 viewsOf note (refer to the legend for names), cars sitting on the transfer track, a C&A steam locomotive on the mainline, the C&A station and water tower just to the SE of the locomotive.
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Legend for the trackage in Louisiana, MO266 viewsOrange is the Chicago & Alton mainline to Bowling Green, the swing bridge & interlocking tower would have been to the lower-right of this photo. The C&A mainline is tied to the CB&Q mainline (green) by the transfer track (blue). The purple was called the "city track" for use in dropping off freight for Louisiana. Red is the north-south Highway 79, which was a gravel road at the time. Note the railroad changes over the years, C&A > GM&O > IC > GWWR > KCS, CB&Q > BN > BNSF.
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Bunge feeds in Louisiana185 viewsThis view shows the extensive river access for the elevator.
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Bunge Elevator in Louisiana, Missouri329 views
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Bunge elevator in Louisiana MO303 viewsThis elevator was once with MFA. Note the pipeline for delivering grain to barges crossing the BNSF mainline.
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Bunge feeds in Louisiana MO299 viewsKCS trackage crosses this BNSF mainline just ahead in the photograph, the swing bridge across the Mississippi is to the left.
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Pipeline for barges at Bunge elevator, Louisiana, MO388 viewsPipeline loads grain into barges in the Mississippi, elevator is to the right.
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C&A and CB&Q tower in Louisiana, MO183 viewsA reverse view of the tower from the Mississippi bridge side looking west. The CB&Q tracks run left-to-right (south-to-north) in this view. Note how clear the area is of trees in the early 20th century compared to later.
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Southbound Q fan trip with the #4960 at the head...572 viewsCB&Q #4960 gets hooped up the orders at the GM&O interlocking tower at Louisiana, Missouri, in 1961 on a fan trip.
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Switch tower in Louisiana, MO, 1972812 viewsBehind the tower the GM&O tracks go over the swing bridge on the Mississippi river while the CB&Q tracks run parallel to the river in front of the tower. At the time of the photo the GM&O was only a few months away from a merger with the Illinois Central, while the Burlington Northern had already taken up the CB&Q. The tower was torn down in the 1980s.
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Illinois Central/Burlington Northern tower 197596 viewsThe IC/BN tower looking east towards Illinois.
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Illinois Central/Burlington Northern tower 1975104 viewsBurlington GP30 local at the tower in 1975.
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BN local rolls across IC/BN diamond155 viewsA BN local rolls past the Louisiana tower in 1975. This is either the St. Louis local returning north to W. Quincy, or the Cosgrove Turn local backing south down the mainline to service the (Hercules) plant.
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