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Cannon Quarry loading towers262 viewsNot much is known about this quarry, but it must have had a lot of business based on the amount of rock blasted/dug/removed from the caverns in the bluffs.
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Transfer track in Louisiana262 viewsThis originally was built as a transfer between the C&A and CB&Q
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Cannon Quarry bluffs260 viewsThere are caves dug back into the limestone bluffs that were used to extract stone. We used to go inside and shoot bottle rockets at each other.
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Bridge at Foley, MO259 viewsLooking south towards Foley & the route to St Louis
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CB&Q #541 0-8-0259 viewsSwitcher #541 works the yard in Hannibal, MO
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Blackbirds all around259 viewsQuite a few Blackbirds adorn the N. St. Louis yard for the CB&Q.
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Cannon Quarry loading towers258 viewsThe CB&Q served this quarry, a spur presumably was here to switch cars for ballast & stone. There was also a small station, presumably for workers since Elsberry is only another mile further. We used to explore the deserted equipment here back in the '80s
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Southbound coal train254 viewsCoal train headed to St Louis on a cold Feb morning.
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Northbound BNSF freight with ballast cars enters Elsberry251 viewsSD70MAC pulls a string of empties northbound.
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Hercules chemical plant250 viewsOriginally built as the Missouri Ordnance Works in 1941, this plant produced chemicals for explosives used in WWII ordinance. Over the past few years the plant has slowly ceased most of its operations, in 2011 Ashland sold the plant to Monument Chemicals who state they will continue producing synthetic lubricants there.
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Pile driver in Seeburger249 viewsA BN pile driver and old CB&Q tender team up in winter 1976.
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MKT switcher in North St Louis249 viewsMKT NW2 in the BN yards in North St. Louis
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Old Monroe station248 viewsOld Monroe station in 1990.
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Swing bridge in operation247 viewsSpan open wide to allow a tug through
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BN #3038 crosses the Missouri River247 viewsGP40 pulls a local across the Missouri river at Fort Bellefontaine, heading south. Note the old highway bridge being torn down. The railroad bridge was built in 1894.
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