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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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CB&Q bridge just south of Annada, MO158 viewsAnother ancient steel bridge that served the CB&Q.
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New signals for BNSF, flood tower158 viewsThese new signals were set in 2012, now a new siding has also gone in just south of Clarksville.
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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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Looking South towards Annada, MO149 viewsK-line looking south. According to Clarence Cannon's history of Elsberry, when the Clarksville & Western Railway began setting out trackage south, a marker was driven in the ground every 3 miles and that was where a station was built, and then a town usually grew up around the station. Some survived, some did not, some barely hang by a thread.
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Threshing Rice in Elsberry148 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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F3s haul freight out of St. Louis146 viewsA CB&Q F3 set pulls freight from the North St. Louis yards.
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Blackbirds all around146 viewsQuite a few Blackbirds adorn the N. St. Louis yard for the CB&Q.
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Hannibal Yards in 1911146 viewsIn what appears to be a watercolor of the Hannibal yards in 1911, this may have been from a black-and-white photo and then colorized. While the detail of the original photo would be nice, this does give a good idea of what the yard was like and the coal loading ramp at center.
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BNSF 4423 rounds the bend near Clarksville145 viewsC44-9W takes the mainline south into Clarksville.
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CB&Q switcher in Hannibal143 viewsA Q switcher steams in the Hannibal, MO yard
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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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Elsberry Depot in 1988139 viewsElsberry depot with Galloway Brothers feed mill in the background, looking south. You can see that the freight shed has already been removed.
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Hamburg Ferry136 viewsTwo 1961 Ford trucks with some massive split firewood head towards Elsberry from the ferry. The Hamburg ferry stopped running in the 1970s.
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