| Most viewed - Missouri K-Line |
Elsberry Depot in 1988230 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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HCRR switcher228 viewsHCRR #12 sits idle behind HCRR #2 in Ilasco, MO
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New signals for BNSF, flood tower227 viewsThese new signals were set in 2012, now a new siding has also gone in just south of Clarksville.
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BNSF & KCS diamond, looking SE227 viewsThis view of the diamond shows the BNSF tracks heading south to the Bunge feeds elevator, while the KCS heads east over the swing bridge.
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Swing bridge and Illinois226 viewsKCS swing bridge spans the Mississippi, this view is looking east at Illinois
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KCS swing bridge226 viewsWhen it was built, the 444 ft swing span was the largest in the nation.
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Kissinger, MO224 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 bridge just south of Annada, MO224 viewsAnother ancient steel bridge that served the CB&Q.
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Highway 54 bridge over Mississippi220 viewsThe BNSF line runs directly below this photo at the base of the bluff.
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Elsberry depot & freight shed in 1975219 viewsElsberry depot & freight shed. Note some BN hoppers in the siding at Galloway Bros in the background.
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Illinois Central/Burlington Northern tower 1975218 viewsBurlington GP30 local at the tower in 1975.
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Annada grain elevator216 viewsThese shiny silos are a much later addition to the tiny village. There was a station here but it no longer exists.
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KCS swing bridge213 viewsThe Chicago & Alton Railroad built the original bridge in 1873, and sold it to the B&O Railroad in 1929. B&O sold it to the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio in 1945. GM&O became Illinois Central Gulf in 1972, and then acquired by the Chicago, Missouri, and Western in 1987...which became the Gateway Western (1990), and now Kansas City Southern (2001).
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HCRR S1 switcher in Hannibal211 viewsHCRR #604 does some yard work in Hannibal, MO
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Southbound BNSF freight races across Mississippi bottoms207 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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