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HCRR boxcar135 viewsAn HCRR boxcar on a snowy day
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Rice threshing in Old Monroe135 viewsGeo Merriweather threshes rice in Old Monroe using a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Red River Special thresher.
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135 viewsRiver boats and railroads go way back in Hannibal's history. The President (originally built as the Cincinnatti in 1924) pulls up to the dock in Hannibal in the 1930s. She called St. Louis her home from 1934 to 1941, and frequently made trips to Hannibal during that time. Currently the ship sits dismantled in a field in Effingham, Ill.
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MKT switcher in North St Louis134 viewsMKT NW2 in the BN yards in North St. Louis
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Q tender survives the scrapper133 viewsThis Q tender survived the torch at least for a little while, serving as a water car for a BN pile driver in 1976.
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Old Monroe station132 viewsOld Monroe station in 1990.
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Elsberry depot & freight shed in 1975129 viewsElsberry depot & freight shed. Note some BN hoppers in the siding at Galloway Bros in the background.
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Frisco 1522 rolls through Elsberry129 viewsThe Frisco 1522 rolls through Elsberry on the way to Hannibal, MO
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HCRR switcher126 viewsHCRR #12 sits idle behind HCRR #2 in Ilasco, MO
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Pile driver in Seeburger122 viewsA BN pile driver and old CB&Q tender team up in winter 1976.
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SS President pulls up to Hannibal docks122 viewsIn this great photo, you can see the SS President pulling up to the docks in Hannibal. In the far distance you can see the rail yards. Given the automobiles in the photo, this is probably the early 1930s, maybe even before the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge was built.
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River Queen in 1963122 viewsThe River Queen was built in 1923 as the Cape Girardeau, and served many years in other locations. The steamship appeared in Gone with the Wind as the Gordon C. Greene, and was finally named River Queen in the late 1950s. It was bought for less than $50k and brought to Hannibal in 1961, where it served until 1964. In December 1967, the 50 year old steamboat sank to the bottom of the Mississippi at the. docks at St. Louis, and unfortunately could not be recovered.
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Closeup of two CB&Q gondolas under the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge121 viewsPossibly delivering/receiving load from the gravel site under the Mark Twain bridge. Probably right after completion of the bridge (see larger photo below).
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HCRR S1 switcher in Hannibal119 viewsHCRR #604 does some yard work in Hannibal, MO
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Loading cotton in Hannibal119 viewsIn an extremely rare photo, men are loading cotton onto a flat car at Hannibal. Where exactly in Hannibal and the year is unknown, and the reporting marks on the flat car (FCCCo, or FCCC, or FCC) do not appear on any list. Missouri does rank within the top 10 US cotton producing states.
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