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racx 2020001560 views
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nyc 507077 mt holly nc mar25 20051559 views
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cbq 1153 4-4-0 princeton il 19001054 views
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bn 9912 E8A denver co apr17 19711027 views
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Detail of the CB&Q Hannibal railyard in 1939967 viewsThis is only the mid-southern end of the yard, the roundhouse, facilities & coal tower are behind Lover's Leap at the left.
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Lovers Leap at Hannibal, MO in 1905911 viewsThe bustling Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railyards of Hannibal in 1905. Archie Haydens collection.
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Southern boxcar at GM&O station870 viewsA Southern boxcar sits on the track in front of the GM&O station in Louisiana, MO.
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Switch tower in Louisiana, MO, 1972838 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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cbq 100 galesburg il aug8 1937838 views
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missouri pacific 1721 2-10-2 east st louis mo apr28-1940835 views
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Detail of Hannibal & the CB&Q railyards from Cardiff Hill833 viewsCity Light & Power is at the center, you can see two hoppers catching "clinkers" from the burned coal. A northbound CB&Q passenger train winds around the power plant, and the Hannibal coal tower is directly above the rear car of the northbound.
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PRR flatcar with load on transfer track...795 viewsPRR flatcar being tranferred between the CB&Q and GM&O.
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Soo Line flatcar with tractors771 viewsNice shot of a Soo Line flatcar with a load of Allis Chalmers tractors. This appears to be on the GM&O mainline heading west. From Bill Hirt: Soo Line flat FM. 40' Steel Flat Car. Built 1913 by ACF. 12 cars listed in 1966 ORER. Series #4401-4479 (odd numbers only). Photo in Soo Line Freight Equipment and Cabooses on p60.
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SD70ACe rolls along the river762 viewsHeading south from Hannibal, the tracks wind right alongside the river...making for very picturesque shots.
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Farmers Produce Exchange in Elsberry760 viewsThis double Quonset hut feed store was located in Elsberry in the 1950s on the corner of Griffin and 3rd. It later became Philpott Motors, an auto repair place. The building is still standing, but abandoned and in bad shape.
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