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Holcim Cement180 viewsThis plant originally started as Dundee cement in 1967. At the time it was the world's largest cement kiln, which measured 760 feet long and 25 feet in diameter and could accommodate 1.4 million tons of clinker a year. Dundee was a direct predecessor to Holnam (later to become Holcim), but the plant was closed in 2009.Jan 02, 2016
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Looking South towards Annada, MO151 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.Jan 02, 2016
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New signals for BNSF, flood tower161 viewsThese new signals were set in 2012, now a new siding has also gone in just south of Clarksville.Jan 02, 2016
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Sleepy Old Monroe236 viewsNow that Highway 79 has bypassed the town and the Mexico trackage was removed, it has all but disappearedJan 02, 2016
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Mexico line241 viewsThis is all that's left of the Mexico, MO line out of Old Monroe, MO. Occasionally it is used to park equipment. Called the Francis line, it was built by the CB&Q in 1903 and abandoned in 1980. The crews called it the "high line".Jan 02, 2016
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Southbound freight192 viewsSouthbound freight roars into Foley, MOJan 02, 2016
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Bridge at Foley, MO199 viewsLooking south towards Foley & the route to St LouisJan 02, 2016
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Main street of Elsberry, MO, looking west274 viewsView from where the CB&Q station and freight house sat.Jan 02, 2016
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View from Lover's Leap219 viewsBNSF trackage parallels the riverfront here, excursion boat plys the river northbound.Jan 02, 2016
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BNSF GP38-2 switches a local in Louisiana229 viewsJan 02, 2016
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Louisiana, MO yard234 viewsCompare this to the photos of the yard in 1948.Jan 02, 2016
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Southbound freight crosses Grassy Creek on the way to Louisiana162 viewsSD70ACe & AC4400CW rush to St. Louis powerplants with a load of coal.Jan 02, 2016
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Highway 54 bridge over Mississippi172 viewsThe BNSF line runs directly below this photo at the base of the bluff.Jan 02, 2016
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Hercules chemical plant200 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.Jan 02, 2016
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Old Glove Factory220 viewsTaken in 2007, you can see the changes in the factory over 60 years.Jan 02, 2016
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