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Hercules chemical plant202 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.
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Cannon Quarry loading towers199 viewsNot much is known about this quarry, but it must have had a lot of business based on the amount of rock blasted/dug/removed from the caverns in the bluffs.
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Bridge at Foley, MO199 viewsLooking south towards Foley & the route to St Louis
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View north into Elsberry, MO197 views
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BN #3038 crosses the Missouri River197 viewsGP40 pulls a local across the Missouri river at Fort Bellefontaine, heading south. Note the old highway bridge being torn down. The railroad bridge was built in 1894.
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Cannon Quarry loading bins195 viewsThere used to be a spur to this quarry from the CB&Q mainline.
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Cannon Quarry bluffs194 viewsThere are caves dug back into the limestone bluffs that were used to extract stone. We used to go inside and shoot bottle rockets at each other.
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Duvall Motel in Clarksville194 viewsJust like the thousands of other Motor Hotels built in the 1950s, Duvall was a classic design and in a great location overlooking the Mississippi. It was one block above the tracks (Clarksville main street was behind the motel). The restaurant was still there the last time I went through, but I believe the motel is gone now.
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St. Louis bound freight crosses Cuivre River bridge193 viewsThe K-line was first opened between Hannibal and St. Peters, MO in 1879. By 1894, you could take a train from Mt. Pleasant IA to St. Louis via the K-line.
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Southbound freight into Winfield193 viewsSD70MAC rolling freight to St. Louis
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Southbound freight193 viewsSouthbound freight roars into Foley, MO
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Hannibal Connecting switcher #603192 viewsA Hannibal Connecting switcher sits idle in Hannibal in 1961
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Bunge feeds in Louisiana191 viewsThis view shows the extensive river access for the elevator.
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DPU brings up the rear191 viewsDPU assists the heavy coal drag on the journey south. Most of the route is very flat due to running along the Mississippi bottoms, but there are some larger grades further north.
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BNSF & KCS diamond, looking SE191 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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