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BN local rolls across IC/BN diamond166 viewsA BN local rolls past the Louisiana tower in 1975. This is either the St. Louis local returning north to W. Quincy, or the Cosgrove Turn local backing south down the mainline to service the (Hercules) plant.
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Hannibal Yards in 1911165 viewsIn what appears to be a watercolor of the Hannibal yards in 1911, this may have been from a black-and-white photo and then colorized. While the detail of the original photo would be nice, this does give a good idea of what the yard was like and the coal loading ramp at center.
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Southbound freight crosses Grassy Creek on the way to Louisiana163 viewsSD70ACe & AC4400CW rush to St. Louis powerplants with a load of coal.
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New signals for BNSF, flood tower163 viewsThese new signals were set in 2012, now a new siding has also gone in just south of Clarksville.
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CB&Q bridge just south of Annada, MO162 viewsAnother ancient steel bridge that served the CB&Q.
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Blackbirds all around160 viewsQuite a few Blackbirds adorn the N. St. Louis yard for the CB&Q.
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F3s haul freight out of St. Louis156 viewsA CB&Q F3 set pulls freight from the North St. Louis yards.
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Threshing Rice in Elsberry154 viewsA Kerschgesner threshes rice in Elsberry, MO, using an Advance-Rumely Oil Pull 15-25 tractor and a Red River Special threshing machine.
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BNSF 4423 rounds the bend near Clarksville152 viewsC44-9W takes the mainline south into Clarksville.
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Looking South towards Annada, MO152 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.
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152 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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CB&Q switcher in Hannibal150 viewsA Q switcher steams in the Hannibal, MO yard
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St. Louis-bound freight approaches Dameron Corners149 viewsAt one time there was a post office, grain elevator and station here. In the late 1800s, the main road north from Elsberry was actually on the Mississippi side of the tracks. It crossed back to the west side here at Dameron.
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Southbound BNSF freight races across Mississippi bottoms148 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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Elsberry Depot in 1988148 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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