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Reefer & vintage box car at the tail end of a CB&Q freight666 viewsFruit Growers Express reefer & and CB&Q outside-braced boxcar with a Q caboose.
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CB&Q yard, Louisiana, Mo666 viewsThis was a very small yard for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, however, cars were dropped here for transfer to the GM&O line which came through town and visa-versa. At right is an open hopper, called "battleships" by the crews (Archie Hayden).
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Rock Island boxcar...652 viewsA nice shot of a vintage 40' Rock Island boxcar in Louisiana, MO. From Bill Hirt: RI boxcar XM. 40' 1937 AAR Modified Box w/6' Door Opening. Youngstown Sliding Door. Built 1942 by PSC. IH 10' 6". Series #147750-148549. Photo in RI Color Guide on p35.
L&NE boxcar XM. 40' Steel 1923 ARA Proposed Standard Box w/6' Door Opening. Youngstown Sliding Door. Built 1930-31 by Magor. IH 8' 7". Series #8201-8500. Photo in the Magor Car Corporation on p85. Photos in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 18 on p96-98.
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Lover's Leap, Hannibal634 viewsA view of the railyards and Lover's Leap in Hannibal, Missouri in 1939.
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CB&Q SD7 at Orchard Farms629 viewsA CB&Q freight rolls through Orchard Farms on a dreary day in 1969
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Gondolas and hoppers with ballast, Louisiana, MO.608 viewsA nice view of an IC hopper loaded full with ballast in Louisiana, MO. A CB&Q gondola is to the left and an NYC hopper to the right.
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US Army switch engine608 viewsA GE 45-ton US Army switch engine sits on a C&NW flatcar. Tom Mack did some research and found it had been assigned to Kankakee Ordnance Works in Elwood, IL, and then went to Hill AFB in Utah, so it may be in transit between the two locations (probably on the GMO since it went right through Elwood). The logo on the side is a bomb symbol, commonly found around munitions.
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Cotton Belt boxcar on CB&Q mainline...602 viewsNice shot of a vintage SSW boxcar on the CB&Q mainline in Louisiana, MO. Build date is April 1923 for the boxcar.
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Reefers and boxcar in CB&Q freight601 viewsSeveral reefers and an outside-braced box car make up the end of a CB&Q freight headed north.
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CB&Q Mikado heads south to St. Louis590 viewsA CB&Q 2-8-2 fires up and begins its freight drag to St. Louis on the K-line from Louisiana, MO.
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CB&Q scale test car, Louisiana, MO588 viewsNice view of a scale test car in the CB&Q yard.
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Southbound Q fan trip with the #4960 at the head...583 viewsCB&Q #4960 gets hooped up the orders at the GM&O interlocking tower at Louisiana, Missouri, in 1961 on a fan trip.
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B&O and MP boxcars in Louisiana, MO582 viewsFrom Bill Hirt: The B&O car is a repaint, series 271500-272499 XM. 40' Steel 1923 ARA Proposed Standard Box w/6' Door Opening. ARA Car Builder Sliding Door. Class M-26c. Built 1928 by Baltimore Car & Foundry. IH 8' 7". Series #271500-272499. Photo in B&O Color Guide on p63. Photos in Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 18 on p64 p73 & p75.
The MP car is from MP series 47000-47999 built 1925 by ACF. These cars were rebuilt by MP to steel boxcars in the same series in the early 1950s.
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Vintage boxcars in freight train, Louisiana, MO579 viewsNice view of a Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo wood outside-braced boxcar on the transfer tracks between the CB&Q and GM&O.
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Rail inspection vehicle in Louisiana, MO.578 viewsSperry Rail Service rail detector car #122 in Louisiana, MO.
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