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Hamburg Ferry147 viewsTwo 1961 Ford trucks with some massive split firewood head towards Elsberry from the ferry. The Hamburg ferry stopped running in the 1970s.
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Old Monroe station147 viewsOld Monroe station in 1990.
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Q tender survives the scrapper147 viewsThis Q tender survived the torch at least for a little while, serving as a water car for a BN pile driver in 1976.
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bs 109 2-6-0 bevier mo 1962-12b146 views
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cbq switching tower montgomery il-1145 views
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cbq 4943 2-8-2 bevier mo 1960-11-28l145 views
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Frisco 1522 rolls through Elsberry145 viewsThe Frisco 1522 rolls through Elsberry on the way to Hannibal, MO
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cbq derail downers grove 1965h142 views
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Elsberry depot & freight shed in 1975141 viewsElsberry depot & freight shed. Note some BN hoppers in the siding at Galloway Bros in the background.
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SS President pulls up to Hannibal docks141 viewsIn this great photo, you can see the SS President pulling up to the docks in Hannibal. In the far distance you can see the rail yards. Given the automobiles in the photo, this is probably the early 1930s, maybe even before the Mark Twain Memorial Bridge was built.
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cbq 4943 2-8-2 bevier mo 1960-11-28n140 views
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Mark Twain Memorial Bridge140 viewsThis appears to be soon after the bridge was opened in 1934. You can see two CB&Q gondolas below the bridge next to the crane.
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River Queen in 1963140 viewsThe River Queen was built in 1923 as the Cape Girardeau, and served many years in other locations. The steamship appeared in Gone with the Wind as the Gordon C. Greene, and was finally named River Queen in the late 1950s. It was bought for less than $50k and brought to Hannibal in 1961, where it served until 1964. In December 1967, the 50 year old steamboat sank to the bottom of the Mississippi at the. docks at St. Louis, and unfortunately could not be recovered.
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Loading cotton in Hannibal140 viewsIn an extremely rare photo, men are loading cotton onto a flat car at Hannibal. Where exactly in Hannibal and the year is unknown, and the reporting marks on the flat car (FCCCo, or FCCC, or FCC) do not appear on any list. Missouri does rank within the top 10 US cotton producing states.
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HCRR switcher139 viewsHCRR #12 sits idle behind HCRR #2 in Ilasco, MO
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