At Polo, the Milwaukee Road entered into a joint track arrangement with the Rock Island’s line from Minneapolis. This joint track went as far south as Airline Jct. in Kansas City, and is still in place between eventual Milwaukee Road … Continue reading
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Gascondy, listed in the timetable at milepost 114, was name of the location of the crossing of the Gasconade River on the Osage-Maries County line. From the east bank, we get this spectacular view of train #74 crossing the 1800’ … Continue reading
Out on the M-I “mainline”, MP GP16 #68, converted from an RS11, leads a westbound freight out of the Mississippi River valley in July 1974, bound for Bismarck. The M-I operated a 123-mile line from Salem, Illinois to Bismarck via the … Continue reading
The depot in Hardin was a combination of a station and interlocking tower. The tower operations were replaced by CTC, and the station & tower were demolished in the mid-1970s. Just prior to that, Santa Fe U28CG # 7909 … Continue reading
In the early 1980s, the KCS still maintained a small yard in Neosho to serve local business. MP15 #4364 idles nearby as a typical trio of KCS SD40s lead a northbound freight past the depot on June 15, 1980. KCS … Continue reading