Around the curve west of Crescent is the Frisco’s second crossing of the Meramec River near Eureka on this deck & truss bridge. The line through here was once double-track, evidenced by the wide piers as four GP40-2s lead a freight west across the bridge on June 7, 1980. (Paul Dalman) -Editor’s note: as of this web posting the river is flooding and is only 10′ below the bottomm of the bridge.

This selection from “Rails Around Missouri” can be found in Chapter Five: St Louis and Surrounding Area. “Rails Around Missouri” is an all-new, 224-page, hard-cover book to be released on May 10, 2013. You can reserve your copy today at the pre-release price of $47.95 plus shipping. Your copy will come signed by the author and will ship around May 10. Choose between the KCS or Frisco cover. (Content identical)