“Ladue is in the southern part of Henry County, milepost 273 of the MKTs Sedalia subdivision. At one time LaDue was a crew change point and home of the Eastern Division Superintendent. On January 24, 1976, GP7 #96 is in town on a local freight and is switching the grain elevator. Rick Morgan

This selection from “Rails Around Missouri” can be found in Chapter Four, which is mainly on the Kansas City Southern. This new hard cover book, released May 10, 2013, has 224 pages filled with over 500 all-color images like the one above. Order your copy now for $47.95 plus shipping, and it will come signed by the author. Choose between the KCS or Frisco cover (contents identical).

With over 800 images submitted for consideration, not all images could be used. Below are a pair of images taken at Lindale, Missouri, just southwest of Appleton City. Worth sharing because of the all-red consists and/or the large concrete coal dock, they were taken by JD Yoder in June of 1972.