“Further up the hill near Jerome, Frisco B30-7 #863 leads freight #438 as it drifts downgrade towards Newburg on October 28, 1978. In the mid-1970s, the Frisco ran four daily freights each way over the Rolla Sub between St Louis & Springfield: #’s 33, 35, 39 & 437 westbound, and #s 30, 34, 36 & 438 eastbound.” (Ken Albrecht)

This selection from “Rails Around Missouri” can be found in Chapter 7: Central Missouri. “Rails Around Missouri” was released on May 10 as a 224-page, hard-cover book with over 500 all-color photos like the one above. Your copy is available for $47.95 plus USPS padded Priority Mail shipping, and will come signed by the author. Choose between the KCS or Frisco cover. Don’t delay, as less than 100 copies remain with the Frisco cover.

With over 800 images submitted for consideration, not all could be included. Some of the ones excluded were still great shots, such as the one below from Ken Albrecht, taken April 17, 1977 at the same spot as the shot above. Also, the Frisco cover shot was taken in this same area.