Rails Around Missouri rolls into Sedalia this Saturday, November 2, for the first annual Sedalia Rails Train Show. Doors open 830am until 3 at the Sedalia Convention Hall – Liberty Park. To mark this occasion, we present 4 shots of Sedalia submitted for the book. One is in the book, the rest are not.

” MP SD40s 728 and 3082 roll into Sedalia in July, 1974 on a westbound freight. With the MP in the midst of a renumbering, the 728 is soon to become #3028, as the MP was adding new SD40-2s in early 1975. (Terry Norton)

Next (below), MP SW1200 #1125 switches cars in Sedalia, also in July 1974. (Terry Norton)

 Sedalia was home to a large shops complex for the Missouri Pacific. In its later years, the shop built and maintained company cabooses and business cars. A string of freshly-painted MP cabooses sit outside the Sedalia shops in October, 1984, seen from a westbound Amtrak train as it passes by the shop. (Camille F Chappuis)

Rails Around Missouri was released on May 10, 2013 as a 224-page, hard cover book containing over 500 all-color photos like these. To see which photos in this post are included, see Chapter Seven, Central Missouri. Don’t wait! There are only 150 copies total remaining of Rails Around Missouri as of this posting. Order your copy today for $47.95 plus shipping, and it will come signed by the author. Choose between the KCS or Frisco cover. Contents identical.

Finally, a visit to Sedalia would not be complete without a look at the other railroad in town, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas. Sedalia was a division point for the Katy, and the railroad built a large, 2-story brick station here in 1896. Three Katy geeps lead as eastbound past the station in July 1974. (Terry Norton)

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