Stay tuned for a major announcement from Rails Around Missouri
Big news coming! Stay tuned for a major update on Rails Around Missouri!
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Mega-merger what-ifs?
UP + Rock Island, MP + ATSF or Southern? BN + SP? In the current September 2015 issue of TRAINS magazine, writer Dan Machalaba lists his top 13 railroad blunders of all time. Sitting at number 6 is Union Pacific’s failed bid to acquire the Rock Island. UP wanted to solidify its reach in to…
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20 years ago this month – a visit to the ATSF
After posting the previous blog about my trip to Marceline Monday, I went to post the video on YouTube, where I rembered the first vidroom ever shot there. I had been chasing Frisco 1522 to Brookfield with Steve Anderson, and on the way back, we decided to stop in Marceline, since it was literally right…
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May Marceline road trip
Time to hit the road to the Transcon, a place I hadn’t been in a while. In fact, I hadn’t been to Marceline since working my way from there to LaPlata in October 2013 while touring with Rails Around Missouri. First up, a ballast train @ Bucklin around 8am; Next, the first of many stack…
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Second Anniversary – will there be a reprint?
This week marks the second anniversary of the release of Rails Around Missouri, and looking back, the title was available with 2 different covers. I am asked a lot about printing more as well as a sequel. A reprint is still being considered, and your feedback is critical in that decision. If you want a…