This weekend “Rails Around Missouri” will be in LaPlata, MO for the Silver Rails train show at the Depot Inn. To commemorate that, here is a series of shots that are in and not in the book. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway built through Missouri in 1887 on its way from Kansas City…
With over 800 images submitted for Rails Around Missouri, not all could be used. Relevant to “Rails” appearance at the annual Kirkwood train show this weekend (Oct 12-13, Kirkwood Community Center), below are 4 shots from Kirkwood which are Not in Rails Around Missouri, but are worth a look. First, MP SD40s lead a westbound…
“Rails Around Missouri” will be in Springfield on Saturday, September 28 for the Ozark Model Railroad Association show, being held at the Springfield Expo Center from 9-3. In honor of that, here are a set of images from Springfield. Two of them are in the book, including the shot above, and two are not. Above…
“On a cold December morning in 1980, frost covers the roadbed as Santa Fe SD45 #5575 leads a westbound trailer train through Henrietta. The Santa Fe is in process of converting their TOFC equipment from 89′ flatcars to “Fuel Foiler” articulated spine cars, which reduced train weight and improved fuel efficiency. Note the long string…
“In April of 1959, Wabash E8 #1012 leads train #10, the City of St Louis out of Mexico, Missouri, after making its station stop. This train was a joint operation with the Union Pacific Railroad, using UP rails west of Kansas City to Denver, where it was split for connections to Los Angeles and Portland.”…