“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 &…
“Having reached the Oklahoma border (on the Frisco), we’ll shift to the Missouri Pacific’s Carthage Subdivision, part of MP’s storied White River Division. Beginning at Branson on the morning of September 6, 1975, MP SD40 #3038 leads train #202 over Lake Taneycomo and around the curves approaching downtown Branson. Train #202 carried traffic from the…
Rails Around Missouri inventory almost 3/4 sold out! If you are still “thinking about it”, don’t wait too much longer as the inventory sits at just under 300 copies left out of 1000. The Frisco cover has only 100 copies remaining, and the KCS cover sits at 192 copies remaining here at “Rails” in Ballwin, Missouri….
“The Illinois Central offered Chicago – St Louis service in the form of the Green Diamond and the Daylight. Both trains made daily round trips between the two cities, with the Green Diamond originating in St Louis, and the Daylight originating in Chicago. The Daylight is seen arriving in St Louis in October 1949 behind…
When it came to picking a shot for the cover of Rails Around Missouri that might best represent the Kansas City side of the state, the logical choice of railroad was the Kansas City Southern. Photographer Allen Maty spent a lot of time in Grandview shooting the KCS, and had provided quite a few…