“After passing through Valley Park, the Missouri Pacific follows the Meramec River, crossing it twice before reaching Eureka on the far west end of St Louis County. At Crescent, three Missouri Pacific U30Cs lead a coal train around the curve towards the second crossing of the Meramec on October 11, 1975. The train is bound…
Located at milepost 110, Rolla was incorporated in 1858, welcomed the Southwest Branch RR in 1860, and was named the seat of Phelps County in 1861. After the passing of an eastbound, GP38-2 #412 leads a westbound freight out of the siding on October 12, 1975, The stucco and red tile roof depot was built…
In “Rails Around Missouri”, one of our final views of the Kansas City Southern in Chapter 4 is from an area south of Noel known as Butler’s Bluff. Both Bob King and Ken Albrecht were on the top of the bluff on October 16, 1982 shooting northbound KCS trains as they entered Missouri from Arkansas….
“Rails Around Missouri” has shipped to and been received by all pre-order buyers, and the responses are overwhelmingly positive. Check out some of the feedback: “I received my copy of The Book today…and didn’t know if I could put it down long enough to send you a note to let you know that I think…
With the Rock Island’s 1980 shutdown ending operations over the Rock’s St Louis line, the response to seeing a train on this bridge was very enthusiastic. The most common response we’ve received is “Wow, I’ve never seen a train on that bridge. What an awesome shot!” So with that in mind, here is the…