Rails-Missouri Front cover

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While scanning slides for the Missouri book, I’ve always set those aside I felt would make a good cover shot. When I saw this one from Allen Maty, it was over. I instantly thought “that’s it. That’s the cover shot”. So here it is, KCS @ Grandview, MO in August of 1969.

Front cover of "Rails Around Missouri"

Update: as of this past weekend, I’ve scanned over 350 slides for Rails Around Missouri. Not all will make the cut, of course, and I still have a few significant gaps in coverage when looking at the state map. Rock Island’s line to MN and the west end of the STL line, Katy SW of Sedalia and east of Franklin to Defiance, Milwaukee anywhere, CBQ/BN north/northeast of KC, MP & Frisco south of STL to SEMO, MP’s White River line to Branson, Frisco’s KC-Arkansas line, KCS south of Grandview, and MP’s 2 lines west of Jefferson City. Contact me for more info: 314 809-9310 or atsf101@hotmail.com

‘Rails’ Missouri update

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“Rails Around Missouri” update, March 2011:

Slides are streaming in here @ KG headquarters in Ballwin. Over 200 slides have been scanned and returned already, but most are from eastern Missouri, with most of those within a 50 mile radius of St Louis, plus a good amount from Rolla.

What is still needed are slides from mid and western Missouri, especially the greater KC area. Other areas include the MP and Frisco lines south of St Louis to SE Missouri, the CB&Q in northern MO, KCS other than Neosho, Rock Island west of Union, and most of the ATSF mainline.

Many thanks go to contributors whose slides have already been scanned and returned: Ed Hawkins, Scott Muskopf, Mike Wise, Paul Dalman, Dan Schroeder, Gary Roe, Michael J Kelly, plus slides from Dick Wallin and Bill Wylde, courtesy of the collection of a dear friend, the late Camille F Chappuis.

If you have slides from any of the above mentioned needs, please contact me @ 314 809-9310 or atsf101@hotmail.com