Ina is a small town on Rend Lake, just south of Mt. Vernon. A retired couple casts their lines as a Texas-bound Union Pacific train with all-MP blue on the point crosses the lake in April, 1985. At Benton, this … Continue reading
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Our book has been out for a week now. https://michaelckelly.net/?page_id=7467See what people are saying about the book so far:On a scale of 1-10, it’s a 20! -Dennis Toth-Got mine in the mail today. Thumbed through it real quick. Looks fantastic!- … Continue reading
South of Cape Girardeau, the jointly operated MP-SSW mainline from East St Louis, IL to Dexter, MO crosses the Mississippi River at Thebes, just east of Scott City. Known as Illmo by the railroads, the Cotton Belt had a large, … Continue reading
DeSoto is located south of St Louis, and was home to a large car repair shop for the Missouri Pacific, as well as the namesake town of the DeSoto Subdivision. Though previously published in his book “Missouri Pacific Lines in … Continue reading
Winter is here and Rails Around Missouri rolls on to another train show. This weekend, February 1-2, we’ll be at the Great Train Expo at the St Charles Convention Center, located on the south I-70 outer road just went of the … Continue reading