Yes, the Wabash ran PAs on the Banner Blue. Here’s proof, July 1964 @ Bement, IL, about to pass under the old Illinois Terminal overpass on its way to Chicago. Photo by my dad, Michael J Kelly. Image was taken … Continue reading
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Back in 2007, Morning Sun Books published my first book, “Wabash in Color, Vol.2”. As I’ve noted elsewhere on my site, my dad’s father worked for the Wabash for 30 years, and my father interned there while in college. Taking … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
“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 … Continue reading
“By far the busiest carriers at Kansas City Union Station were the Missouri Pacific and the Santa Fe. The Santa Fe had 10 scheduled trains per day passing through the station, and yet another pair originating/terminating here. By June 1970, … Continue reading