HI DARREN
My spell check didn't like MStL. So it change my letters to the word
mostly. I know were the MStL go through Monmouth and this the opposite side
of town.
BILL EWINGER
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Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: MONMOUTH IL.
> It may be possible that you are describing the Minneapolis and St. Louis
> mainline that ran east out of Monmouth paralleling the CB&Q and then south
> across 'old Highway 34' and then under the Santa Fe a few miles south.
The
> right of way is VERY clear at the highway 34 crossing. You can also see
the
> M&StL line just south of the Q in downtown Monmouth.
>
> If you look in an older Burlington Bulletin question 96-9 talks about the
> Signal Tower in Monmouth called "Costello Tower" that protected the CB&Q
and
> M@S... There is photo of the crossing too.
>
> The Santa Fe had an interchange yard with the M&St.L that lasted until the
> mid 70's. (After CNW merger by then)
>
> Darren Ferreter
> Cedar Rapids, IA
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