Concerning the second depot at Cameron. It is former RI, on their original
Chicago to Leavenworth main line. It was built as the Chicago & Southwestern
through Cameron
in May, 1871 and opened to Washington, IA that September. Trackage rights on
the H&StJ from Cameron to KC were acquired in Dec 1879 and were used until
the RI's own line was built from Coburn in 1931. The H&StJ/CB&Q and RI
shared a depot at Cameron Jct, located near 2d and Nettleton in town. It
burned down (when?) and the roads apparantly then built the seperate
stations. The RI line was abandoned south of town in 1939 and north to
Altamont in 1942. The Burlington pulled up its line from Cameron to Kearney
in 1963. The old H&StJ remained until BN abandoned it from the edge of St Jo
to Laclede in 1975. There was an article on the RI's Leavenworth line in
the Rock Island Technical Society Journal (RITS Journal) Vol 14 in 1997.
Rick Morgan
<< Yesterday, I was in Cameron, Mo. and discovered that the old C.B.&Q. depot
had been very attractively restored. The sides that were white-slate shingle
(ugly as sin) are now long horizontal, beveled boards painted a rich mineral
red. As many of you will know, the Burlington tracks passed through Cameron
on an east-west line, being the successor to the Hannibal & St. Joseph.
Before the completion of the Kansas City cutoff in the early '50s the Q also
had a line to Kansas City that diverged there. That's all straightforward
enough. What I need to learn is why, just a few blocks west and about one
block north of the C.B.&Q. depot, there is another depot (brick) which
apparently served a line running north and south through Cameron. I do not
believe this is the old Q.O. & KC. The right-of-way of that line passed some
miles west of Cameron, and the remnants of it can still be discerned in some
locations. Query, what line was served by the brick depot? Was it the Rock
Island before one of their many line relocations? If so, did the Rock Island
have trackage rights over the Burlington from Cameron into Kansas City. If
they did then it had to be that at one time the Golden State Ltd. traversed
the Q for a portion of its transcontinental run, which is very, very
interesting. Or, perhaps, it was the Burlington's line that was relocated.
Will anyone shed any light on this?
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