> -----Original Message-----
> From: LaVerne Andreessen [mailto:LWAndreessen@f...]
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 7:33 PM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Albia, Hiteman and points north
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> Stephen Craven wrote:
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> > I've been modeling this area and have number of maps and
> track charts, so
> > maybe I can help. Looking at an Appanoose County from 1919
> the Wabash and
> > CB&Q lines both leave the North side of Albia closely following
> the present
> > day route of Hwy 5.
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> Perhaps you mean Monroe County? Albia is the county seat.
>
Yes, I looked a the bottom of the map where it said Appanoose and wrote that
instead of the county I was looking at.
> I think the only "new" track that got built because of
> > Red Rock dam was between Knoxville and Des Moines.
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> Back to the "new" rouing, as I recall from the motor car trip, we
> departed Des Moines on the NS/Wabash and ran through Runnels. If
> there was any new construction from Des Moines to Runnels, I do
> not recall it. East of Runnels we diverted on the new track to
> the south and crossed to the south side of the Des Moines river on
> a high bridge and fill. We worked away from the River and then
> picked up the old Q and continued on it to the Tracy area. Thus,
> the only "new" construction I recall is from the Runnels area,
> over the DM River and back on to the Q.
>
I believe there is also some new track just west of Knoxville, around the
crossing of Whitebreast creek. A 1957 track chart shows the siding a
Donnelly on the south side of the track, and the 1993 chart shows it on the
north side. I think Donnelly also moved a mile or two south of where it
was.
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> > Can anyone help me? When was the Des Moines branch
> > built, and could there have been a major relocation of
> > that branch through Albia during the 20s or 30s?
> >
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I believe that the construction was started from Albia in 1871 and Des
Moines was reached in 1880. As we have indicated I don't think any major
relocation occurred until Red Rock dam was built, and those changes were all
north of Harvey.
Stephen
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