Bill:
The M&StL had trackage rights over both the CB&Q and the Wabash from Albia to
Des Moines. They ran a Second class train each way. # 894 was Eastbound and #
895 was Westbound. These are shown in CB&Q timetable No.90 effective October
27, 1957. Wabash timetable No. 53 effective October 25, 1959 shows them also.
Lenny
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Chambers
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Albia, Moravia and the IaC
Hello, everyone.
> Bits of the right-of-way were later recycled by the
> Wabash and M&StL, the latter for a coal branch.
Since we are talking about railroad activity in and
around Albia, Iowa, by railroads other than the Q:
I am from Albia, born and raised, and these
discussions
have been extremely interesting, since they have
broadened my knowledge of the rail history of my home
town.
My question concerns the M&StL. I know that there was
an interchange with the Q at Maxon. I also know that
there was a crossing of the two roads just west of
where what we Albians call the "South Track" takes off
on its route and the eastbound track joins the
westbound track through the Albia station. I also
know that there was an M&StL streamliner called, I
think, "The North Star Limited" that ran from Albia to
??. I remember seeing this train parked at the Albia
M&StL station over night; apparently it was an
up-and-back run, or else the trip was long enough that
two train sets were used.
Does anyone know anything about this train? I do not
remember a wye at the interchange with the Q at Maxon,
nor do I recall anywhere within Albia where the train
could have been turned. So apparently the power was
run around the train when time came for the run north.
Thus one could ride into Albia facing forward and
ride out facing backward, or vice versa.
Also, was the M&StL depot in Albia as far south as
that road went? The only road I remember personally
as going south out of Albia was the Wabash. Did the
M&StL have trackage rights south out of Albia to,
possibly, Missouri, or was Albia / Maxon the end of
the line?
Thanks for your help.
Bill Chambers
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