Bill, Permission to abandon the Perry Branch was given on Feb. 17, 1943.
Permission to abandon the remaining line was granted on Feb. 29, 1944. A
small 5 mile section near Troy, Mo. was purchased by some Troy people and
continued to operate until 1960 under the name of St Louis and Troy. This
railroad made interchanges with the CB&Q at Moscow Mills on the Old Monroe
to Francis line.
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Barber" <clipperw@E...>
To: <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Digest Number 1557
> I appreciate the info. Any idea about when the Hannibal & St. Louis was
> abandon? I had thought that the line might be an interurban RofW
> because of the appearance of the Center, MO. depot and the fact that a
> power line runs along the RofW reminiscent of trolley wire support
> poles. Again, thanks for the info.
>
> Bill Barber
>
> On Friday, January 10, 2003, at 07:19 AM, BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> wrote:
>
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 20:18:31 -0600
> > From: "John A. Swearingen" <jas@s...>
> > Subject: Re: Interurbans in Q territory
> >
> > Here's more on the Hannibal & St. Louis from a knowlegeable friend,
> > John Jacobs, who lives in that area.
> >
> > John
> >
> > He was seeing the right of way of the old Hannibal & St. Louis. It ran
> > from
> > Hannibal to Wentzville via New London, frankfort,Bowling Green, and
> > Troy. It
> > also had a branch to Perry Mo to tap some coal fields that were mined
> > there.
> > It was at one time owned by one of the owners of the Ringling Bros. and
> > Barnum& Bailey Circus.
> >
> > I thought I read some where that it was John Ringling. The line had a
> > Wabash
> > flavor as it used the Wabash to gain access to St.Louis from
> > Wentzville.
> > Also the line used some old New York Central engines for years along
> > with
> > some of the Russian Decapods (i.e. SLSF 1630) but those engines were
> > too
> > big. I have seen some photo's of their engines and a coffee shop in
> > Hannibal
> > used to sell lithographs of a pencil drawing of one of their engines.
> >
> > A fellow I work with lives in Center and said they are restoring the
> > old
> > depot there( A depot also still in existence in New London).
> >
> > BNSF put about twelve cars of coal on the ground last Saturday morning
> > right
> > under the highway bridge in West Quincy. They still had the two that
> > laid
> > over on their sides there this evening.
> >
> > Hope you are well and had a merry Christmas. Warmest wishes for the New
> > Year. Will write back soon.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
>
>
>
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