Rob,
The Mooar track is the remainder of the branch line that went North to Mt.
Pleasant. It is indeed the Q.
Lenny
----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Adams
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Any Keokuk, IA experts out there?
Dave;
For those of us unfamiliar...what is the Mooar track, and was that Q
trackage or somebody elses?
Best regards, Rob
Dave Lotz wrote:
>
> If my memory serves me correctly, this plant was/is not on the river front,
> it was up the hill a ways on the Mooar track.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Adams [mailto:steamera@netins.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:43 PM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Any Keokuk, IA experts out there?
>
> Hi Marshall;
>
> It was actually National Carbide, and the trademark is prominently
> stenciled on the side of a large storage bin/tank. (I have no idea if
> that was a precursor to Union Carbide). There is a bit of a hill
> visible in one corner of the photo, but not enough to scream
> "riverbank". The photo is by LL Cook, a postcard, postmarked in early
> 1941, and offers a good view of the plant and trackage. There are three
> Missouri Pacific quad hoppers with hatched covers on them. The reweigh
> stencil on the closest appears to be 6-40. Neat shot. Hoping it was an
> on-line Q customer. ;-) Rob
>
> zephyr9903 wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 21:07:34 -0500, Rob Adams wrote
> > > I recently acquired a neat Circa 1940 photo of the National Carbide
> > > plant in Keokuk, IA and am curious whether this plant was serviced by
> > > "our railroad" or one of the other guys. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > I don't know the Union Carbide plant. Does the pic give any cvlue as to
> > where it is? Riverbank view maybe?
> >
> > Marshall
> >
> >
> >
> >
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