James
There is a note in Richard C Overton's "Burlington Route" (page 518) and I
quote -
"A lesser, though not inconsiderable project completed directly after the
war was Burlington's acquisition of the single-track bridge across the
Mississippi River between Alton, Illinois, and West Alton, Missouri, owned
by the Missouri & Illinois Bridge & Belt Railroad Company. The Burlington
accounted for about ninety percent of the business over the Alton Bridge:
the rest came from local traffic at Alton and from interchange between the
Missouri-Kansas-Texas and the railways on the east side of the river. This,
then, was an essential facility, but one in which the CB&Q held no
proprietary interest. Accordingly, during 1946 and 1947 the CB&Q brought
the Bridge stock of all the proprietary railroad sand of the individual
owners except for a two-elevenths interest of the Missouri Pacific. Thus
the company gained control of a vital link and insured the continued prompt
movement of its trains back and forth across the river in the St Louis
district."
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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Subject: [CBQ] Missouri & Illinois Bridge & Belt
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> Does anyone have any info on the CB&Q subsidiary Missouri & Illinois
> Bridge & Belt Railroad? The line started with a CB&Q link in West
> Alton, MO and ran a few miles where it crossed the Mississippi River
> and linked with several lines on the Alton, IL riverfront.So far the
> only pic I have been able to dig up is a roster shot of this 0-6-0
> switcher:
> http://www.yesteryeardepot.com/MIBB52.JPG
> If anyone can provide additional information it would be greatly
> appreciated.
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> Thanks!
> -James Ryan-
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