The bridge and most, if not all, the track of the
M&IB&BRR are gone. But I know one piece that survives.
I have the anvil out of the M&IB&BRR roundhouse. Talk
about a bear to get up on the motor! A trip across
that bridge was something to remember. That thing
shook and shimmied under a loaded unit coal train (and
the speed limit was 5 MPH). The "pucker factor" was
large! There are pictures (many views) on the web, but
I can't tell you the link. Do a google search for
images with "Alton Bridge".
--- Rupert and Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wabashjae" <wabashjae@yahoo.com>
> To: <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 6:52 AM
> Subject: [CBQ] Missouri & Illinois Bridge & Belt
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -James Ryan-
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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