Thanks for the help guys,
I have searched all over the web and I have only found a couple small
pictures of the bridge (and no sites with more than one pic). I was
hoping someone had a link to the site that John had mentioned, because
again, I can't seem to dig up anything through Google searches.
Thanks again,
-James Ryan-
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@y...> wrote:
>
> 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@i...> 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@y...>
> > 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-
> > >
> > >
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