Duncan, The trains and fishing and hunting resorts were operating
into the early 1920s but their history goes back to just before the turn of
the century when the Burlington had built the new line between the Mississippi
and Missouri River bottoms. By 1909 a "new angler's train" had been
negotiated by the resorts and the Burlington. There is a great article
in the Missouri Historical Review in the October, 2002 issue. The title
of the article is ST LOUIS TOURIST-SPORTSMEN, URBAN CLUBS IN THE WETLANDS by
Lynn Morrow. Hope this helps, Archie
On Feb 15, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Duncan Cameron wrote:
Archie, do you have any years during which the
fish train was in operation?
Duncan
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[CBQ] Re: Brach line traffic
Lenny, The K Line had a very similar arrangement. It was called
the FISH TRAIN, A train departed St Louis Friday eve and dropped
passengers off at the many fishing and hunting resorts north of St Louis.
The coaches were left at Elsberry and the power returned south to
Old Monroe where coaling facilities were. On Sunday afternoon the
Power ran up to Elsberry and picked up the coaches and then proceded to
pick up passengers at their resorts to take them back to St Louis.
Turn of the century timetables list many of these lakes and resorts.
Archie
Another thought would be the P-Vine running from Ft. Madison to
Stockport, Iowa. Small steam such as K-2 or SW-1 diesel.
There is a
book called " Remembering Southeast Iowa's Peavine" by Michael R.
Johns.
On Friday
nights a coach was added to the rear end and dropped off at West Point
where there was a fish fry. On the return trip
from Stockport the coach
would bepicked up and all the folks who were tippey were taken back to
Ft. Madison.
Light weight rail, cinder ballast, weeds up to the
edge. Stockport was the biggest customer on the
line.
Lenny