Archie,
I don't have info about the Q&P not being able to connect to the H&STJ.
According to Baldwin's "Corporate History of the CB&Q" the Q&P connected with
the H&STJ at Palmyra Jct. Their line was completed and opened to traffic on
April !, 1860.
By special act of the State legislature the H&STJ was authorized to "purchase
and own all the capital stock of the Q&P" This was accomplished March 14, 1867.
Ken Martin
On Apr 30, 2012, at 4:55 PM, xocboy2001 wrote:
> When did H&StJo connect to to Q&P? I understood from reading about Pony
> Express history
> history that the two were prevented from physical connection in 19th century,
> so mail had to be transferred between depots in Palmyra 'by hand[or horse]
> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "John Lewis" <CBQJohn@...> wrote:
>>
>> Way back in the day, the Hannibal and St. Joe railroad entered the town of
>> Palmyra, Missouri from the south; the main line paralleled main street and
>> curved towards the 'junction' with the Palmyra and Quincy railroad. As we
>> all know, the H&ST.J and the P&Q became a part of our beloved Burlington
>> Route.
>>
>> If my memory serves me correctly, and it usually doesn't, the main line from
>> Hannibal to Palmyra (via Withers Mill) was severed in the the late fifties.
>> Trains from Hannibal could access the Palmyra main in the Mark Bottoms after
>> that. The old main continued in service, with the Robey-Robinson/Great
>> Central Lumber Company, Farmers Co-Op and the Mississippi Valley Chemical
>> Company providing the majority of the carloads. John Jacobs and myself were
>> fortunate to have been the recipients of many a cab ride when a local
>> switched Main Street. In the past couple of years, BNSF has ended service
>> to Main Street here in Palmyra, choosing instead to drop cars at the
>> location of the former Palmyra Depot (which was demolished in 1990).
>>
>> I was informed today that the bridge that carried the tracks over West Line
>> Street has been removed ... I checked it out tonight and it is gone.
>>
>> Sad thing about all of this is that I don't have a single picture of the
>> bridge or a train on it.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Lewis
>> Palmyra, Missouri
>>
>>
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