Re: [CBQ] Re: Railfanning in MO

[Bill Hirt <whirt@sbcglobal.net>]

Rick,

There is occasional traffic from Brookfield to West Quincy. Drive into Brookfield and head to the yard. You can see it all from public property. You might be able to see if anything is around.

Bill

On 5/29/2012 1:03 PM, Rick Keil wrote:

So pretty much everything has shifted to the former ATSF line versus the KC cutoff? I see the tracks west of Brookfield are  gone.  I'll make sure to take some time to do some train watching around Buclin.

Ricky Keil 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: lindsey_m_fowler@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 10:33:16 -0700
Subject: [CBQ] Re: Railfanning in MO

Not much run's on the Brookfield (West Quincy-KC) line. About the only thing to see anymore is the target signals still in place along the CB&Q, and the old siding names are still up. The old Brookfield depot is still in place I believe, as well as a few rehabbed depots in various small towns. 

If you want to see trains, BNSF TransCon is the way to go. Hwy 36 crosses it between Bucklin (where the CB&Q passes under the old ATSF BNSF Transcon) and Marcelline, MO.  They are running some 100 trains a day at track speed.. Z trains at 70 MPH and Amtrak at 90 there.

I'm sure other's can give you more specifics as it's been 10 years since I've been up on the old CB&Q.

Happy hunting..

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