A bit of further info re the "Creston Branch"...This line hosted one of
the last Motor Car passenger runs ie Trains 30 and 31. These
trains came off in 1960. The line was severed several years later
between Maryville..or maybe it was Barnard and Savannah..The Savannah "stub"
continued until the early 80's or thereabouts.
South of Conway was Merle Junction (formerly known as Conway Crossing)
where the old Humeston and Shenandoah crossed. A stub was left from
Merle Jct to Clearfield and was served by the tri-weekly mixed, which, I
think, lasted until final abandonment of the line from Crston to
Maryville in the early 80's.
My railfan Buddy Jim Christen and I rode No. 30 from Creston to St. Joe
twice in the early 50's. Also during the floods of 1952 which put the
St. Joe--P Jct line out for several days my dad, as the agent for Railway
Express Agency at Rock Port arranged for express shipments for Rock Port to be
put on Train 31 to Maryville. We made several evening trips summer 1952
from Rock Port to Maryville hauling the RP express off No. 31 to Rock
Port. We usually got to Maryville in time to see Train 31 arrive at the
Maryville depot and unload the "headend traffic" and a few passengers.
Pete
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From: Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>
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Re: [CBQ] Conway, Iowa
Duncan,
Conway was on the Creston Branch of the B&MR. It Ran from Creston to
Hopkins,MO where it connected to the Kansas City, St. Joseph, and Council
Bluff.
It was organized in 1871 and the line was completed in 1872. It was
operated by the B&MR, and in 1872 was leased to the B&MR. In 1901 It
was deeded to the CB&Q.
Ken Martin
On Mar 4, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Duncan Cameron wrote:
Can anyone give me a bare bones history of the line
that went through Conway, Iowa?
Was it a branch out of Creston?
If so where did it go?
It seems to have been built about 1871.
Duncan Cameron