Re: [CBQ] Minneapolis/St. Paul to St. Louis via the Beardstown Division

["Lawrence Thomas" <thomasl555@att.net>]

In 1922 most of the major railroads entering St. Louis had their

chief engineers meet with the C. E. Smith PE consultants. Their aim

was to improve the interchange in the St. Louis area. A report was

published (reprints are available on line) - "Report of the Engineers

Committee St. Louis-East St. Louis Railroad Terminals". The book is

filled with maps, problematic issues and possible solutions, and

traffic patterns. Taking the month of Oct 1920, the CB&Q (East) had 12,740

carloads inbound and outbound. Of those, 128 were moved to the MoPac

at Dupo while 93 were westbound for the MP and 20 were moved southbound MP.

Of the outbound loads 174 were moved to Dupo (by comparison 377 were

moved to the L&N) while MP southbound cars were 458. Ot the 

totals, 1587 were moved from the CB&Q Paducah Division to the 

Hannibal Division (via the Alton Bridge). A total of 5650 cars were scheduled

for movement beyond the St. Louis Switching District.

The volume also noted dwell times, freight houses, team tracks, yard

capacity and a multitude of other minutae.

Larry Thomas

TRRA Historical Society

St. Louis

thomasL555@att.net

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