This is fantastic information, and fits well with what I was looking for. Thank you gentlemen! _._,_._,_ Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#61964) | Rep
Mitch, sorry I sent my response prior to finishing discussing the KATY train climbing prospect hill. The sound of trains traveled to my parents home due to some cuts that channeled the sound. So I he
Mitch, I can't answer your questions but do know that there was a track that crossed Hall Street and appeared to go to the Wabash yard. This track was located just North of the roundhouse and turntab
Hank, The track charts show the grade is briefly 0.76% going north out of Prospect Hill (MP 10.39). There is another brief 0.65% grade just south of Bissell (MP 11.34) and 0.57% where U.S. 66 crosse
Bill thank you for the accurate grade data on Prospect hill. From my backyard I could look down the line for a mile are more and the grade was very obvious as I looked down grade. Another bit of triv
Hank, If you do not have the TRRA Bulletin on the Zephyr Rocket, it is well worth purchasing. Larry Thomas, the editor, did a great job putting together the history of the train. It is like a book ju
Hello all, I’m doing some research on interchanges between the MoPac and other St. Louis-area railroads. I’m curious as to what level of interchange traffic (if any) may have been handed
Mitch, The attached Excel spreadsheet is a breakdown of some of the Great Northern interchange at the Twin Cities to the CB&Q in 1968 based on available GN wheel reports. The tabs have the various ga
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