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Anyone know much about this railroad? I've been doing some research on local railroad history and found an old map from the late 1800's and early 1900's that showed several tracks that use to pass through the area that are no longer here. This happens to be one of them, and one of the few that i had never heard of.
Strange thing is, i have passed through one of the towns where this railroad went through on many occasions and seen this "corridor of trees" leading away from the old Missouri Pacific Main line and wondered if it use to be an old rip track or a spur or something like that. Guess i know my answer now!
Also, if there is enough interest I'll post my findings on here for you guys to learn from.
I've been researching a few railroads. It seems the further you are able to go back on a track, the more previous owners it had. Usually the railroad you are researching isn't the railroad that built it either.
Back to your subject- I don't know anything about it, but it seems that all railroads are somehow related. Any research you are able to come up with may eventually help someone!
Railrunner, i would agree with you. Seems that the railroad industry was a bit unstable in those times. And seeing maps you start to realize that they laid down track like we lay down streets today. Some of these areas are covered with tracks of different companies scattered all over them.
My main interest locally has been St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern which became Missouri Pacific when it was reorganized and then purchased by Union Pacific in 1982. Strange thing is this immediate area now has virtually no railroad presence other than BNSF with some limited track usage rights by UP. You have to drive about 45 minutes west to even see any Canary Yellow.
It's really interesting when you can start tying in local economy with these railroad events over the years. I guess most notably would be the city of Cairo IL, which is something you all should definitely research into if you haven't already.
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