Great photo, Jacob. Do you know what the date of the picture is? Looks like late 70s to early 80s. Pat Moreland, Wesco, MO
The May 4th, 1933 edition of the Salem Post states that receivers with the Frisco filed a petition to abandon the Sligo and Winkler (Decamp)...
The Thursday, February 19, 1931 edition of the Salem Post describes a fire at the roundhouse that caused minor burns to several of the local...
Check out the hyphenated SL-SF. This photo is post WWI. It may be somewhat of a disappointment, I guess, but it’s a great action photo of the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] To the left, Katy and I are nearing the end of our journey. Bahr's property ends in the distance. If we could look through...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Steel milepost sign. If you look closely, you can read "108." It may have been damaged in the derailment. In any case, it...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The photo to the left is of the cut-off milepost 108 sign post, while Katy explores a culvert in the photo to the right.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] At the left is a rough-hewn tie, and at the right is a tie plate and the base of a broken rail on top of a fence post. Note...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] We've reached MP A107.9, site of the derailment. Cattle have trampled down the large chat that was here, but they've also...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] In the left photo, we're looking west (south), while the right photo shows one of the abutments that was washed 0ut in 1998.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The recent enthusiasm for the Salem Branch inspired me to get off of my keister last Friday and take a walk west (geographically...
You've mentioned your brother-in-law fired on the Salem Branch and was making the run when the first diesels were used. My grandpa said the first...
My apologies, it’s actually called the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project, and is a collection of the State Historical Society of Missouri.
If it’s the same photo I’m thinking of, showing the mangled bridge on a gravel bar, a crowd of spectators, and a livestock car resting on a stone...
Don, I believe you posted somewhere that the diesel that was used for some time was No. 61 or 62. Was that one of the Baldwins switchers? I...
I have information on some accidents and mishaps. The most notable are the 1911 derailment on the Sligo branch that killed the conductor, and the...
Nice photos on this thread. Has the bridge been reopened? I believe that it was closed around 2014 for structural deficiencies. I used to...
Little bit late to the party here, but the settlement or village of Boscobel in Dent County was in this cradle if you will. There was a short...
I’m interested. Please let me know how to arrange payment. Thanks! Pat Moreland, Wesco MO
I’d love to see that photo of the mogul if it can be found. Wonder if conventional locomotives were ever used past Dillard? I remember reading...
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