[John Pieroni]

My copy arrived in SEMO on 9/8. Big thank you to Charlie!

James Hovis

[John Pieroni]

I didn’t check my mailbox yesterday! I’ll let you know what I find this evening in SEMO.

[John Pieroni]

@cduckworth wrote:

View of the Ste. Genevieve taken from the idler car.

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2.8 USEStation CentraliaMIRR#105-CB&Q-SOUcrossing-1950.tif

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Oil fields at Selmaville, Illinois

From the book; “There was no town or store here; rail facilities in 1930 consisted of a short spur and a station sign. By November 1937 the Adams Oil and Gas Company had discovered oil northwest of Centralia and by June 1938 the Texas Oil Company discovered another oil field between Centralia and Salem. In 1939, ninety-three million barrels of oil were pumped from Marion County’s farmland. At the time producers were selling oil for fifty cents a barrel. During the oil boom switch engines were assigned to both Centralia and Salem to switch the oil fields including five refineries. Major operators in the Salem fields were Texas Oil, Magnolia, Ohio, Phillips Petroleum, and Sinclair.”

Charlie,
Thanks for the pictures! I’ve gotten notice my check arrived and everything is in place for delivery of my copy. I guess the Post Office business between Berkeley, MO and Omaha, NE isn’t affected too much . Look forward to reading the book soon!

James Hovis.

[John Pieroni]

@glaiben wrote:

Agree with above. Am looking forward to this book and appreciate GREATLY the work Charlie and others have put into this effort.

…gregg

Speaking of the Missouri-Illinois line, looks like UP is spending some money on the line. Saw many stacks of new ties along the railroad at least to the Hwy C intersection west of Weingarten when I drove Hwy 32 the other day from Ste Gen. Trees are being trimmed and a maintenance crew was working across the highway from the Midway restaurant.

[John Pieroni]

@tferk wrote:

MP 2006 doing some street running. A virtual gold star to anyone identifying the location, 5 gold stars if you can identify the crew members.

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I’ll give it a shot:

Cape Girardeau, MO. Intersection of Frederick St. and Independence St. Probably sometime around 1985-1986 since the rails down Independence were pulled up in 1986. No idea who the crew is.

Here’s a Google Street View of the same building today:

[John Pieroni]

@tferk wrote:

Hello J,

Here is some basic info on each of the 3 locomotives shown in that group of photos. I have not found any specific assignment information other than for #133 in 1940.

#6425 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotive. Oil burner. Built between 1910 and 1913. Off roster by 1956.

#133 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive. Coal burner. Built by Brooks in 1910. Off roster by 1956. Shown assigned to the Bonne Terre TSE job (traveling switch engine) in a survey made 4-17-1940 for General Supt. Of Transportation W. F. Kirk.

#582 F7 diesel locomotive. Built by EMD 9-27-1949. Later renumbered to 801. Retired 1970-71.

Ted Ferkenhoff
MPHS Digital Archivist

Ted,

Thanks for the information! If you can find any other information on operations along the Belmont Branch it would be most appreciated. The restaurant that currently owns the Fredericktown 1917 era depot has been looking for photos of any trains operating at that depot during it’s history. The Historical Society doesn’t have many railroad related items.

Again, from a fellow Miner, thanks very much!

J.K. Hovis

[John Pieroni]

Bumping to top. Any info from the achives would be most appreciated!

@Jhovis66 wrote:

@cduckworth wrote:

Can you provide a link to where these photos are?

Charlie, they are posted on the “Historic Madison County” Facebook page. I’ll see if Mr. Skinner would be willing to post them here too. If you go to Facebook, be sure the page has the Historical Society address of 122 N. Main, Fredericktown MO for the right page. The pictures are recently posted. But there are several there on many subjects if you’re interested in small town history!

Update 8/14/2019:

Here’s a link to a picture in the album:

https://www.facebook.com/HistoricMadisonCounty/photos/pcb.2576757092375801/2576762279041949/?type=3&theater

You’ll need to scroll LEFT to see the other train pictures Mr. Skinner posted. Let me know if you can find some info on these!

[John Pieroni]

@mike s wrote:

Would you know the color of the bridge?
Mike S

Black. At least it was the last time I drove by it a few weeks ago…

[John Pieroni]

@cduckworth wrote:

Can you provide a link to where these photos are?

Charlie, they are posted on the “Historic Madison County” Facebook page. I’ll see if Mr. Skinner would be willing to post them here too. If you go to Facebook, be sure the page has the Historical Society address of 122 N. Main, Fredericktown MO for the right page. The pictures are recently posted. But there are several there on many subjects if you’re interested in small town history!

Update 8/14/2019:

Here’s a link to a picture in the album:

https://www.facebook.com/HistoricMadisonCounty/photos/pcb.2576757092375801/2576762279041949/?type=3&theater

You’ll need to scroll LEFT to see the other train pictures Mr. Skinner posted. Let me know if you can find some info on these!

[John Pieroni]

Charlie and Bill,

The MoPac building was renovated a few years ago and now houses the Pacific Park Apartments and offices/studios of Entercom – St Louis radio, KMOX being the flagship station broadcasting from the building, and a few other businesses I believe.

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