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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by PilotinControl Hello, By george looks like he has got it ... good luck friend!! [/quote] Hmmm... how did that old song go.. "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" By george, I found an even better location-the Q's Hannibal division! I could still run GM&O trackage rights on the Q from Old Monroe to St. Louis, and thanks to the Rebel route's crossing with the Burlington at Louisiana, MO, I could still have the great ALTON RED HUMMER, along with 4 Burlington Zephyrs! Obviously, not all of that is going to fit on a starter layout... but I have plans...[:D] And I have seen this section of track many times in Hannibal and once in Winfield, MO. In fact, outside of the Ol' Mississsipp' bluffs, it doesn't look too different from where I live. There are plenty of quarries along the line, I've seen mile-long trains consisting of nothing but limestone loaded hoppers in Hannibal. General Mills has a large mill complex in Hannibal, and I could have easy access to city maps and track diagrams...there is a map of BN era Hannibal in the desk drawer under my computer, even. I have relatives in "Mark Twain ville" and using the tips PilotinControl posted, I could easily get info on the line and town, I even have information on Hannibal already. And WHAT DO YA KNOW, the good old Wabash served Hannibal, too! Kind of like a Mexico, MO with added features, Hannibal is.[;)]
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