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I know MoPac used to call the branch from Iron Mountain Jct. (where that branch joins the Terminal Railroad near Grand Ave.) to the old Ivory St. Yard in South St. Louis the Oak Hill Branch. There is a street off of Chippewa near Gravois called Oak Hill Ave, but I'm not sure if the street named the rail branch or vice versa. <br /> <br />This isn't directly related to the Iron Mountain Railroad, but more to the Desoto Sub. Maybe you know this one Brian... There is an Ameren UE power plant on the Desoto Sub near Fine road off of Telegraph by the Meramec River. My mother-in-law lives close to there and I never seem to hear on the scanner anything about rail movements into or out of the plant. I thought it was a coal-fired plant, and I can't imagine they don't see daily rail traffic into the plant if it is. I guess being on the Mississippi they could use barges to get their coal. I know the plant further south in Crystal City gets daily coal from the BNSF via the River sub. Those trains roll by my house at least twice a day. Any thoughts about that plant on the Desoto sub? <br /> <br />Mark
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