Hannibal and St Joe Railroad

Posted by railroadnut

on Mon, May 2 2005 10:23 PM

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone has photos or drawings of cars or engines that belonged to the Hannibal and St Joe Railroad?? First of all I don't really know for sure if there was a railroad by that name and if that is the case then please let me know. Either way, I would like as much information about the Hannibal and St Joe railroad as I can get.

Thanks,
David Cook/railroadnut

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Posted by passengerfan

on Tue, May 3 2005 7:18 AM

The Hannibal & St. Joe operated between the two cities mentioned and became one of the foundations of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q). The one other interesting note on the Hannibal & St. Joseph is they built and operated the first Railway Post Office Car where mail could actually be sorted in route. Hope this helps

Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH

on Tue, May 3 2005 9:34 AM

A good place to start would be "Burlington Route", by Richard Overton. This is probably the definitive history of the CB&Q and includes a good general history of the Hannibal and St. Joseph and how it became part of the Burlington.

The daily commute is part of everyday life but I get two rides a day out of it. Paul

Posted by route_rock

on Sat, Jul 9 2005 10:18 AM

Also if you want to see an actual piece of rolling stock from that road. Check out teh Silver Creek and Stepehnson in Freeport Il. We have a caboose of theirs and it runs on every train still.

Yes we are on time but this is yesterdays train