K9SE Brock I found your post after doing a Google search on the E. St. Louis - Beardstown sub. My wife grew up south east of Medora in the 60's and early 70's. Unfortunately she doesn't remember much of the trains. I am currently modeling the Medora area in N-scale. I always interesting in finding people who are knowledgable of the area. Jim Gurnee, IL
Brock
I found your post after doing a Google search on the E. St. Louis - Beardstown sub. My wife grew up south east of Medora in the 60's and early 70's. Unfortunately she doesn't remember much of the trains.
I am currently modeling the Medora area in N-scale.
I always interesting in finding people who are knowledgable of the area.
Jim
Gurnee, IL
Going west, was the CB&Q & Alton routing west competitive in the St. Louis to Kansas City lane?
The General Pershing Zephyr comes to mind.
Thanks for the Automatic Mail.
I think the old CB&Q Railroad Line did parellel IL route 111 par ot the way from St. Louis to Beardstown, IL. when I was a young person in the 1940s & 50s I saw the trains on this line gothrough my father's farm daily.
During the 1940s & 50s I saw the trains on the CB&Q Line from St. Louis to go through my fater's farm daily on the way to Beardstown. Also as I recall this Line went parrellel to IL. route 111 part of the way to Beardstown, IL
Passenger service ended on this line in 1961. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find the exact date. Does anyone happen to have that date?
For those interested in the history, the line was built in 1870 by the St. Louis, Rock Island & Chicago Railroad. In 1877, the Burlington leased the line. In 1882, the name was changed to the Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad. The Q absorbed the line around the turn of the century.
The right-of-way is still quite visible in many areas, especially along Ill. Rte. 267 south of Greenfield.
I remember this CB&Q Railroad Line, St. Louis to Beardstown, IL go by daily during the 1940s and 50s.
Resureccting an age old thread because my interweb search has brought up nearly zero info.....this thread being the most info found. I grew up in Medora. My Father grew up in Kemper. In another thread a fellow suggested I contact the CB&Q histirical society which I did. They are not meeting until the 26th of this month and according to the email I will likely have to pay to get info and/or pics if they are available.
Really hoping to find any pics of trains running through Medora and Kemper. Thanks in advance.
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