Wood Grain Elevator: (Satellite)
Pet Food Mill: (Satellite)
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| James D Kesel posted Meta, Mo Jack Wright: Ok, let's give the proper credit for these pics. Both taken by Mark Nelson from Oregon, WI. Both are of No. 74, the summer pic is June 1975, the winter pic is approx 3 pm on a Saturday in late January 1977. I have the exact dates noted but haven't looked them up recently. I shot the same train led by 4531 earlier that day around noon in Eldon as it came in to change crews. I was using a Kodak 110 instamatic in those days so my shot wasn't even in the same universe as Mark's. James D Kesel: Jack Wright Did he take any more we could get? Jack Wright: James D Kesel yes, Mark took many more pics of the St Louis Line in the Feb to July 1975 time frame while he was stationed at Ft Leonard Wood. He also shot a lot of Frisco in that same time period. Many of his best RI & Frisco Missouri shots are in this excellent book: Rails Around Missouri The Show-Me State in Days Past https://a.co/d/agGmzYZ |
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| James D Kesel commented on his post Another view |
The wood grain mill in James' photos is still standing.
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| Street View, Jul 2023 |
The feed mill in the background in the above view is the headquarters of Diamond Pet Foods.
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| Street View, May 2024 |
That feed mill must also make products for Taste of the Wild.
The Rock Island right-of-way is now a parking lot for trucks.
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| Street View, Apr 2024 |
Another view of the old elevator and the pet food mill on the right.
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| Street View, Apr 2024 |
The Rock Island right-of-way is now a parking lot for trucks.
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| Satellite |
The depot was between Bertha and Locust Streets.
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| Feb 24, 1945 @ 27,200; AR1BL0000020009 |
The tracks still existed in 2008.
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| Street View, Jul 2008 |
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| 1:38 video @ 0:58 |
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