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Rev. Jonathan Spurlock's Collection
 
5/9/2024
 
 
 
 
 
By:Rev. Jonathan Spurlock
Dates:3/18/2014 - 2/25/2023
Album Info:Photos of the former Rock Island St Louis-Kansas City subdivision in central Missouri.
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Ex-RI right of way, crossing MO 52, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI right of way, crossing MO 52, looking west
Description:  This view shows the former Rock Island crossing MO Hwy 52, looking west, on 10-26-2014. The gravel, etc., marking the old roadbed is visible near the center of this photo.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 8:37:25 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI rails and right of way, looking northwest
Title:  Ex-RI rails and right of way, looking northwest
Description:  The former Rock Island roadbed is visible near the lower center of this photo, and surplus/leftover rail is still on site, in Windsor, MO on 10-26-2014. This view looks northwest, and shows the MFA facility, perhaps a customer in days gone by.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 8:37:38 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Description:  At one time, the Rock Island had a siding and perhaps other facilities at Bowen, a few miles north and west of Windsor. The rails and highway crossed at an angle. This view looks railroad east, back towards Windsor, on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:09:54 PM
Location:  Bowen, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Description:  This view of the former Rock Island right of way looks west, from the crossing of MO 23 and the Rock Island line, on 10-26-2014. The highway has had other names in the past, including MO Highway D, in the mid-1990's.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:10:11 PM
Location:  Bowen, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Description:  Chilhowee is about halfway between Windsor and Pleasant Hill, more or less. The town itself lies south of MO Hwy 2, the road from Windsor all the way to the Kansas border. This photo, taken 10-26-2014, looks east towards Windsor.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:10:39 PM
Location:  Chilhowee, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, another angle looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, another angle looking east
Description:  This is another photo of the same crossing, MO Hwy 2 and the former Rock Island line, just west of Chilhowee, MO on 10-26-2014. The landscape isn't tilted but the camera was--my goof!
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:10:54 PM
Location:  Chilhowee, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW at MO Hwy 2
Title:  Ex-RI ROW at MO Hwy 2
Description:  Another look at the former grade crossing of MO Hwy 2 and the Rock Island line near Chilhowee, MO on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:11:09 PM
Location:  Chilhowee, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Description:  This view looks east from the former Rock Island crossing of MO Hwy 2 at Leeton, MO on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:11:37 PM
Location:  Leeton, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-Rock Island ROW and structure
Title:  Ex-Rock Island ROW and structure
Description:  The structure on the right may have been a relay box, or it may have had some other purpose. It's located near the former grade crossing of MO Hwy 2 and the Rock Island line, at Leeton, MO on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:11:54 PM
Location:  Leeton, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Description:  This view of the former Rock Island looks west, from the former grade crossing at MO Hwy 2 in Leeton, MO on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:16:21 PM
Location:  Leeton, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Description:  Post Oak is a small community between Warrensburg and Clinton, MO, located along MO Hwy 13. The Rock Island passed through here as well. This view of the former RI ROW, taken 10-26-2014, looks east towards Leeton, Windsor, and eventually St Louis.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:16:47 PM
Location:  Post Oak, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Description:  We're looking west at Post Oak, MO, where the Rock Island used to cross MO Hwy 13. This view, taken 10-26-2014, looks west towards Chilhowee, Pleasant Hill, and eventually Kansas City.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:17:06 PM
Location:  Post Oak, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Windsor Farrington Park, looking east
Title:  Windsor Farrington Park, looking east
Description:  Farrington Park is a popular recreation activity site in Windsor, MO. The Rock Island used to run close to the property. This view, taken 10-26-2014, looks east along the former Rock Island right of way. Part of one rail is still visible, just past the end of the paved-over crossing.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:17:33 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Windsor Farrington Park, looking west
Title:  Windsor Farrington Park, looking west
Description:  This view of the old Rock Island line was taken on 10-26-2014. The view looks west towards the town of Windsor itself and further west.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:17:49 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI crossing at MO Hwy WW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI crossing at MO Hwy WW, looking east
Description:  The Rock Island crossed MO Hwy WW a little north of Windsor. The line continued east, then curving to make the crossing at Hwy 52. This is the first photo I took of the "remains" of the line when I saw it for the first time in several years, on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:18:03 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI crossing, MO Hwy WW, looking east, second photo
Title:  Ex-RI crossing, MO Hwy WW, looking east, second photo
Description:  I took another photo, at a slightly different angle, to show the rather thorough removal of rails, ties, ballast, and just about anything else that would indicate a railroad had ever been here. This photo was taken 10-26-2014 and looks east.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:18:17 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI relay case
Title:  Ex-RI relay case
Description:  This relay case had stood vertically near the former crossing of MO Hwy WW and the Rock Island line. Now it's just something, apparently, to be shoved out of the way. Windsor, MO: 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:18:30 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west, MO Hwy WW,
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west, MO Hwy WW,
Description:  The former Rock Island line crossed MO Hwy WW just north of Windsor. This view looks west, on 10-26-2014.
Photo Date:  10/26/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 9:18:45 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI depot, east wall
Title:  Ex-RI depot, east wall
Description:  This view shows the east, and part of the north, walls of the former Rock Island depot in Eldon, MO, on 11-11-2014.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:13:46 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station
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Ex-RI depot, north wall
Title:  Ex-RI depot, north wall
Description:  This is the north wall, away from the tracks, of the former Rock Island depot at Eldon, MO on 11-11-2014.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:14:09 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Description:  Ionia, MO is a small community south and east of Windsor, just off US Highway 65. The Rock Island line ran through Ionia. Tracks were still in place, but very hard to find (the north rail, on the left, is more visible) as of 11-11-2014, the date of this photo.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:14:32 PM
Location:  Ionia, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Description:  This view of the former Rock Island line looks west near Ionia, MO on 11-11-2014. Look near the bottom center of the photo to see one of the rails, quite visible this time.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:14:49 PM
Location:  Ionia, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Windsor Farrington Park, looking north
Title:  Windsor Farrington Park, looking north
Description:  The Rock Island line used to run through Windsor, just north of the trees you see in the foreground. This photo was taken 11-11-2014 at Windsor's Farrington Park, a popular recreation site.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:15:08 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI relay case, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI relay case, looking west
Description:  Here is another look at the relay case near the former crossing of the Rock Island line and MO Hwy 52. Compare this one with the photo I took back on 10-26-2014: this one has a little better light, and I didn't have to face the glare from the setting sun this time.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:15:26 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Abandoned rails
Title:  Abandoned rails
Description:  These rails appear to be left from the rail removal "project", conducted some time before 10-26-2014. I came back to see if the rails were still there, on 11-11-2014, and they were indeed right where they had been placed.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:15:39 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east, at Swisher Road,
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east, at Swisher Road,
Description:  The rails were still in the brush, somewhere, as of 11-11-2014. The end of track was a little west of here, probably not too much beyond Farrington Park. Swisher Road is a few miles east of Windsor itself along MO Hwy 52.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:15:51 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west, at Swisher Road,
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west, at Swisher Road,
Description:  The ex-Rock Island rails are still in place but covered over with brush where they crossed Swisher Road, just a few miles east of Windsor, near MO Hwy 52. The end of track wasn't too far from here, as Farrington Park was void of any Rock Island trackage, but the rails were still in place here. This photo was taken 11-11-2014.
Photo Date:  11/11/2014  Upload Date: 1/17/2016 10:16:03 PM
Location:  Windsor, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic
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Ex-RI ROW at Holzschuh Rd, close-in view of track, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW at Holzschuh Rd, close-in view of track, looking east
Description:  The former Rock Island tracks crossed Holzschuh Rd, west of Owesville, MO. The rails are barely visible above the brush on 12-21-2015. This view looks east. Note the fairly good-sized tree growing between the rails.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:20:44 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI tracks at Holzschuh Rd, wider angle view, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI tracks at Holzschuh Rd, wider angle view, looking east
Description:  This is a wider-angle view of the former Rock Island line crossing Holzschuh Rd, west of Owensville, MO on 12-21-2015. The tracks are a little more visible in this photo than the first one.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:37:56 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI tracks at Holzschuh Rd, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI tracks at Holzschuh Rd, looking west
Description:  This photo shows the crossing of the old Rock Island at Holzschuh Road, west of Owensville, MO on 12-21-2015. It's nearly impossible to see the rails in this view looking west.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:40:50 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Crossing signal at Holzschuh Rd
Title:  Crossing signal at Holzschuh Rd
Description:  This signal was located on the south side of the tracks, where the Rock Island crossed Holzschuh Rd west of Owensville, MO on 12-21-2015. Note the flattened area of the pole where the "blades" or crossbucks were mounted, as well as the damage to the crossbucks themselves.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:41:10 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI ROW at Meyer Road, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW at Meyer Road, looking east
Description:  The Rock Island crossed Meyer Road, west of Owensville. This view, taken 12-21-2015, looks east. Note the barely visible rails and the good-sized tree growing between the rails. Compare this view with others taken earlier.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:41:28 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI ROW at Meyer Road, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW at Meyer Road, looking west
Description:  December's early setting sun caused the glare in this photo, looking west at the crossing of Meyer Road. Some of the brush and other vegetation appears to have been removed. Future plans include removal of the brush and even the rails in order to make this right of way the "Rock Island Trail" across mid-Missouri.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:41:48 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI ROW crossing Hwy Y, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW crossing Hwy Y, looking east
Description:  Another view of the crossing at MO Hwy Y and the former Rock Island line on 12-21-2015. This view looks east. Note the still-intact switch, switch stand, and siding; and the relay box, showing the mileage (92.4 miles) from the eastern terminal at St Louis.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:42:08 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI ROW, crossing Hwy Y, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, crossing Hwy Y, looking west
Description:  This is the view, looking west, where the Rock Island crossed MO Hwy Y in Owensville, MO on 12-21-2015.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:42:26 PM
Location:  Owensville, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
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Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking east
Description:  This view looks east, from the western edge of Gerald, MO on 12-21-2015. Even though the rails are rusty, the track and roadbed appear (at first glance) to be in pretty good condition.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:43:00 PM
Location:  Gerald, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Title:  Ex-RI ROW, looking west
Description:  I've always liked this view of the tracks, curving off into the distance. This view looks west, at the west edge of Gerald, MO on 12-21-2015. A lone tree struggles to survive, growing between the rails.
Photo Date:  12/21/2015  Upload Date: 2/4/2016 5:43:15 PM
Location:  Gerald, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Track
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East wall of depot
Title:  East wall of depot
Description:  Looking at the east side of the former RI depot at Eldon, MO. Note the metal letters. The gutters on both sides have fallen down but are still attached to part of the roof. They sure didn't need the air conditioner visible below "ELDON", on this January day!
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:10:35 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Winter,Station
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East side of depot
Title:  East side of depot
Description:  Another look at the east wall of the former RI depot in Eldon, MO.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:10:50 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Winter,Station
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North side of depot
Title:  North side of depot
Description:  This view shows the north wall of the former RI depot in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016. All the windows have been broken out, and I don't know when the plywood covering the windows was replaced, removed, or installed as the case may be. This side faces away from the tracks. Date: 1-08-2016.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:11:02 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Winter,Station
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South side of depot
Title:  South side of depot
Description:  This view looks at the south side, facing the tracks (only one, for quite some time) of the former RI depot in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016. I don't know when the plywood covering the windows had been installed, replaced, or removed, respectively; nor when the doors were opened.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:11:14 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Winter,Station
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West side of depot
Title:  West side of depot
Description:  This is the west wall of the former RI depot in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016. The word JAYCEES is still partly visible. I don't know who opened the door into the structure nor how long it's been open. Note the air conditioner: it sure wasn't needed on this date!
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:11:25 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Winter,Station
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Former yard area, looking west
Title:  Former yard area, looking west
Description:  Prior to the 1980 RI shutdown, there was more than one track here. Pictures of this area in the "Remember the Rock" magazine, volumes 1 and 2, show perhaps 3 tracks. This view looks west, with the fomer depot on the right (north) side on 1-08-2016.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:11:39 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Yard,Station
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Part of r-o-w, looking west at Hwy Y
Title:  Part of r-o-w, looking west at Hwy Y
Description:  This is part of the old roadbed, looking basically down to see if any rail was remaining. At least one rail is still in place. This is part of the area where the RI tracks crossed MO Hwy Y in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016. Some of the rail was apparently removed some time ago but much rail remains in place for several miles in both directions.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:30:28 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Track
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Old roadbed at MO Hwy Y crossing, looking west
Title:  Old roadbed at MO Hwy Y crossing, looking west
Description:  This view looks west, with MO hwy 52 off to the north (right), in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016. I couldn't tell if the two "streaks" were the actual rails, or "markings" where the rails used to be. Plans are in place for all the rail, from Pleasant Hill (Kansas City area) to Beaufort (near Union, MO) to be removed and converted into the "Rock Island Trail".
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:11:52 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Track
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Former grade crossing, looking east at Hwy Y
Title:  Former grade crossing, looking east at Hwy Y
Description:  The former grade crossing of the RI line and MO Hwy Y in Eldon, MO, is the scene for this photo, looking east, and seeing how much rail was still in place here on 1-08-2016.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:12:05 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Winter,Track
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Rock Island Country Store
Title:  Rock Island Country Store
Description:  I just had to snag this photo of a country store, located about a block and a half from the former depot in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:12:20 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter
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R O W looking east
Title:  R O W looking east
Description:  This view looks east at the former Rock Island right of way, on 1-08-2016, and one of the pieces of equipment that may very well be removing this trackage in the near future. The salvage crews have been cutting brush for a few weeks now and I dare say the r-o-w looks better than it has in 40 years. The former depot is about a half-block behind me.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:12:37 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Track
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R O W looking west
Title:  R O W looking west
Description:  This view looks west toward the former depot and right of way in Eldon, MO on 1-08-2016. The items of construction equipment may be among the fleet to remove the rail from Windsor, the more or less current end of track, all the way to Beaufort, near Union, MO, many miles to the east.
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:12:50 PM
Location:  Eldon, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Station,Track
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Former RI trackage, looking east
Title:  Former RI trackage, looking east
Description:  A view of the former RI line in Stover, MO, looking east on 1-08-2016. Note that one of the rails appears to be somewhat out of alignment. Plans are for the "Rock Island Trail" to be built on this right of way, making a walking trail from Pleasant Hill (near Kansas City, MO) to Beaufort (near Union, MO).
Photo Date:  1/8/2016  Upload Date: 1/10/2016 5:13:13 PM
Location:  Stover, MO
Author:  Jonathan Spurlock
Categories:  Scenic,Winter,Track
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