Western Railroad Discussion > Just a few from the weekend around MO & ILL

Hoping someone has some info on the Burlington Junction, I find this interesting that one is numbered A and the other B

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BNSF Hannibal MO

Same bridge form 2 different sides

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1513B appears to be a slug, so mated to 1513A.

Where are the bridge pics from?

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Spoony81 Wrote:
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> Where are the bridge pics from?
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Appears to be the road underpass in Washington, Iowa. This was a point where the MILW and RI met at one time, hence the two railroad names on different sides of the bridge. East of Washington, the Milwaukee purchased the Rock Island route between here and Muscatine and abandoned their own route. It’s now all CP’s Ottumwa Sub.

RutledgeRadio Wrote:
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> Spoony81 Wrote:
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> > Where are the bridge pics from?
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> > Posted from iPhone
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> Appears to be the road underpass in Washington,
> Iowa. This was a point where the MILW and RI met
> at one time, hence the two railroad names on
> different sides of the bridge. East of Washington,
> the Milwaukee purchased the Rock Island route
> between here and Muscatine and abandoned their own
> route. It’s now all CP’s Ottumwa Sub.

Thanks
 

Like the bridge with the two RR names!

Larry

You are correct it is Washington Iowa. Really interesting looking at ROW pics and comparing them to the abandon lines in the area.

Ed

Burlington Junction leases the riverfront industrial trackage from BNSF in Quincy IL. They operate with the SW1500/slug set, a operable C415, a second SW1500, and four GP15D’s. They have a second C415 on the east side of Quincy that has been bad order for several years that is now isolated.

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misty1 Wrote:
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> Hoping someone has some info on the Burlington
> Junction, I find this interesting that one is
> numbered A and the other B
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If you look a bit closer you will notice that 1513B has been gutted and is now a slug. Notice that the radiator opening has been covered and there is no exhaust stack.
1513A is it's mother unit.