Nostalgia & History > Midwestern Nostalgia ... the KJRY

The Keokuk Junction Railway was a railroad that switched the various industries in Keokuk Iowa ... always made for an interesting mix of equipment.

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear ....

Regards,
Burlington John

1. 1064 at Keokuk, January 1984
2. 205 at Keokuk, 1987. A former Manufacturer's Railway engine from St. Louis
3. This geep is an obvious kitbash in progress by the KJRY shop forces! 29 August 1992

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1. 469 ... the Illinois Central heritage is pretty obvious .. 26 June 1999
2 & 3 #1215 was a pretty slick looking NW2 ... got to love that snowplow! May 1987

Regards,
Burlington John

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Did not the Keokuk RR at one time have some varnish-an open platform car that somehow involved a man of the cloth. The car eventually wound up on the GC Rlwy out in AZ but it`s fate thereafter remains unknown to this writer.

First switcher I have seen with a plow.

redarrow Wrote:
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> Did not the Keokuk RR at one time have some
> varnish-an open platform car that somehow involved
> a man of the cloth. The car eventually wound up on
> the GC Rlwy out in AZ but it`s fate thereafter
> remains unknown to this writer.

It was the "Chief Keokuk" ... I'll dig up slides on it this evening ... I heard it went to the Grand Canyon, but like you, lost track of it thereafter ...

Regards,
Burlington John

burlingtonjohn Wrote:

> 3. This geep is an obvious kitbash in progress by
> the KJRY shop forces! 29 August 1992

That's probably KJRY HE15 252, ex-CNW 4252 getting some work done and a coat of orange applied. KJRY acquired both of those troublesome, Cummins-powered former GP7's from CNW, and the other one, KJRY 253, was still intact and in "patched" CNW paint in August 1992:

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