Missouri-Illinois Railroad Book Mopac MR&BT Missouri Pacific Over 670 Photos!

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This new book on the Missouri-Illinois Railroad is printed and over 400 have been sold and shipped.
Printed in the USA!
Details:
New hardcover book on the Missouri-Illinois Railroad Book From The Missouri Pacific Historical Society. Condition is New. Shipped with USPS Media Mail.
Missouri-Illinois Railroad Missouri Pacific’s Route through the Lead Belt and Little Egypt
This hardbound book contains over 670 photographs and maps, over 76,000 words and 374 pages. Most photos are black & white but there is 16 pages of color images going back to 1949. Chapters cover the history of the M-I and it’s predecessor railroads (Mississippi River & Bonne Terre, Illinois Southern, Centralia & Chester, and others).
Chapters include:
- History of the Missouri-Illinois RR and the predecessor railroads making up the M-I.
- Station and depots with photos of almost all of the depots and interlocking towers covered. Included is the 1914 ICC building valuations on the MR&BT and StFCRR and the 1927 buildings valuation on the M-I.
- Steam and diesel locomotives and gas-electrics.
- Rolling stock (passenger cars, freight cars, cabooses and non revenue cars) - passenger and freight service
- Wrecks and accidents
- Employee memories and photos on the M-I.
- Customers served in 1930, 1968 and 1986
- Railroad car ferries used to cross the Mississippi River (they had five from 1899 to 1961)
- History of the St Francois County (electric) Railroad
- Lanterns, locks and keys used by the M-I and predecessor roads
- color chapter with several images taken by MoPac employees and others.
This is a fund raiser for the archives to support scanning costs, materials for storage, monthly rent, etc. We are all volunteers so no payment is going to the author - all of our time (archivist, board members, etc) is unpaid.
The Missouri Pacific Historical Society, Inc. was organized in 1980 as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation chartered in the state of Missouri. Its mission is to preserve and promote the heritage of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and its affiliates. This includes the Texas & Pacific, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf, Missouri-Illinois, Alton & Southern, St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico, International - Great Northern, Gulf Coast Lines, St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, New Orleans, Texas & Mexico and many other roads that were part of the MP family.” Memberships are available to anyone interested in the Missouri Pacific story.
The current MPHS is an outgrowth of a prior group which ran from 1974 to 1977. Annual meetings began in 1981 and are rotated throughout the former Missouri Pacific system as feasible. In addition to the society's business meeting varied programs covering the history and modeling of the MoPac are given for the benefit of those in attendance. Other activities include a swap meet for those interested in collecting railroad items or purchasing model railroad products. The MPHS has a professionally published quarterly magazine (The Eagle). Each issue of "The Eagle" contains current modeling information and articles of historical interest. Rosters of equipment, technical information and modeling projects are just a few of the many items published along with business of the Society. Memberships of all classes include a subscription to "The Eagle" magazine in addition to a 12 month calendar which is published in the fall for the following year.
For additional information, google Missouri Pacific Historical Society and look at our website. It contains a company store, modeling information and images & documents from our archives in St. Louis.