Old Steam Engine Exposed By Drought On The Gasconade.

[Outside Bend]

Pretty wild...that you can hear the trains running in the background makes it especially eerie....thanks for sharing!

[Brian K. Shaffer]

That was very cool. Great video of that flower bloom. Wow. Interesting to say the least!

Thanks for posting that!

[creek wader]

I seen the pic and just had to comment.

I'm an engineer for the U.P.R.R. Been RR'ing for 33 years now. About 6 years ago, I started running from KC to Jeff. city. We connect with crews out of St. Louis, at Jeff. City. They cross the Gasconade. I've heard them talking about the engine. This is the first time I've seen a pic of it.

Ironically, several years ago, I was surfing the web for more info on this sub-division (I'm not a foamer). When I came across this article. I printed it and related the story to several of my co-workers. ( I guess that does make me a foamer).

Anyway, I stumbled on quite a bit of history, since. I originally hired onto the Missouri Pacific, so it became more personal. Below is a small sample of history what I ran across on the UP/MOP in Missouri.

1) Many major battles of the Civil War in Missouri, took place all up and down the Missouri river, along the River Subdivision, between Jeff. and KC.

2) On July 7, 1876, Jesse James robbed a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Otterville, Mo. on the Sedalia Sub. They got $15,000.

3)The 1904 Worlds Fair (St. Louis) train wreck near Warrensburg. It was a head-on collision that killed 30 people.

Just to name a few.

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

Good Video uncive.

[Wormser]

Very cool!

[UnCivE]

I seen the pic and just had to comment.

I'm an engineer for the U.P.R.R. Been RR'ing for 33 years now. About 6 years ago, I started running from KC to Jeff. city. We connect with crews out of St. Louis, at Jeff. City. They cross the Gasconade. I've heard them talking about the engine. This is the first time I've seen a pic of it.

Ironically, several years ago, I was surfing the web for more info on this sub-division (I'm not a foamer). When I came across this article. I printed it and related the story to several of my co-workers. ( I guess that does make me a foamer).

Anyway, I stumbled on quite a bit of history, since. I originally hired onto the Missouri Pacific, so it became more personal. Below is a small sample of history what I ran across on the UP/MOP in Missouri.

1) Many major battles of the Civil War in Missouri, took place all up and down the Missouri river, along the River Subdivision, between Jeff. and KC.

2) On July 7, 1876, Jesse James robbed a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Otterville, Mo. on the Sedalia Sub. They got $15,000.

3)The 1904 Worlds Fair (St. Louis) train wreck near Warrensburg. It was a head-on collision that killed 30 people.

Just to name a few.

This is the kind of stuff that I love to hear and research, thanks for posting!

[Wayne SW/MO]

Creek wader I think that Bill Anderson, of Quantrill fame, got "Bloody" added to his name after he executed soldiers taken from a train on that route.

[creek wader]

No. it was the "Northern Railroad". It possibly became the Katy. Not sure.

Bloody Bill, raided the town of Centrailia, Mo., for supplies. While there he found out that a passenger train was due to come in. So, they hung around to rob it. When they took control of the train, there were around 24 Union troops on leave, aboard. They captured them, executed, then mutilated the bodies, of all but one. He was a Sgt. They kept him for a prisoner exchange that never happened. Andreson and his men were tracked down and killed soon after the raid.

I'm a bit of a Civil War foamer, too. I grew up in Nebr. So, the history of the war (history is written by the victors), was a bit skewed toward the northern side. Also, Kansan's side as well.

After moving to Missouri, I started doing some research. I found that the North and Kansan Militia (Red Legs), committed as many if not more atrocities.

In fact, little know that the Quantrill's raid on Lawrence was in retaliation for the Kansan's rail on Osceola, Mo. In fact, it was modeled after it.

Sorry, I could go on forever.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Have you read The Civil War on the Western Border 1854-1865 by Jay Monaghan? It goes into great detail about what led up to the Civil War and why many historians believe it actually started in 1854 on the Missouri/Kansas border. My family is from the NW part of Missouri and in doing family research it's obvious that the river corridor and Western Missouri was heavily influenced by the South. Much of it still existed through the '50's in families that predated the war.

[Jerry Rapp]

for the RR buffs, this was in the St. Francois County Daily Jounal today (Farmington, Park Hills, Bonne Terre, etc). It is titled Remembering the Worst Train Wreck in Missouri. http://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/remembering-missouri-s-worst-train-wreck/article_2b82d998-d860-11e1-8ece-001a4bcf887a.html