It's high time I post a list of all the interesting places on the Oskaloosa to Albia line of the M&StL. I'll use the mileposts as markers. Mileposts were calculated with St. Paul Union Depot as the 0 milepost. Most places are so large and / or diverse that I've subdivided them for better presentation of information.
1 MP 301.1 Oskaloosa
- 1a Depot and trackage to North Yard including freight customers north of depot but excluding North Yard itself (with enginehouse) and College area
- 1b Freighthouse, team tracks and related freight customer tracks
- 1c South Yard
- 1d Wye including CRI&P and CBQ trackage below wye in cut
- 1e 11th district to Monmouth and continuing on as 12th district Peoria, both in Illinois, including trackage to freight customers like Clow Valve and interchange with CRI&P
- 1f ex CBQ trackage taken over in 1934
- 1g CRI&P trackage
2 MP 302.6 Tracy Junction, since washout of the bridge over the des Moines River at Tracy in 1947: Fosterdale Junction
- 2a Tracy Junction area but excluding the Beacon area
- 2b Fosterdale Rutherford coal washer and possibly coal mines nearby
- 2c Rochester
- 2d Tracy bridge over Des Moines river and sand and gravel companies
- 2e Tracy crossing of Wabash RR and Tracy CBQ yard (shared with CBQ)
3 MP 303.2 Beacon
- 3a Beacon M&StL
- 3b Beacon CRI&P including spur to coal mines and junction of line to Oskaloosa and K&D mainline to Evansville and Des Moines right near trestle
- 3c Beacon ex CBQ trestle across CRI&P and possibly coal mines
4 MP 304.9 Excelsior
5 MP 306.7 Givin
- 5a Givin M&StL including tracks to coal mines east and south of CRI&P crossing
- 5b Givin bridges over Muchakinnock Creek
- 5c Givin CRI&P including spur to coal mine west of line
6 MP 311.2 Eddyville
- 6a Eddyville CRI&P interchange and spur to sand and gravel company
- 6b Eddyville M&StL depot including spur to sand and gravel company besides Des Moines river in town
- 6c Eddyville Des Moines river bridge
- 6d Eddyville CRI&P depot
7 MP 313 Bridgeport including ISU coal fired power plant but not Cargill (too late)
8 MP 315.9 Coalfield
- 8a Coalfield station sign (depot?)
- 8b Coalfield spur to coal mines
- 8c Coalfield multiple bridges over Miller Creek
9 MP 318.8 Lockman
- 9a Lockman junction to coal mines
- 9b Lockman coal mines
- 9c Lockman trestle
10 MP 319.4 Hickory
- 10a Hickory station sign
- 10b Hickory hill including big trestles over Miller Creek
11 MP 323.2 Maxon
Interchange with CB&Q
12 MP 324.6 Albia
- 12a Albia Depot & freighthouse (joint with Wabash)
- 12b Albia yard, engine facilities, freight track
- 12c crossing of Wabash, M&StL and interurban Iowa Southern Utillities (ISU) including facilities, if any, of the latter interurban
13 MP Rizerville
Junction of line to 1 coal mine and line to Hocking parallel to Wabash and ISU, passing track
14 MP Hocking
Coal mines of subsidiary Hocking Coal Company
That's a long list of items to consider for a railroad in a small room and clearly not everything will make it onto the layout but not bad for a railroad line only 23.5 miles long, right? Also, not all places existed at the same time so there is that to consider.
It feels like I'm trying to fit a gallon (of 3,785 liters) of railroad in a liter of train room...
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