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Across Iowa on the Keokuk & Western and the Humeston & Shenandoah Railroads HC
Across Iowa on the Keokuk & Western and the Humeston & Shenandoah Railroads by Bernard G Corbin & Joseph C Hardy
Hard Cover
144 pages
Copyright 1986
CONTENTS
Keokuk and Western Railroad Company
The Alexandria and Bloomfield Rail Road Company
The Alexandria and Nebraska City Rail Road Company
Iowa Southern Railway Company
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska Railway Company
Des Moines, Osceola and Southern Rail Road
Des Moines & Kansas City Railway Company
Keokuk and Western Railroad Company
Scenes Along the Des Moines & Kansas City Railroad
Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska (in progress) Poors Manual of Railroads 1875-6
Passenger cars of the Keokuk and Western Railroad from the 1904 CB&Q records
Alexandria, Mo
Des Moines River Bridge
Keokuk, Iowa
Wayland, Mo
Kahoka, Mo
Medill, Mo
Ashton, Mo
Luray, Mo
Granger, Mo
Arbela, Mo
Memphis, Mo
Crawford, Mo
Downing, Mo
Lancaster, Mo
Glenwood Junction, Mo
Guinn, Missouri
Dean, Iowa
Sedan, Iowa
Centerville, Iowa
Brazil, Iowa
Garfield, Iowa
Plano, Iowa
Promise City, Iowa
Corydon, Iowa
Cambria, Iowa
Humeston and Shenandoah Railway Company
Humeston, Iowa
LeRoy, Iowa
Down Memory Lane at LeRoy
Weldon, Iowa
Van Wert, Iowa
DeKalb, Iowa
Grand River, Iowa
Beaconsfield, Iowa
Ellston, Iowa
Tingley, Iowa
Diagonal, Iowa
Clearfield, Iowa
Merle Junction, Iowa
Sharpsburg, Iowa
Gravity, Iowa
New Market, Iowa
Clarinda, Iowa
Yorktown, Iowa
Shenanadoah, Iowa
A Historical Novelette
Epilogue
INTRODUCTION
A book must have a purpose. The purpose of this book is to perpetuate the memory of the Keokuk & Western and the Humeston & Shenandoah railroads, which later became part of the Burlington system and passed through my hometown, New Market, Iowa. Assembling it has been a labor of love and fond memories over many years duration, during which time many pictures tucked away in albums and attics have surfaced; and since the H&S portion was torn up back in 1946, these have developed historical value and needed to be preserved. I could think of no better way to do this than in a carefully put together book.
An attempt to get the best possible coverage of pertinent material was undertaken, and many people were contacted for pictures of depots, trains and notable right-of-way scenes. Most people were trusting in loaning me their memorabilia, and I appreciate this very much. Preparing this book has been both a challenge and a pleasure.
I was born in New Market, Iowa on the CB&Q (formerly H&S) and took my first railroad picture of Engine 398, a 4-4-0, in 1920 at the age of thirteen. I've been taking pictures ever since, and my interest in the line from Keokuk to Shenandoah has finally culminated in the production of this book.
Sadly, this little railroad was doomed from the day it first turned a wheel, for it traversed an area dotted with an assortment of small towns, but served virtually no place where manufacturing or industry could be a major source of traffic. Business was good and some profit was made, but soon the inevitable automobile and truck came on the scene, and the lure of the highway wiped out the romance of the railroad.
I hope that those of my readers who enjoy the bucolic beauty of the rolling hills and gentle valleys of the lush Iowa countryside and the meandering fills and cuts of a railroad as it winds across our terrain will derive as much enjoyment from these pages as I have in putting together the material that fills them.
Bernard G Corbin
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