There were always places on the Rock Islands St. Louis line that were hard to reach, and some downright remote. One such stretch was west of Meta, Missouri, where the line turned a sharp 90˚ to the west and slithered between the Osage River and her high bluffs. If not for the lay of the land, it must have been the financial state of the railroad at the time which explains why this lone hopper car was left to rust back into the earth. Built in July of 1975, it was practically new when a broken rail sent it sliding down into a high-water marsh on that hard curve just west of MP 138. Protected by isolation and guarded by dense thorns, its still incredibly pristine for its age and circumstance. Now more than 35 years a part of the forest, the fractured rail that left it here still lays by its side. March, 2010.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 04:01:53 +0000
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