Sikeston to Birds Point

Link: http://a-r.us/xc1

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States: Missouri
Railroads: CFRR, MP, StLIM&S, UP

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This line started out as the Cairo Fulton Railroad. The line was partially destroyed during the Civil War between Sikeston and Charleston in order to prevent supplies from reaching the area, but was quickly rebuilt.

When the CFRR defaulted, ownership was transferred to the Saint Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad (the "Iron Mountain Railroad"). Soon after, the line was acquired by Missouri Pacific, who was then merged into the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982.

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The part of the line that runs through Sikeston and Miner alongside Malone Ave. has been abandoned and the tracks lifted in the recent past (Can't tell you when). The Right of Way is still very very visible and my grandpa used to work at the Orgil grain silos that were once served by it. It used to be the site of the only railway diamond in the area. Further Southwest at the Sikeston; the active part of the line still exists and continues to Dexter.

Known remnants of the line:

The still-visible Right of Way

Numerous Railway bridge/Trestles

Orgill Grain Silos that it once served: 36°52'32.46"N; 89°35'42.39"W

Railway Depot(That is now a Museum):36°52'38.05"N; 89°35'21.50"W

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Abandoned/Destroyed Spur(Or possibly another Abandoned Railroad) in Morehouse,MO

Robert Barnes
Sikeston, MO
4/21/2012

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You seem to have forgotten about the part of the line that went Southwest through Morehouse and Graybridge and went towards Essex before the end of the abandonment.

Robert Barnes
Cape Girardeau , MO
4/26/2012

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The line from Steward Steele, just East of Miner, through Charleston and Birds Point was taken out a long time ago. You can still kinda see the roadbed some where the power lines and the treeline is just north of the highway from Bertrand to Miner.

The tracks from Steward Steel back to just West of the power plant were removed in 2011 and they have now removed the portion from the power plant back to Essex, MO in 2012. The project is ongoing as there are many tie's stacked up that whole distance.

The railroad and the city of Sikeston are working on a trail-use agreement to allow a walking trail on on the roadbed from Sikeston through Miner. To me that would suggest they may see potential for that portion of the line in the future. However, they have even torn out the tressels in Morehouse so that portion of line appears to be done.

The city of Sikeston put a stop to reviving the line from Sikeston to Dexter back in 2005 when UP and BNSF tried to swap track and pass trains from Rockview through Sikeston and Morehouse and back over to Dexter to prevent double-tracking the Rockview to Dexter line. That route has since been double-tracked.

Clay Guthrie
East Prairie, MO
7/3/2012

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