Anyone have info on a possible short line operation, across northern/northwest Missouri? It would be, (have been?), in the vicinity of the former Wabash (then N&W) line. AAR initials "NMOR." Boxcab E50
I think NMOR stands for Northern Missouri Railroad. If it does run a Google search using that for a key word. I found two different RR's with that name. One in the 1880's and one in the 1980's.
Doing a search, I did find a North Missouri Railroad. Which was indeed back in the 1800's. Where I came upon the "NMOR" is via a friend. He found it it the back of a 2002 Official Guide. Next to several town names, such as Elmo. Which is in NW Missouri, up near the Iowa state line. On what should have been ex-Wabash tracks. However, there is nothing listed in the index, or anywhere else in that OG issue! Strange! Nor do I find an "NMOR" in any AAR listing. Boxcab E50
Strange the some of the info is still showing in a 2002 Official Guide! Sloppy editing? Any more info on the fate of the line? Another operator? Abandoned? Boxcab E50
Here is more info. If I were you I would read the whole page. Very interesting. Northern Missouri Railroad On December 27, 1878, F.A. and L.M. Rogers granted an interest in a 100-foot strip of property to the Council Bluffs Railroad by a handwritten deed. The........ In January 1879, both James and Loveday Bullock, and Charles Bullock, also granted interests in 100-foot strips of their land to the Council Bluffs Railroad bla-bla... From the period after these deeds were granted until early 1984, the Council Bluffs and St. Louis Railway Company, the Wabash Railroad, and, finally, the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, operated trains over the line which ran through this land. By the early 1980's, rail transportation over the line had become unprofitable. Consequently, on June 30, 1983, Norfolk and Wabash jointly applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission ("ICC") for permission to abandon the track and discontinue service for 222.3 miles of the railroad, including the part of the line in Atchison County which is at issue here. The ICC granted this request, which became effective on December 10, 1983, and gave the railroad one year to complete its abandonment. It did so in February 1984. That same month, the Northern Missouri Railroad began operating trains over the tracks between Brunswick, Missouri and Blanchard, Iowa, including the railroad right-of-way in Atchison County. This "short-line" railroad operated from February 1984 to September 1986, when the Northern Missouri Railroad discontinued its service, pursuant to permission from the ICC, because of financial problems. Norfolk removed the track and ties from this entire part of the rail corridor, including from the strips of land in question here, during the second half of 1988, completing that work by December 1988.
Yes. That is an interesting link. I wish it were found true in many other instances. We could stop the over-proliferation of enormously expensive trails. Save the taxpayers uncounted millions of dollars. Anyhow, looks like my question is well answered! Thanks! Boxcab E50
