Moberly, MO
Originally served by two railroads, the Wabash and the MKT. The Wabash route ran from Kansas City to St. Louis and is the line I have chosen to model. The other line through town was the MKT route from Sedalia, MO to Hannibal. MKT eventually sold the Moberly to Hannibal part of the line to Wabash and now has become another line of the Norfolk Southern Illinois Division.
There is a small yard in Moberly at the junction of these two lines that still is in use even without interchange traffic. While I have no intention of building a yard in Moberly on the layout, I do intend to add an addition siding along with a passing track to at least somewhat represent what is there on the prototype.
While Moberly does not have many car loading on the prototype, many of the surrounding towns have grain loading facilites. On the layout I will attempt to represent the economy of the region by aslo including a few grain elevators, either in the moberly zone, or in nearby rural area.
There is a small yard in Moberly at the junction of these two lines that still is in use even without interchange traffic. While I have no intention of building a yard in Moberly on the layout, I do intend to add an addition siding along with a passing track to at least somewhat represent what is there on the prototype.
While Moberly does not have many car loading on the prototype, many of the surrounding towns have grain loading facilites. On the layout I will attempt to represent the economy of the region by aslo including a few grain elevators, either in the moberly zone, or in nearby rural area.
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