Facilities and industries along the CB&Q's K&W Line - Keokuk to Centerville & Clarinda

All Station numbers are from the January 1, 1938 CB&Q Station Number book. This progression of stations reflects the Keokuk and Western line as it was operated in the late 1930's. The arrangement is subsequent to abandonments that occurred in the mid-1930's, including the termination of much of the original Humeston and Shenandoah line. More detail is forthcoming.

Keokuk, Iowa - Station 7174 (8700) (Lee County)

• Keokuk Union Depot, built 1891, brick/stone, wood shingle roof, heating and plumbing, measure and photograph, vintage photographs
  
  
  - Keokuk Union depot with Mark Twain Zephyr, Circa mid/late-1940's, Note raised Mars light on the MTZ Injun Joe power unit. Northwestern Seed Co. buildings and Wabash/CRI&P freight house in the distance
  
  - Keokuk Union depot with Mark Twain Zephyr, Circa mid/late-1930's, Note Northwestern Seed Co. buildings in the distance
  
  - Keokuk Union depot, Circa 1962, Note appearance after the center tower was cut down
  
  - Keokuk Union depot, Circa 1975
  
  - Keokuk depot drawings in PDF format, drawn by Ken Martin
  
• Keokuk-Hamilton auto/RR bridge and Wabash/TP&W junction
  - This last view is prior to rebuilding to allow auto traffic on the upper level
  More photos and drawings of the Keokuk-Hamilton Bridge are available from the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record
• Yard with G-8 Switcher for assembling trains
• Stock pens - 2 pens, 2 cars capacity
  
• Roadway buildings????: 8'x12' tool house, 10'x14' tool house, bunk house (two car bodies), 3'x3' out house
  
• Water Station: 24' x 20' wooden water tank on 18' wood frame and foundation, water column adjacent (model with modified Alexander kit)
  
• Fuel Station: Fairbanks-Morse 150 ton coaling tower located just north of National Carbide plant. Balanced bucket (elevator) style, 18'x28' wood frame, 10'x32' concrete machinery house, powered by F-M Type T 12hp gas engine, one coal pocket serving 2 tracks, 8'x8' tank compressor sanding facility serving 2 tracks. 36 ton per day average consumption per 1931 company records
  - View looking toward the CB&Q yard, the Mississippi River is on the right. Note the lower quadrant semaphores, water column and water tank in the distance.
• Roundhouse and turntable; ??? stalls, 65' turntable (modeled as 75') 27' inspection pit, steam heat, 5'x6' outhouse, 6'x15' ash/cinder pit
  
  - View looking toward National Carbide. the CB&Q steel water tank and standpipe are located between the river and the tracks, the Mississippi River channel is on the left. Note the coaling tower and National Carbide structures in the distance. - Collection of Archie Hayden.
  
  - Views of the CB&Q turntable, roundhouse and yard area taken during a flood in 1944 or 1947 - Collection of Archie Hayden
  
  
• CB&Q Freight House
• Swift & Co. - Poultry, Eggs & Creamery
• CRI&P/Wabash freight house
  - Located at Bank Street, adjacent to the Keokuk Union Depot, the CRI&P/Wabash freight station was adorned with heralds from each road on its sign
  
• CRI&P roundhouse and turntable
• National Carbide Company
  - Note the coaling tower, lower quadrant semaphores, water column and water tank in the distance in the second photo.
• Keokuk Steel Casting Co
  
• Keokuk Electro-metals Co
  
• Northwestern Seed Co - Agricultural crop seed
  Products
  
  
• Hulson Grate Co. - Manufacturers of cast products including firebox grates for steam locomotive applications
  
  Period Hulson Advertisements showing applications in CB&Q and Wabash motive power
  
• Iowa Fiber Box Co. - corrugated box products
  
• J.C. Hubinger Company - corn starch, corn syrup
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• Thomas Truck & Caster Co.
  
• Keokuk Canning Co. - canning, tomatoes, tomato juice, pickles, etc; Operated a refrigerator car and at least one "pickle car" with KKCX reporting marks. Became part of the Glaser, Crandell Company, apparently around 1946
  Product labels
  
• General Mills
  
  
• Dryden Rubber Co.
  

Bridge 174.95

• 6 span thru truss over Des Moines River

State Line - Station 7171 (8703)

• Board & batten frame depot
  - Alexandria depot photos, collection of Archie Hayden
• Stock pen - 1 pen, capacity 1 car

Wayland, Missouri - Station 8712, M.P. 11.8 (Clark County)

• Frame depot
• Stock pens - 3 pens, capacity 21 cars
• W.N.Sage Pickle Works
• William Winkleman Grain Elevator
• Larson Lumber Yard

Bridge 13.81

• 1-132' thru Pratt Truss span, 13 span pile trestle

• Frame depot - Frank Ellington drawings
  
• Stock pens - 1 pen, capacity 2 cars
• Keokuk Canning Company - Pickle receiving plant
• Bulk oil depot
• Matlick Lumber & Coal Co.
• Sherwood & Sons grain elevator

Medill, Missouri - Station 8723, M.P. 23 (Clark County)

• CB&Q/AT&SF Depot, - measure and photograph existing structure (relocated to the SW and used as a residence)
• AT&SF Interlocking tower & signals
• Elevator or other lineside businesses?
  

Ashton, Missouri - Station 8725, M.P. 25.06 (Clark County)

• Depot
• Water tank
• Stock pens, 2 pens, capacity 4 cars
• Freight house

• Depot, frame, board and batten,
• Stock Pen, 3 pens, capacity 4 cars

Granger, Missouri - Station 8734, M.P. 25.06 (Scotland County)

• Depot
• Water tank
• Stock pens, 3 pens, capacity 6 cars
• Freight house

Bridge 36.28 (south fork Wyaconda River)

• 1 - 175' truss span (Warren truss?), 3 span pile trestle (this bridge still exists - photograph and document)

• Depot, frame
• Stock Pen Facilities: 3 pens, capacity 3 cars

Memphis, Missouri - Station 8745, M.P. 45.10 (Scotland County)

• Depot - Kitbash AMB #144 CB&Q Whitehall, IL kit or use "as-is" for a stand-in? - Depot still exists at Memphis Museum complex, relocated to SE corner of Washington & Jackson streets.
  - 1930 train order from Memphis, MO, collection of Archie Hayden
• Trackside scenery through cut
  
• Water tank
• Coal
• Stock pens - 8 pens, capacity 26 cars
• Skelly Oil (Mid-Continent Oil?)
• Sinclair Oil Company
• Memphis Municipal Light & Power Plant and Pumping Station
• Farmers Elevator Company
• Standard Oil Co.
• A.G. Craig Feed House
• J.D. Brown Feed Mill
• Keokuk Canning Co. receiving plant

Crawford, Missouri - Station 8751, M.P. 51.3 (Scotland County)

• Depot, frame
• Stock pens - 2 pens, capacity 2 cars

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 55 to 60

• Depot, frame, per Frank Ellington drawings - Photograph existing structure, relocated to a park
  - Downing, MO depot photos, collection of Walter Ohrnell
  
• Stock Pens - 6 pens, capacity 12 cars
• Siding
• W.F. Riley Feed Mill

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 60 to 65

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 65 to 70

Lancaster, Missouri - Station 8766, M.P. 65.74 (Schuyler County)

• Depot
  
• Rte #4 Viaduct over tracks
• Siding
• Stock pens - 4 pens, capacity 8 cars
• Sands Petroleum Co.
• Morgan Oil Co.
• Schuyler County Milling Co.
• Lancaster Poultry Co.
• Bolton Electric Light & Power
• Beeler Motor Co. - Ford dealership - Unsure of years of operation
• State Highway Dept. Shop & road materials warehouse
• Keokuk Canning Co. Pickle receiving warehouse
• Methodist church
• Highway viaduct over tracks
  

Glenwood Junction, Missouri - Station 8769, M.P. 69.03 (Schuyler County)

• Wabash Passenger depot at Glenwood, MO, RR hotel and trackage map
  - All courtesy of James Holzmeier
  
• CB&Q interchange and crossing with Wabash line to Ottumwa, IA - Q and Wabash tracks parallel for approximately 2 miles from M.P. 69-71
• Stock pens - 3 pens, capacity 3 cars

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 70 to 75

Guinn, Missouri - Station 8774, M.P. 74.14 (Schuyler County)

• Depot, built 1892, one story, frame, wood shingle roof,
• Stock pens - 2 pens, capacity 6 cars

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 75 to 80

Dean, Iowa - Station 8779, M.P. 78.9 (Appanoose County)

• Depot, frame
  
• Stock pens - 3 pens, capacity 3 cars

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 80 to 85

Bridge 80.19 (Chariton River Drainage Ditch)

• 1 - 132' Thru truss, 35 span pile trestle

• Depot, board and batten
  
• Water Tank - Model with Alexander CB&Q standard wood tank
• Stock Pens - 2 pens, capacity 4 cars
• Diamond crossing with the Q's Ft. Madison to Carrolton, MO line

Bridge 82.75 (Chariton River)

• 1 - 132' Thru truss, 16 span pile trestle

CB&Q Trackage Alignment chart for mile 85 to 90

Centerville, Iowa - Station 8789, M.P. 89 (Appanoose County)

• Brick Passenger depot, M.P. 89.65 - photograph & document existing structure
  
  
  The Centerville Depot as it appeared July 21, 2005, photographs by Rob Adams. The structure is presently owned by VFW Lodge 526, note that the original window sashes have been replaced by glass blocks.
  
  
• Roundhouse, frame construction (board & batten?)
  
• 68' turntable (model with Diamond Scale 65' or 75')
• Car shops and repair track
• Sand house
• Car shop
• Coaling pocket
• Track scale in yard
• Steel water tank and water column (Model with Tichy kit, flat bottom and peaked roof)
• Roadway Buildings, tool house, dry closet, etc.
• CB&Q Freight House - frame construction, clapboard siding
  
• Stock Yard Facilities north of diamond, 5 pens, capacity 7 cars, stock scales, 16'x18' scale house, 7548 sq. ft. brick paving
• CB&Q/CRI&P Interlocking tower and semaphore signals
• Swift & Company, Poultry processing plant
• Great Western Tire and Rubber Company
• Pillsbury Feed Mills Plant, circa 1940's, site also used by Standard Soy Bean Mills - Manufacturer of meal and oil, apparently located on site of GW Tire & Rubber
  
  
• Hercules Manufacturing Company (1901-1985) Hercules Manufacturing Company was founded by Miles Bateman and B.A. Fuller to produce a newly invented stump puller.  Production of the cast iron moldings was initially subcontracted to the Goss Foundry, their former employer.  Hercules' business was expanded after the first World War to produce steel casting for bridges, carnival and coal mining equipment.  After World War II, the firm also made corn cribs, hog feeders and gates.  Its operations ceased in 1985.
• Pure Ice Company (1897-1956) Harvested block ice
• Centerville Brick & Material Co.
• Centerville Gypsum Co.
• Scandinavian Coal Co. Mine
• Empire Fuel Co. Mine
  
• Station 8790 - Brick Yard Track
• Station 8791 - Iowa Southern Utilities Co.
• ISU transfer track M.P. 91.42

• Depot or shed??
• Station 8793 - Sunshine Coal Co.
• Station 8795 - McConnville Coal Co., Old King Coal Co. Mine (M.P. 94.26), Peacock Mines, Centerville Block Coal Co., Phoenix Mines

• Depot, frame, 2-story, novelty siding
  
• Stock Pens, none listed in 1937 CB&Q Official Shipper's guide

Garfield, Iowa - Station 8798, M.P. 98.0 (Appanoose County)

• Depot/shed, ex-box car with station sign
  

Plano, Iowa - Station 8901, M.P. 101.3 (Appanoose County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base
  
• Stock Pens, none listed in 1937 CB&Q Official Shipper's guide

Promise City, Iowa - Station 8807, M.P. 107.0 (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base
• Stock Pens, 6 pens, capacity 28 cars

Bridgeport, Iowa - Station 8812, M.P. 112? (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame???

Hamm, Iowa - Station 8814, M.P. 114? (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame???

Corydon, Iowa - Station 8818, M.P. 117.8 (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame, Novelty siding, Frank Ellington drawings
  
• Stock Pens, 8 pens, capacity 15 cars

Bentonsville, Iowa - Station 8821, M.P. 120? (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame???

Cambria, Iowa - Station 8826, M.P. 125.6 (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base
• Stock Pens, 4 pens, capacity 12 cars

Humeston, Iowa - Station 8831/4617, M.P. 130.9 (Wayne County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten, later stucco and brick veneer after 1924, Frank Ellington drawings
  - Humeston depot photos, collection of Walter Ohrnell
• Stock Pens, 6 pens, capacity 8 cars
• Engine house
• Water tank
• CB&Q Crossing

LeRoy, Iowa - Station 8836, M.P. 136.0 (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten?
• Stock Pens, 3 pens, capacity 6 cars

Verdi, Iowa - Station 8840, M.P. 140? (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame???

Weldon, Iowa - Station 8844, M.P. 144.4 (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base, Frank Ellington drawings
• Stock Pens, 6 pens, capacity 20 cars

VanWert, Iowa - Station 8848, M.P. 147.8 (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame, , clapboard w/novelty base
• Stock Pen, 4 pens, capacity 13 cars

Delray, Iowa - Station 8852, M.P. 152? (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame???
• Stock Pens, 2 pens, capacity 6 cars

DeKalb, Iowa - Station 8853, M.P. 152.7 (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame, clapboard w/novelty base
  
• Water tank between DeKalb and Grand River, near M.P. 158 adjacent to Pratt Truss bridge at M.P.

Grand River, Iowa - Station 8859, M.P. 158.8 (Decatur County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten
  
• Stock Pens, 4 pens, capacity 10 cars

Beaconsfield, Iowa - Station ????, M.P. 164.0 (Ringgold County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base
• Stock Pens, 3 pens, capacity 6 cars

Ellston, Iowa - Station 8868, M.P. 168.0 (Ringgold County)

• Depot, frame, clapboard w/novelty base
  
• Stock Pens, 4 pens, capacity 8 cars

Tingley, Iowa - Station 8873, M.P. 173.0 (Ringgold County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base
• Stock Pens, 6 pens, capacity 28 cars

Kew, Iowa - Station 8879, M.P. 179? (Ringgold County)

• Depot?

Diagonal, Iowa - Station 8882, M.P. 181.9 (Ringgold County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten
• Water tank
• Stock Pens, 5 pens, capacity 10 cars

Clearfield, Iowa - Station 8890, M.P. 189.7 (Taylor County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten w/novelty base
• Stock Pens, 6 pens, capacity 14 cars

Merle (Merle Junction), Iowa - Station 8896/5024, M.P. 196.0 (Taylor County)

• Depot, frame
• Wood trestle over the CB&Q's Creston, IA - St Joe, MO line
• Stock Pen, 3 pens, capacity 4 cars

Sharpsburg, Iowa - Station 8899, M.P. 198.9 (Taylor County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten
• Stock Pens, 4 pens, capacity 6 cars

Gravity, Iowa - Station 8906, M.P. 205.6 (Taylor County)

• Depot, frame, Clapboard siding (original depot had board & batten)
• Stock Pens, 4 pens, capacity 8 cars

Ladoga, Iowa - Station 8909, M.P. 208.5 (Taylor County)

• Depot, frame??
• Stock Pens, 2 pens, capacity 6 cars

New Market, Iowa - Station 8915, M.P. 214.7 (Taylor County)

• Depot, frame, board and batten
  - New Market depot photo, collection of Ken Martin
• Stock Pens, 6 pens, capacity 14 cars

Clarinda, Iowa - Station 8923/8353, M.P. 222.7 (Page County)

• Depot, brick, built 1912
  
• Roundhouse
• Freight house
• Water station and water column
• Fuel Station: Company-built 50 ton coaling tower with one coal pocket. Chain & bucket style, 18'x20' wood frame, 17'x24' hopper house, powered by Western Electric 7.5 hp motor
• Stock Pens, 4 pens, capacity 8 cars

We've made it to Clarinda, but there remains a lot of detail to fill in. To be continued...