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HO / Re: Two Missouri Pacific questions
October 05, 2019, 04:01:46 AM
Yes Wabash Chester and Western. My dad was born in and lived in a log cabin in 1921 in Scheller Illinois right next to the WCW Railroad. It paralled an old stage route that went from Mt Vernon, Waltonville, Scheller, Tamaroa, and on towards Chester. Mostly livestock and grain and passengers, it was taken over by MOPAC and became important when coal mines started opening along the route. My dad worked at Orient 3 mine near Waltonvile where coal moved down towards the river in Chester as well as a power plant. Dad told me they called the WCW "Wobble, Creak, & Wobble. If you look up nicknames for RRs you will also find "Wobble, Crooked, and Wobble.