RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

NORFOLK SOUTHERN

Meredosia Branch

FORMERLY Wabash Railroad/Norfolk & Western Railway
(Decatur Division/11th District/Keokuk Branch)
CONSTRUCTED 1838 by Northern Cross Railroad (Bluffs-Meredosia)
CONSTRUCTED 1871 Toledo Wabash & Western Railway (Meredosia-Keokuk)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: early 1940's/mixed train
ABANDONED 1978 (Meredosia-Keokuk)

Radio Frequency - 160.440 (AAR Channel 22)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is westward from Bluffs to Keokuk
Distance is from Detroit

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

466.0 Bluffs
471.0 Meredosia
475.4 Perry Springs
479.0 Versailles
482.1 Gilbirds
485.4 Hersman
488.0 Mt. Sterling
494.0 Timewell
498.9 Clayton
502.7 Blacks
505.6 Golden
508.5 Chatton
514.3 Bowen
519.0 Denver
522.9 Bentley
528.0 Carthage
533.4 Elvaston
539.9 Hamilton
541.2 Keokuk

1 track, unsignaled, controlled by Springfield District Dispatcher in Decatur.