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Cassville and Exeter Railway: Cassville and Western Railway: 1896 1913 Cassville and Western Railroad: Central Railway of Missouri: RI: 1881 1883 St. Louis and Central Missouri Railway: Central Missouri Railway: MKT: 1885 1888 Cleveland, St. Louis and Kansas City Railway: Central North Missouri Branch of the St. Joseph and Iowa Railroad: CB&Q ...
Cassville is a city in Flat Creek Township, ... The city was connected by rail via the Cassville & Exeter Railroad from July 4, 1896, to September 11, 1956. [14]
The rail-line was named "The Cassville and Western Railroad." Because the railway ran only 4.8 miles one-way, the railway had to rely on steam power to travel uphill back to Exeter. Since Exeter is the highest point in the county, it was able to use gravity to coast back downhill to Cassville [ 7 ] During its economic height, a hotel called The ...
Pearson was the engineer responsible for the daily operations of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's ill-fated atmospheric equipment on the South Devon Railway.Trains only ran in service from 13 September 1847 to 9 September 1848, but he was retained while the equipment was disposed of.
The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Exeter St Davids in Devon, England.. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at
On leaving Exeter St Davids, the line crosses the River Exe and a parallel flood relief channel, then passes above the suburbs of Exeter along a stone viaduct on which is situated Exeter St Thomas railway station. The church of St David with its spire, and the older Exeter Cathedral, can be seen on the hill above the river.
The Exeter and Crediton Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. lxxxviii) authorised the Exeter and Crediton Railway (E&CR), a six-mile (10 km) line from Cowley Bridge, a short distance north of Exeter. A railway had already been authorised in North Devon: the Taw Vale Railway and Dock, a short line at Barnstaple.
The origin of the Exeter–Plymouth line is heavily associated with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who became involved at an early stage as an adviser to the South Devon Railway Company formed to construct the railway. Brunel wielded considerable influence over both the planning and engineering aspects of the line, a factor that would lead to a ...