Southern Iowa Railway
Southern Iowa #9 in a photo
has to be much older than 1963. It was running mid-street on W. Madison
St., in Centerville. The east end of the line came within a 1/2 block
of Haines Ave which ran north & south while the railroad ran west out
of town before turning toward the north. I graduated from high school there
(C'Ville) in 1956, left town shortly thereafter and never knew of the fan
trips until it was too late. My good friend Jim Poffenberger's dad was
the general manager when the road was owned by Iowa Southern Utilities
and why we didn't spend more time hanging around the railroad is one of
life's great mysteries
Caption data from Rodger
E. Espy
Gerald Widemark collection
Back to
Iowa page
State-by-state
listings
Back
to Main Page
