Minneapolis & st Louis in Color: Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, the Peoria Gateway

From DJ flap - Mostly assembled from a welter of local roads, the M&StL. begun in 1870, finally lived up to its true potential as a bridge line around the congested Chicago terminals for a brief fifteen years right after World War Two. Although the CNW, after purchasing the M&StL. in 1960, continued to operate it in much the same manner, the luster was gone. The line was line was best known for the various paint schemes of its locomotives. (Description by http-mart, Roy Schoenbeck)