Talk:Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad

The Hannibal and St. Joe never ran through Gallatin, Mo., it ran through Hamilton, about 11 miles south. Hamilton is best known as the birthplace of one J.C. Penney.

Gallatin, however, was on both the Rock Island (CHI-KCY) and the Wabash (Brunswick-Council Bluffs).

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I never understand why Wiki talk pages aren't utilized & read more. In any event:

Excellent start, I think. But much more work needed. E.g.:

1. We're told the year of the subsidiary event of when the first Pony Express letter was carried, but when did service on the Hannibal & St. Jo itself open end-to-end?

2. The 1860 map is excellent. But give us a later map too, showing the Cameron–K.C. line; the K.C., St. Joseph & Council Bluffs; etc. And am I wrong that that little segment from Palmyra to Quincy, all-important to the Burlington, was added only after the circuitous segment from Hannibal to Palmyra was built?

3. In section "Post offices on wheels," 2nd para., 1st sentence:

a. Don't start a paragraph by saying 'the railroad'. Which railroad?

b. As I once saw Darth Vader on TV, on stage with Wolfman Jack who was trying to introduce Alice Cooper, dangling the Wolfman by his throat off the ground, asking, "What is an Alice Cooper?": I'm a layman. What is a 'cutoff'?

4. The men who pushed the K.C.–Cameron line are identified, but not the Boston financiers behind the article's lead subject, the Hannibal & St. Joseph. I mean, at least tell us a bit about James F. Joy.

Etc.

Jimlue (talk) 00:11, 25 April 2021 (UTC)