St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway

The St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway was a historic railroad that operated in Missouri, and Arkansas during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

It ran from St. Louis, Missouri, to Texarkana, Arkansas, as well as to southeast Missouri.  The line was initially established to deliver iron ore from Iron Mountain, Missouri to St. Louis.  The company was frequently referred to as the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern (StLIM&S) or shortened to simply the Iron Mountain Railway.

The railroad was robbed twice, once by the James-Younger Gang on January 31, 1874, at Gad's Hill, Missouri, and once by the "One-Time Train Robbery Gang". on November 3, 1893, at Olyphant, Arkansas.

In 1883 the StLIM&S was acquired by Jay Gould, becoming part of a  system.  On May 12, 1917, it was formally merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad, which in turn was merged into the Union Pacific Railroad in 1982.

Folklore
The railroad is famous for giving its name to the Iron Mountain Baby, and the railroad is reported to have paid for the child's education.

Heritage railroad 
The name has been resurrected by a modern short line railroad based in Jackson, Missouri.  The St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway operates a heritage railroad in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri of about 5 miles southwards.

References

External links
Historic map from the David Rumsey Collection

History of the StLIM&S from mopac.org
Official homepage of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway, operating a heritage railroad in Jackson
Albert Mansker, Last of the Arkansas Train Robbers

Category:Defunct Missouri railroads
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