On early Sunday morning, the St. Louis area received torrential rains. Some areas got as much as 7 inches in two hours. Add that on top of an already rainy September, and what do you get? Flash flooding! The Red Cross had to set up overnight shelters in University City and other suburbs. Boats were used to evacuate people from Ladue.
At the Museum of Transportation, the new parking lot got wet. Also, the track for the miniature train ride was flooded. The photo to the right was taken from the present parking lot. The foreground is where the new visitor's center is planned to be built, and the new parking lot is beyond that. Below the T-80 trainer should be try land and behind it should be a road and a golf driving range. I guess mother nature had other plans.
Some of you know that the museum has a storage barn on this level, where the bulk of the electric railway collection is stored. Early reports indicate that the water did not reach the building, or even near it.
2 comments:
I just wanted to let you know i really enjoy your sight..,also..have you guys seen this? Looks like an interurban..family says its free for the taking...
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Thanks for the kind words. And for the link.
A similar car is preserved at Excelsior, but it's in bad shape, as I'm sure this one is. I liked the quote: "Several historical transportation museums have looked at it in awe." I bet 'awe' doesn't quite cover it.
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