Comments on: Bevier & Southern Railroad

By: The End of a Generation (and some Reese history) | Morrie's Stories

The End of a Generation (and some Reese history) | Morrie's Stories — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:32:44 +0000

[...] Most of the passengers on the Underwriter continued on to Florence, Nebraska (near present-day Omaha) where they were outfitted with covered wagons and continued on to Utah. The Reese party, however, had spent all they had just to get across the ocean and needed to earn more money in order to purchase their outfits. They stayed in Bevier, Macon County, Missouri. Today, Bevier is a small, sleepy town of 700 people, the coal mines all played out; in earlier days, it was quite the opposite. A recollection of a slightly later time: [When I used to visit my grandparents there,] Bevier… was a bustling coal town, with active coal mines all around the area. I loved hearing the big steam engines pulling the heavy coal trains from the mines through town…. Miners would gather at the Bevier roundhouse each morning to catch the 4 a.m. passenger train and ride to work. [Larry Vaughn, Surviving God's Woodshed.] [...]

By: Ron King

Ron King — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:57:24 +0000

Saw your article. My family comes from Bevier and I had two uncles that worked for the Bevier and Southern. One was vice president and work in the corporate headquarters (old passenger (?) car) and the other was in charge of roundhouse. Often when we went to Bevier to visit familty we’d go down to the yard to see Uncle Harry and Uncle Grit. I remember in the mid 50′s Uncle Grit trying to get me to take a ride in the cab of one of the steam engines out to the mine. I was to scared to get in the cab! Oh, the mistakes we make…

By: Wendell Burks

Wendell Burks — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:09:54 +0000

There is a headlight for sale on eBay from the Bevier & Southern April 11,2010.

By: Raymond Souder

Raymond Souder — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:19:30 +0000

Very interesting. I worked at the strip mine at Bevier in the late 1970s. It was a more modern operation. I now work on construction operating heavy equipment. very nice, thanks.