| MP line leading to the Ashgrove plant, Lousville, NE. Louisville - the northern anchor of the last surviving MoPac branch in Nebraska. Built in 1929 and still going strong today, Louisville's Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co. plant kept both the MP and BN, the small town's two railroads busy. The plant even saw some business interchanged from the Rock Island up north of the Platte River. With a business shared by both roads, Ash Grove has seen trainloads of coal would go in to fuel the plant and covered hoppers filled with cement pouring out for almost 75 years now. (undated) |