Community south of St. Louis last had passenger service in 1982 courtesy of trains.comThe Texas Eagle heads south through Gardner, Ill., in June 2020. The Eagle will add a stop in De Soto, Mo., city officials in De Soto have announced. Bob Johnston DE SOTO, Mo. — Amtrak will add a Texas Eagle stop in De Soto, the De Soto city […]
By Gordon Bess for myleaderpaper.com The Union Pacific railroad has recalled 125 employees to return to work at its car shops in De Soto. The employees, who went back to work Monday, were among the estimated 200 to 300 who had been furloughed in De Soto since April 30 because of a decline in the […]
Everett Brinley, 82, of De Soto died April 4, 2019, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson in Crystal City. Mr. Brinley was a carman welder for the Union Pacific Railroad for 33 years. He served in the U.S. Army for 2 1/2 years in Germany as a hospital corpsman during the Berlin Crisis. He was a member […]