line which popped up around a coal mine that the line served. The town was
incorporated in 1901 and was named after one of the owners of the mine that
was there at the time. The Monmouth Coal Mining Company mine was there up
until 1925. Today no traces of the mine are left and the tracks of the old CB&Q
line were removed in 2017. The spur tracks to the mine were long gone well before
no doubts removed after the mine shut down. Today Brereton is just a small quiet
town north of Canton and a few miles shy of Norris. It can be reached off Route 78.
incorporated in 1901 and was named after one of the owners of the mine that
was there at the time. The Monmouth Coal Mining Company mine was there up
until 1925. Today no traces of the mine are left and the tracks of the old CB&Q
line were removed in 2017. The spur tracks to the mine were long gone well before
no doubts removed after the mine shut down. Today Brereton is just a small quiet
town north of Canton and a few miles shy of Norris. It can be reached off Route 78.
Pictures of Brereton area and the CB&Q/BN/BNSF right of way there:
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