Land For A Train Enthusiast

Offered At $1,200,000
By Silver Rails Properties LLC

40 Acres At Developed Major Highway Exit
1007 North Brown Street, La Plata, Missouri 63549

If you are a train enthusiast, this could be your paradise! The property borders the BNSF Mainline from Chicago to Los Angeles which is the daily route of the Amtrak Southwest Chief. It is even adjacent to the Rail Lookout Cabin & Deck, the La Plata Amtrak Station, and The Depot Inn & Suites railroad themed hotel.

The 40 acres extends approximately from the railroad tracks at the bottom of the above photo to almost the water tower in the distance and almost all of the area from the left side to the right side of the photo.


For more info, click the above photo (courtesy of TrainWeb.org/amtrakpix).

The above Rail Lookout Cabin & Deck that overlooks the BNSF Mainline between Chicago to Los Angeles and route of the daily Amtrak Southwest Chief is managed by the 501(c)(3) non-profit American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF) and is adjacent to the property. Over 90 freight trains pass by this convenient railfan venue on average every day.


For more info, click the above photo (courtesy of TrainWeb.org/amtrakpix).

These 2 ex-Amtrak U.S.Mail Handling cars are on the property and were once full of historic Amtrak artifacts and a model railroad. The APRHF had planned to make this a railroad tourist park. If you are interested in this, I'm sure the APRHF would be happy to continue with their plans including returning the railroad artifacts to the cars. If not, we will assist in removing the railcars from the porperty if you wish.


For more info, click each of the above photos (courtesy of TrainWeb.org/amtrakpix).

The above are located at opposite ends adjacent to the property. The Depot Inn & Suites is stocked with historic railroad artifacts that people are welcome to view even if not a guest at the hotel. The Amtrak Southwest Chief stops at the La Plata Depot twice each day, once in each direction, with direct service to Chicago, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and connecting Amtrak service throughout the nation.

The property has full utilities including electric, water, sewer, natural gas, telephone, trash pickup, cable TV and internet. It is located just 10 minutes from Kirksville and 20 minutes from Macon via Missouri US Route 63. An official highway exit is right at the property with entrances on North Brown Street and Amoco Road. The Kirksville airport is just 6 minutes away with multiple low-cost daily 90 minute passenger jet flights to/from Chicago.

There are 3 abandoned houses, garages and barns on the property. The garages and barns are still useable, but the houses should probably be torn down. There is a 5th Wheeler RV on the property that is included with the sale. If you wish to live in something nicer on the property than the RV, you will probably either need to build a new home or have a mobile home added to the property.


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If you are interested in having your own vineyard, there is about 15 acres of an abandoned vineyard on the property with poles, lines, some irrigation, and maybe bird nets. The former manager of the vineyard lives in La Plata and would probably be willing to help out. Otherwise you can just ignore or tear out the vineyard.


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If you are a private railcar owner (private varnish), there is a siding next to the La Plata Depot where you could probably park your railcar. You might even be able to extend the siding onto the property. Amtrak once inquired with us if they could move some of the private railcars in their Chicago yard to the La Plata siding.

Don't need all 40 acres? After you purchase the land, you can probably sell off what you don't need and recoup $300,000 to $500,000 of your purchase. The only reason we are not selling off smaller portions of the land ourselves is that we believe we have a better chance of getting our asking price if we sell the entire 40 acres as a single parcel. But once you have purchased the land, you can sell off whatever portion of it that you don't need.

Adjacent to the property is Casey's General Store & Gas Station, El Cantarito Mexican Cuisine, Equity Bank, Depot Inn & Suites Hotel, Dollar General, La Plata Liquor & Smokes and the La Plata Amtrak Station.

US Route 63 In Front Of Property:
    - Four Lane Highway With 70 MPH Speed Limit
    - Major Cross Highways: US-36 (20 mi), US-24 (45 mi), I-44, I-70
Major Cities On US Route 63:
    -  82 miles: Columbia, Missouri
    -  77 miles Ottumwa, Iowa
    - 109 miles: Jefferson City, Missouri State Capital

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Contact:
Barbara Cepinko, Silver Rails Properties LLC, babs @ silverrails.com, 564-333-9064


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