Tuesday, March 04, 2008 at 10:55 a.m.
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LA PLATA, MO. (AP) -- Developers are planning a resort in rural northeast Missouri with a railroad theme.
Plans call for the Silver Rails Resort to break ground by late summer or early fall and open in 2011 at La Plata, a small community near Kirksville, not far from the Iowa border.
It will feature two hotels, a railroad museum, spa, shopping, a water park, an alternative energy farm and a "Pullman Park" that will feature 48 Pullman cars where people can stay overnight.
A train would transport guests from spot to spot within the 170-acre resort, which would employ about 500 people.
Developers says La Plata is a logical place because of its long history tied to the railroad.
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