AN LTT CREW; DURING TAXI FOR TKOF AT JLN; PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE.

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THE WX AT JLN WAS VISIBILITY 2 MI; LIGHT SNOW; MIST; CEILING 1200 FT OVCST; TEMP -1 DEG C; DEW POINT -3 DEGS C; ALTIMETER SETTING 30.19. WE ARRIVED USING THE LOC BACK COURSE TO RWY 31. UPON LNDG; THE ACFT ACCUMULATED 1/2 INCH OF RIME ICE. THE ACFT WAS SVCED AND THEN BLOCKED OUT AT XA45 (5 MINS PAST SCHEDULED DEP). THE ACFT WAS D-ICED IN 18 MINS. AT APPROX XA03; THE FO REQUESTED TAXI CLRNC. JLN GND CTL ISSUED A 'TAXI TO RWY 36' CLRNC. FROM THE PARKING SPOT; I PROCEEDED TO TAXI S ON TXWY D TO RWY 36. I TURNED L ON TXWY D TO TXWY B. THE WET TXWYS AND RWYS WERE SLICK AND GLOSSY FROM THE SNOW. I CAUTIOUSLY TAXIED ON TXWY B LOOKING FOR RWY 36 AND THE HOLD SHORT LINE. AS I MOVED FORWARD; I INADVERTENTLY TAXIED BEYOND THE RWY 36 HOLD SHORT LINE. THE ACFT CAME TO A STOP A FEW FT BEYOND RWY 36 HOLD SHORT LINE. AT THAT POINT; THE JLN GND CTLR TOLD US I HAD PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE FOR RWY 36. I TOLD HIM; I DID NOT SEE THE HOLD SHORT LINE. NO FURTHER COMMENT WAS MENTIONED. WE TOLD JLN TWR WE WERE READY FOR TKOF. JLN TWR TOLD US TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 36. WE COMPLIED. AFTER A FEW MINS; JLN CLRED US FOR TKOF. UPON DEP; JLN TWR TOLD US TO CONTACT ZKC. AT ABOUT 35 MI SE FROM JOPLIN; ZKC TOLD US TO CONTACT JLN TWR. I CONTACTED JLN TWR. THE TWR CTLR INSTRUCTED ME TO CALL THE JLN TWR UPON LNDG FOR A POSSIBLE RWY INCURSION. THE FLT PROGRESSED TO MEMPHIS. HOWEVER; MEMPHIS ARPT CLOSED TO AIR TFC DUE TO HVY TSTMS AND WINDSHEAR. WE DIVERTED TO LIT. AT LIT; I CALLED JLN TWR AS INSTRUCTED AND PROVIDED THE REQUESTED INFO. DURING OUR SHORT LAYOVER AT JLN ARPT; I DID NOT SEE ANY OTHER ACFT TKOF OR LAND. DURING THE TAXI AND TKOF SEGMENT AT JLN ARPT; I THINK SAFETY WAS NOT COMPROMISED. SOME OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE EVENT WERE THE LOW VISIBILITY ON THE FIELD AND THE WET TXWYS. THE RWY 36 HOLD SHORT POS AT JLN ARPT IS ONLY IDENTED BY RWY HOLDING POS MARKINGS PAINTED ON THE TXWY. THERE ARE NO OTHER INDICATORS; INCLUDING SIGNS OR LIGHTS TO HELP IDENT THE RWY HOLD SHORT POS. UNDER THE IFR CONDITIONS DURING THE TIME OF THE EVENT; IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE RWY 36 HOLD SHORT POS. I RECOMMEND A SIGN OR LIGHT BE INSTALLED TO HELP IDENT THE RWY 36 HOLD SHORT POS AT JLN ARPT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 531566: THE CAPT INADVERTENTLY PASSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE ON TXWY B. I BELIEVE THAT THE COMBINATION OF WET SURFACES AND NOT HIGHLY VISIBLE MARKINGS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SIT. ONCE HE REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED THE CAPT STOPPED THE ACFT JUST PAST THE HOLD SHORT LINE. THE ACFT WAS NOT EXTENDING ONTO THE RWY. THERE WAS NO TFC IN THE AREA. THE TWR CTLR THEN SAID TO TAXI INTO POS AND HOLD ON RWY 36. AFTER WAITING A NUMBER OF MINS THE CTLR INFORMED US THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN IN HIS WORDS; 'A POSSIBLE RWY INCURSION.' THE CTLR THEN MENTIONED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE AND TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AWARE OF THE HOLD SHORT LINE.