List of River Division Junctions and Crossings (from Employee Timetable 31B, 4.14.1940) ST. LOUIS SUBDIVISION Railroad - Location-MP-Protection Eastern Division-SE Jct.-7.3-Interlocking PPG Crossing-Crystal City-40.0-Gate Missouri & Illinois-Ste. Genevieve-63.2-Interlocking Missouri Pacific-Cape Girardeau-132.7-Interlocking Hoxie Subdivision-Nash, MO-139.2-N/A SSW-Rockview, MO-141.7-Interlocking CHAFFEE SUBDIVISION Railroad-Location-MP-Protection Missouri Pacific-Oran, MO-149.9-Interlocking Leachville Subdivision-Brooks Jct., MO-154.9-N/A Missouri Pacific-Sikeston-159.8-Interlocking SSW-Lilbourn, MO-186.1-Gate SSW-Blazer, MO-216.4-Gate Jonesboro Subdivision-Blytheville, AR-237.3-Gate Jonesboro Subdivision-Evadale Jct., AR-266.8-Gate Southern DivisionT-urrell, AR-Interlocking LEACHVILLE SUBDIVISION Railroad-Location-MP-Protection Missouri Pacific-Morehouse, MO-173.1-N/A SSW-Parma, MO-192.3-Gate SSW-Arbyrd, MO-244.3-Gate LEACHVILLE SUBDIVISION - Caruthersville Branch Railroad-Location-MP-Protection SSW-Bragg City, MO-222.5-Interlocking Chaffee Subdivision-Hayti, MO-212.6-Gate SSW-Caruthersville, MO-220.8-Gate LEACHVILLE SUBDIVISION - Campbell Branch Railroad-Location-MP-Protection SSW-Campbell, MO-217.2-Gate LEACHVILLE SUBDIVISION - Malden Branch Railroad-LocationMP-Protection SSW-Malden, MO-216.9-Gate LEACHVILLE SUBDIVISION - Piggott Branch Railroad-Location-MP-Protection Missouri Pacific-Poplar Jct., MO-195.0-Interlocking SSW-Piggott Jct.-227.8-Interlocking JONESBORO SUBDIVISION Railroad-LocationMP-Protection Chaffee Subdivision-Blytheville, AR-237.4-Gate SSW-Chickasawba-238.7-N/A SSW-Leachville, AR-261.7-Station JONESBORO SUBDIVISION - Wilson Branch Railroad-LocationMP-Protection Chaffee Subdivision-Wilson-264.0-Gate Notes: Turrell, AR = MP 283.3 on the River Division.
Folks - Trying to do some cleanup of links and what-not; realized that the formatting and location of the aforementioned was a bit off-kilter. Best Regards,
Pat, thanks for the note. Interestingly, I cannot find crossing/junction information for Horine in either the 1925, 1940 or 1952 public timetables. I do see a connection track to the MoP in the 1979 track profile that Karl Brand shared here: Track Profile (Track Chart) for River Division See the p6sm.jpg file. I wonder if this junction was added post-1952? I can't locate it on a Google Map satellite view. I do see a MoP overpass on this same profile at MP 36, a smidge north of Ludwig. Best Regards,
Chris, It was there pretty early on. I'm not sure when it was removed. If you go to the following page and scroll down to the last image, you'll see it. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mojchs/HistoricalPostcards/Horine.htm It also shows up on a 1915 Quad. I thought I had a link to another picture of it, but at the moment I can't find it.
Karl on one of your post there are several profile maps and was wondering what the small number between T12 and T13 means? It says 42. Also between T13 and T14 the number is 40, between T14 and T15 the number is 43. Are the T numbers mile markers? I hope my questions make sense. Joe
With the exception of its original mainline, St Louis to Paris, the Frisco assigned an alpha-prefix to its lines, e.g., KC-B'ham was the C-line, the Clinton Sub was the D-Line, Southeastern Jct to Turrell was the T-line, and so on. It gave every station a unique number, e.g., T144=Chaffee. You are correct, T-12 and T-13 are mile posts, and the number between them indicates the number of poles per mile.
Thank you Karl for clearing that up. Your knowledge on all things railroad and numerous other things is greatly appreciated! Joe
There was no grade crossing at Horine, the Frisco passed over the Mop on an overpass. There was a connection track a mile or so north of this overpass between the two railroads....this was just south of Front St. in Horine. Throughout the 1960's, the Mop moved fly ash from the power plant at Hillcrest to this connection, for Frisco delivery to the cement plant at Selma. Ted Ferkenhoff Flagstaff, AZ
Thanks Ted. I misspoke(mistyped) when I posted "crossing" above. Would the power plant at Hillcrest be what I know as the Meremac plant in extreme south St. Louis county right at the Mississippi and Meremac rivers?
THanks Ted! I seem to remember seeing a quad or a map showing a siding on the Frisco south of Horine and just before Joachim Creek. Do you know if it was actually there? I was also wondering if the MP would ever deliver the fly ash to River Cement. I know the MP had track rights from Crystal down to Ste. Gen along the Frisco, but I don't know if they could hit any of the industries along the way?
Pat - MP's trackage rights between Crystal City and Ste Gen were a result of Missouri-Illinois abandoning their car ferry at St Gen in favor of running the long way via St Louis. MP did not get to serve any industries on the Frisco. By the 1960's, the M-I train out of St Gen just made a turn to Riverside, and cars were moved further via an MP local train. I am not familiar with the siding on the Frisco south of Horine. Ted Ferkenhoff Flagstaff, AZ
