A great article! And Mr. Overbey and Mr. Hiatt are true gentlemen. (Missing page 29 in the scans)
That photo is at Winona, AZ. ATSF/BNSF station "Darling". Looking west from the Townsend-Winona Road overpass. I live a few miles from there.
I'll echo what Don Wirth said. Another historical gem, thank you for sharing.
The Missouri Public Service Commission reports Vol 3 has a Missouri Southern rate case as its first entry, and it includes a lot of details about...
Kitty Clover bought out the original Denton Potato Chip Company at 1938 S Campbell in Springfield in the late 1950's. Perhaps the car was...
1917 valuation map of the Sligo & Eastern, includes Sligo Furnace Co. and Iron County Central. I did not see this posted in any other threads....
The "DH" means deadhead. They need more crews in Memphis to handle westbound trains. Two are deadheading by "AUTO" (automobile), while the...
Interesting, I have never heard of "UPX". It does not appear in the 3/1/1977 Operating Data Sheet set that I have. It does not appear on a...
Those first two links to photos are the Darby-built cars.
Time to fill in a little more details for clarity on Frisco coal trains moving from Oklahoma to KC in the late 70s. Coal was moving to both KCP&L...
Corrected my post above to show "Missouri Public Service" instead of KCP&L. Must have been half asleep when I posted. The Sibley plant belonged...
The Northeast Generating Station (Public Service Co. of OK) was served by Missouri Pacific off a spur near Oolagah, OK. Coal came from the Powder...
Symbols for the Chelsea-KC move were MPS for loads, XMP for empties. This move was a unit train to the Missouri Public Service Sibley (MO)...
Further digging, it looks like there were a couple of Ryders involved in Oklahoma geology. P D Ryder was a geologist. W E Ryder and sons...
I cannot imagine auto parts being in the mix, with MP serving KC and S.t Louis and handling almost all the parts to GM-Arlington. A large part...
1st question: No answer to routing, but I have always been curious what traffic was on Nos 38/39 that justified handling direct to MP at...
Henning Street Yard, not Menning. Henning Street Yard was where the joint KCS-MILW freight house was located, near Rudy Patrick Seed. In the...
Hi Louis! Welcome to our little Frisco community.
Excellent map - very rare to see maps of plant trackage.
Based upon reading the 1980 blocking book, train No 30 left Cherokee Yard with a Springfield set out block.
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