A ride on the Winona Branch 1979

Discussion in 'Willow Springs Subdivision' started by RogerRT, Aug 2, 2018.

  1. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    While doing a bit of research on a ghost railroad from Rolla-Houston, MO. I stumbled across a website called Newspaper.com. It's kind of pricey, $75.00 for a 6-month subscription but it contains a wealth of information...Attached is a story about the Winona Branch in 1979...Roger
     

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  2. Jim James

    Jim James Staff Member Staff Member

    That’s a great article. Now I know the name of the lumber company that I remember when visiting my grandparents as a kid during the 70’s. Fond memories of Winona.
     
  3. Are real nice areas and topics!

    Continuous computer topo maps anywhere:
    https://www.topozone.com/
    https://www.topozone.com/missouri/


    Frisco Winona row s still show on
    https://www.topozone.com/missouri/Winona - Eminence
    Even a few logging trams.
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    Old Historical Topo Maps:

    Eminence south to Winona;
    http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/missouri/pclmaps-topo-mo-eminence-1915.jpg
    Pat Moreland would love these old railways (similar to her memories of
    the Salem Branch thru Wesco)

    Willow Springs eastward towards Winona;
    http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/missouri/pclmaps-topo-mo-willow_springs-1943.jpg
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    Salem, Winona and Southern Railroad 1908 1928 N/A
    southward from Rolla.
    http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/salem-winona-and-southern.6772/


    Defunct 'ed row south from Rolla;
    The company was a short-lived organization formed to build an
    electric railway southward from Rolla, Missouri.

    [ State of MO Historical Society, Libraries ]

    Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company,

    These are route and profile maps for the
    Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company in Dent County, Missouri.

    https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/rolla/r0850.pdf
    https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-rail.html#R
    Missouri, Inland and Southern Railway Company, Maps, 1910, (R0850)

    State of MO Historical Society's Libraries are at

    Rolla, St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, Cape Girardeau,


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