Hi guys. What division was the Arthur sub before it was in the Southwest division? Who owns the Chickasha subdivision now? Also did the Frisco trains at Quanah get interchanged with the FW&D? When did the Frisco start running Rock trains on the Fort worth sub? Thanks
I can answer a few of these. The Arthur sub was a part of the Central Division. There may be others on here with more knowledge of the subject, but from what I can find there was a brief period in time in the mid 60s when the Frisco combined divisions into larger districts. I don't know why they tried it, but they reversed it fairly quickly. Most of the Chickasha Sub was sold to the Stillwater Central Railroad, a short line owned by Watco. They also own the former Oklahoma sub, which gives them a run from Supulpa (They can access Tulsa via trackage rights from BNSF) down through OKC to Altus, OK. The rest of the Chickasa Sub between Quanah and Altus is still owned and operated by BNSF. The map I have shows BNSF has trackage rights over to Snyder for some reason, but I can't figure out why they would need that. Check out this map to see more: https://www.odot.org/maps/railroad/2016-2017/RRmap1_2016-17_web.pdf The Frisco did have the ability to interchange cars with the FW&D at Quanah. I don't have any data to indicate how much traffic changed hands at this point, but I can't imagine it was that much. I don't have info on the rock trains unfortunately. Do you know of a specific quarry they were hauling from that originated these trains?
