Hoxie Subdivision - Nash, MO. to Hoxie, AR.- M. P.---Station-----------Built---Aband.---P. C.-----County 139.3---Nash-------------1880---1965------CGRY---Cape Girardeau 141.8---Blomeyer--------1880---1965------CGRY---Cape Girardeau 144.4---Sharpsboro------1880---1965-----CGRY---Cape Girardeau 146.3---Delta-------------1880---1965------CGRY---Cape Girardeau 146.3---Delta-------------1881---1965-------CG&SW---Cape Girardeau 149.7---Cliff---------------1881---1965------CG&SW---Cape Girardeau 151.0---Arbor-------------1881---1965-------CG&SW---Cape Girardeau 153.3---Green Cox--------1881---1965------CG&SW---Cape Girardeau 155.5---Lakeville----------1881---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 156.1---Toga---------------1882---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 157.9---Advance-----------1881---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 161.1---Brownwood-------1882---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 162.3---Castor River------1882---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 163.?---Remoc-------------1882---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 164.6---Sturdivant--------1883---1965------CG&SW---Bollinger 166.6---Eagelette---------1883---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 167.7---Givens------------1883---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 169.0---Kinder-----------1883---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 169.4---Headquarters---1883---1965------CG&SW---Stoddard 170.6---Idlewild----------1883---1965-------CG&SW---Stoddard 174.0---Tygart------------1883---1965-------CG&SW---Stoddard 171.5---Hickman---------1883---1965-------CG&SW---Stoddard 175.5---Puxico------------1883---1965-------CG&SW---Stoddard 178.2---Mingo------------1884---1965-------CG&SW---Stoddard 178.1---Mingo--------------1901---1965-------ARR-------Stoddard 179.6---Cobb---------------1901---1965-------ARR--------Stoddard 181.3---Starr Switch-------1901---1965------ARR-------Stoddard 182.6---Dale----------------1901---1965------ARR-------Stoddard 183.5---Hodges Ferry-----1901---1965-------ARR-------Butler 183.5---Hodges Ferry-----1901---1965-------SM&A-----Butler 184.6---Romine Springs--1901---1965-------SM&A-----Butler 186.2---Rombauer---------1901---1965-------SM&A-----Butler 188.9---Sawyer-------------1901---1965-------SM&A-----Butler 190.3---Calvin--------------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 194.6---E. Popular Bluff---1901---????-------SM&A------Butler 195.3---Popular Bluff------1901---????-------SM&A------Butler 196.0---Alfreys-------------1901---1965------SM&A------Butler 202.6---Harviell-----------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 206.8---Taft----------------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 209.2---Park---------------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 212.5---Naylor-------------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 215.6---Riga----------------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 217.2---Torch---------------1901---1965------SM&A-------Butler 218.0---Glenn--------------1901---1965-------SM&A------Butler 220.1---Sinsabaugh-------1901---1965--------SM&A------Butler 221.7---Slagle, MO--------1901---1965--------SM&A------Butler 223.7---Success, AR-------1901---1965-------SM&AA-----Clay 228.1---Datto--------------1901---1965--------SM&AA-----Clay 230.6---Reyno-------------1901---1965--------SM&AA-----Randolph 234.4---Biggers------------1901---1965--------SM&AA-----Randolph 238.1---Keller--------------1901---1965--------SM&AA-----Randolph 239.5---Running Lake----1901---1965---------SM&AA-----Randolph 241.0---Poluca-------------1901---1965---------SM&AA-----Randolph 245.0---Pocahontas-------1901---1965---------SM&AA-----Randolph 245.0---Pocahontas-------1897---1986--------HP&N-------Randolph 249.0---Shannon----------1897---1986--------HP&N-------Randolph 250.2---Manson-----------1897---1986--------HP&N-------Randolph 251.5---Elnora-------------1897---1986--------HP&N-------Randolph 252.9---Lesterville--------1897---1986---------HP&N------Lawrence 255.8---Walport----------1897---1999---------HP&N------Lawrence 258.7---Walnut Ridge----1897---1999---------HP&N------Lawrence 260.2---Hoxie-------------1897---1999---------HP&N------Lawrence Predecessor Companies 1) CGRY - Cape Girardeau Railway 2) CG&SW - Cape Girardeau and Southwestern Railway 3) ARR - Arkansas Railroad 4) SM&A - Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad 5) SM&AA - Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad of Arkansas 6) HP&N - Hoxie, Pocahontas and Northern Railroad Notes 1) Connects with St. Louis Subdivision, River Division at Nash, MO. 2) Wyes located at Nash, Brownwood, Mingo, Popular Bluff, Hoxie. 3) Coal towers located at Popular Bluff, Hoxie. 4) Water tanks located at Brownwood, Puxico, Popular Bluff, Sucess, Pocahontas, Hoxie. 5) Railroad crossing tower located at East Popular Bluff. 6) Completed to Delta 12/21/1880. 7) Interchanges with Missouri Pacific (MP) and St. Louis Southwestern (SSW) or Cotton Belt Railroad at Delta. 8) Completed to Lakeville (east side of Advance) 8/1881. 9) Rails removed through Advance 5/6/1966. 10) Connects with Zalma, MO branch at Brownwood. 11) Connects with Aquilla, MO branch at Brownwood. 12) Completed to Idlewild 6/25/1883. 13) Completed to Puxico 12/1883. 14) Completed to Mingo 1/1884. 15) Connects with Hunter Branch at Mingo. 16) Interchanges with Missouri Pacific (MP) Railroad at Popular Bluff. 17) Last train 11/30/1965 with locomotive RS-1 SLSF 109. 18) Rails removed Nash to East Popular Bluff 6/1966. 19) Popular Bluff to East Popular Bluff operated by Missouri Pacific Railroad as an industrial spur. 20) Connects with Kennett, MO branch at Popular Bluff. 21) Interchanges with Missouri Pacific (MP) Railroad at Naylor. 22) The 2-mile spur from Walport to College City, AR abandoned 1999. 23) Interchanges with Missouri Pacific (MP) Railroad at Hoxie, AR. 24) Connects with Memphis Subdivision, Northern Division at Hoxie, AR. 25) Rails removed Popular Bluff, MO to Pocahontas, AR 7/1966. 26) Cobb to Rombauer right-of-way converted into a gravel road after abandonment. Edit 4/24/2024: Improved column alignment, amended missing mile posts and added the all the mile posts between Poplar Bluff, MO and Hoxie, AR. MKD
Looking for old photographs of the Hoxie Subdivision in Hoxie, Arkansas. Any information would be deeply appreciated.
Here are a few pictures taken at Arbor, MO. Arbor is on the Hoxie Subdivision between Delta, MO and Advance, MO. The Arbor sign is east of the building. The second photo was taken from the east and the last photo was taken from the west. Photographs dated August 14, 2009.
Wow Keith, I am amazed that this old building and the blind station sign are still there! I used to enjoy these and the old crossbuck next to the John Deere implement dealer outside of Advance. I also recall that there used to be a blind station sign at Idlewild, near the Duck Creek Wildlife Area, maybe 10-15 miles out of Puxico, MO. Best Regards,
How funny is that, Keith! I just stopped at Arbor yesterday and took some photographs of the same building. It was built by the Frisco to store and ship potatoes during WW II. I was afraid this building would soon fall down so I snapped some pictures on my way to Advance to see a home health patient. The track side of the building is covered in vines. The owner of the house behind it came out and told me he bought the Arbor sign last year at an auction and it originally stood east of its present location. I will go back this winter to see if it is more photogenic. Frisco minds think alike!
Jim, Thanks for the insight and history on this building. This building would make for a swell model, not to mention a place to spot a couple boxcars for trains No 875 and No 876. Maybe even a good subject for an article for The Meteor for an intrepid scratch builder. Do either you or Keith have rough dimensions? If not, one can probably extrapolate from the door and window openings.
I remember seeing blind station signs at Arbor, Green Cox, Toga, Kinder, Idlewild, and Mingo back in the 1960s.
This may be of very little interest to most but I would like to add to the data base of the old Hoxie Subdivision branch. This sign post is at Blomeyer, MO which is between Nash, MO and Delta, MO. It is about 10' tall and is in its original location on the north side of the old right of way. The gravel drive behind it is on the old roadbed headed toward Nash. A point of interest for modelers is a swampy area which comes almost right up to the old roadbed about 1/10th mile east of this sign post. It is right beside where Highways 25 and 77 split in Blomeyer. There was also a drive-in theater close enough to the right of way just north of the sign post which could be fun to model. It still stands. I will measure the Arbor, MO potato station this fall and maybe get a photograph of the track side of the building which is obscured by summer growth right now. My beloved Zalma Branch began at Brownwood which is along the Hoxie Subdivision hence my interest. The Hoxie Subdivision was abandoned in 1966 and there is a photograph of the very last train at Advance which appears to be an RS-3 or 11 maybe.
Jim, I will have to look for this next time I am driving between my parent's house and Cape Girardeau, MO. They live right off Highway 77 on the north end of Chaffee, MO. As a kid we used to eat out a lot on Friday evenings at the old "Curve Inn" restaurant in Blomeyer. Wish I had been more perceptive of the old sign post - looks like the B&B crew built the post to last! Best Regards,
I would like part of my layout to be the extension of the Hoxie Subdivision from Nash to Poplar Bluff. My Great-Grandfather, Goley Robinson fired on the Houck lines during Houck's ownership and also into the very early Frisco era. I intend to keep gathering and posting more information. Hopeful additional information will get posted by Jim, Chris and others.
Chris, it is a small Frisco world. I had a home health patient in Chaffee for physical therapy and she owned and operated the Curve Inn. This area is actually rich in modeling possibilities.
The Hoxie Branch to Delta was built in 1880-1881 by Louis Houck as the Cape Girardeau Railroad and then with the addition of Delta to Mingo it became the Cape Girardeau and Southwestern. During 1897, Houck built the Hoxie, Pocahontas & Northern Railroad from Hoxie to Pocahontas Arkansas. In 1901, Houck continued southwest from Mingo as the Arkansas Railroad, and then from Hodges Ferry through Rombauer and Poplar Bluff on to Pocahontas, Arkansas as the Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad. The entire line was purchased from Houck by the Frisco and name the Hoxie Subdivision. Here are some rare pictures. In order they are: Blomeyer, Delta, Advance, Brownwood and a trestle in the Mingo swamp area. These are all dated 1880s and are from Joel Rhodes' book A Missouri Railroad Pioneer, The Life of Louis Houck. I bought the book today but there are very few photographs.
Thanks Jim. I always enjoy old pictures. I doubt that anyone would say anything about your pictures, but just to be on the safe side, edit your post and give credit to the writer and publisher of the book. As long as they get the kudos, they probably will not mind.
First Frisco train in Popular Bluff, MO, MP 195.3 Photograph date ~ 1901? State Historical Society of Missouri library, Rolla, MO. Click photograph to enlarge.
