Hugo, OK, Arthur Subdivision, MP 559.0, Ardmore Sub, MP 559.0, Arkinda-Ardmore Sub, MP 684.9

Hugo, OK depot.

Photograph dated 3/27/1996.

 

Hello Frisco Folks

Here are some other photographs of the Frisco depot in Hugo, OK.

Take care,

Rich

Ship it on the Frisco!

 

Hugo, OK depot.

Postcard view looking northeast.

FM

 

Hugo, OK depot.

Another Hugo postcard.

 

Does anyone have information on fares and schedules for 1940-1941 travel from Oklahoma City, OK to Hugo, OK?

I am a total novice.

 

You would have to take the Frisco from Hugo to Ardmore, a distance of 101.9 miles, and then transfer to the Santa Fe for Ardmore to Oklahoma City, a distance of 100 miles.

The one-way Frisco fares from Hugo to Ardmore as of July 31, 1937 were $3.06 (first-class) and $2.05 (coach). The railroads tended to have similar fares, they had to be approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission, so I would imagine that the Santa Fe also charged 3 cents a mile for first-class and 2 cents a mile for coach.

The Frisco operated a daily Hugo to Ardmore doodlebug roundtrip. The service ended on November 8, 1953. I believe there is photograph of the doodlebug elsewhere on this web site.

The Santa Fe as late as 1963 operated two trains daily that stopped at Ardmore and Oklahoma City. The service level was likely even better in 1941 but of course the limiting factor would be the connection with the Frisco doodlebug.

Tomd6

 

Hugo, OK depot.

Some additional Hugo views.

The second image shows the earlier depot on fire.

The third image is the "new" depot that was constructed after the fire.

 

The museum in Hugo has another restaurant in it.

It opened a couple of weeks ago.

Also, it has a new addition, the old WWI bond sales office in Hugo.

 

Hugo, OK depot.

1924 Sanborn map.

 

Breaking news!

The restaurant located in the old baggage area in the depot has closed again.

This time, though, it is for the owner's wife's health concerns.

 

Hugo, OK depot.

Click on link below for more information on the depot.

http://www.friscodepot.org/

 

In the military room of the museum there are newspaper articles about a local Marine hero from WWII, Frank A. "Hike" Tucker.

He is my great-uncle.

I do recommend this museum.

 

Hugo, OK

Postcard view of the railroad roundhouse, shops and yard.

 

This video, about 15 minutes, was posted to YouTube March 13, 2015.

There have been 731 views since then. It did not come up on a quick search here, so I do not know how many have seen it.

Steel Ribbons To The Past - The Kiamichi Hugo Historical Railroad



The video recounts the history of the restored 1914 brick renaissance revival Frisco depot and Harvey House restaurant at Hugo, OK. It includes vintage photographs and a fan trip to Paris, TX, via the old Frisco route dated 1991.

Some information about the Kiamichi railroad here, dated January 18, 2006.

http://www.drgw.net/trips/report.php?tr=SCS1.11

"The Kiamichi began life on 22-Jul-1987 with two cast-off Frisco bits purchased from the Burlington Northern. The short segment, running from just north of Antlers, OK, to just south of Paris, TX, is a hunk out of the old Frisco Central Division mainline."

"At one point, there was a tourist train also departing from the depot under the name Hugo Heritage Railroad, but as best I can tell, it is defunct. There is a small collection of railroad equipment behind the depot.

One of the most notable items is an old F7A carbody, built as KCS 70A and eventually being converted to a slug by KCS. The slug then found its way to the Kiamichi and became SL1. (Photo #139)

Today, it is on static display as property of the Choctaw County Historical Society, the same group that runs the depot museum."

 

These are the kinds of things that make me drool!

1900s panoramic shots, construction snapshots. I always thought the 1910 foundation was the start of the present station, nope, they re-started from scratch.

I see the Hugo museum has a photographs of an 'L' shaped station right at the diamond, so that one did not last?

10 years?

I assume Grants and a whistle stop north of what is now Hugo, was where you took your horse and buggy.. and the you tube was.. almost sad.

The line to Antlers is thick with saplings, and the coaches are sitting at the station looking like all they need is air pressure.

Please keep these pictures and links coming!

 

Hugo, OK depot.

"...the Frisco's first depot was built at the crossing in Hugo in 1903. It burned to the ground in 1910, so they built another. It, too, burned to the ground in 1914. The third one was built of brick instead of wood, and it stayed up."

There are a few railroad photographs amongst the Choctaw County Historical Society contributions to the Oklahoma GenWeb genealogical site, and in the various other sections.

http://www.okgenweb.org/~okchocta/photos/pence_scans/historical.htm

 

Thanks for the pictures gbnf!

Anybody else notice the loaded Fort Smith and Western (FS&W) Railroad gondola off to the right in the top picture?

That is a rare catch as well!