Another track map. As usual date unknown, maybe 1920's-30's??? Sorry, location #1 is cutoff on my copy and unknown. Dale Rush Carthage, MO
Numbers 1, 3 and 4 coincide with the location of the Barton County Oil Company structures that I posted in this thread: http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?t=3946 There was no evidence on site of any previous structures to the east or west of the existing structures. Also take a look at the attached pictures as well as those posted in this additional thread on the interchange at Lamar: http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?p=27009#post27009
I don't know about the date, but were it says lumber factor was originally a flour mill. Track 22 is the track that goes by the Lamar elevator. I have seen another suborn map on here some where. I will "combine" the two, plus knowledge from my grandpa, and make a new map.
Thanks for posting the pictures. Actually you were right across the creek from were my mom works. I almost have this map put together so I will have it up it up in a few minutes.
Ok, I have put together a little map in miscrosoft paint based off of my knowledge of Lamar, 2 maps on here and my grandpa, But it should be faily accurate. Key: 1. Frisco's Ash Grove sub main line (still there today) 2. Barton County Oil (still there today, abondond) 3. Depot (Rick take note of this, Burned 1976) 4. Flour Mill (still there, abandoned) 5. MoPac's Carthage sub main line 6. Frisco/Mop interchange 7. Lamar grain elevator (Another note for Rick, built in the mid 50's) 8. There was a smaller grain elevator to the north, but still in Lamar. 9. Lawn Boy factory One other note, the pond is gone (have no clue when, what even is left of it would be in a grove of trees.) The creek now goes under the tracks and through Lamar City park.
Here are pictures of the O'Sullivan Furniture plant which is located on the south side of the Frisco main and west of the MoP main.
And here is the MFA Grain Elevator that is situated in the northeast quadrant of the Frisco / MoP interlock.
Here are pictures of the interlocking. Today, there is no interchange track in the northwest quadrant of the Frisco/MoP interlock.
Judging by pictures I've seen this is true. But according to google maps there is an inter change track in the same quadrant as MFA, but I don't see any evidence of that.
The existing interchange track is in the northeast quadrant (as is the MFA Elevator) of the Frisco/MoP interlock. The hopper cars seen in the MFA and Interlock posts on this thread and in the Interchange Thread (http://www.frisco.org/vb/showthread.php?p=27009#post27009) are sitting on the interchange track. The MFA siding is northeast of the interchange track. In the attached view, the roadbed for the old, abandoned northwest interchange is is still visible.
