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Clinton, MO, MP 86.2 - Last Train Out - Extra 521 South, 15 Cars, Caboose SLSF 1417 - 10/14/1978

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  1. RogerRT

    RogerRT Staff Member Staff Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Clinton, MO, MP 86.2 - Last Train Out - Extra 521 South, 15 Cars, Caboose SLSF 1417 - 10/14/1978

    While rummaging thru some boxes looking for a letter pertaining to the Dodson-East Lynne, MO abandonment I found this piece regarding the last train out of Clinton.

    It was posted on Mike Good's website in 2002 but for some reason he took it down rather quickly, fortunately I made a copy.

    Roger
     

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  2. yardmaster

    yardmaster Administrator Staff Member Administrator Frisco.org Supporter

    Roger, very glad you managed a copy.

    Found the consist interesting. Picher, OK was still enough of a going concern to receive a boxcar of household goods.

    One question: the article mentions one "freepointer" in the consist. Railroad term,? Or, is this another instance discussed in another thread where reporters use incorrect or nondescriptive terms of their own?
     
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  3. William Jackson

    William Jackson Bill Jackson

    Never have heard "free pointer" on any rail line I've worked with. Interesting I will be tuning in.
     
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  4. Sirfoldalot

    Sirfoldalot Frisco.org Supporter Frisco.org Supporter

    Very nicely written article, but sad for sure!

    So much history lost on so many fronts everywhere in the name of progress.
     
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  5. tferk

    tferk Member Frisco.org Supporter

    Does anyone have a copy of the ICC abandonment documents for either Bolivar-East Lynne, or for Dodson-East Lynne? I have been unable to find them.
     
    tferk, Aug 4, 2018
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