A back channel query prompts this bit of trivia. How many mile posts zero did the Frisco have, and where was/were it/they? Shouldn't take much to answer the questions.
Karl, Interesting question. I am looking forward to everyone's input. At one point in time I can locate three by station name. From the same point in time, by subdivision and branch I can locate 5. Hopefully others will contribute to our knowledge base. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
I will make an informed guess that one is in or near Pacific, MO. The tracks for the eastern division diverged there from the Pacific Railroad of Missouri as the South Pacific Railroad.
Here's all I could come up with: 0.0 St Louis Sta.# 007 0.0 Kansas City,MO Sta.#C004 (Union Sta. was 1.1) both East.Div ETT 0.0 Ft. Wood Branch, Bundy Jct. 0.0 Paris & Great Northern RR (Arthur, state line)
Possibly also Fayetteville on the O&CC? I don't have an operating timetable with which to confirm that, though. Gordon
My 10/1/80 track chart shows the SLSF Eastern Division MP 0.0 to be located somewhere east of 21st Street in St Louis. It looks to be on TRRA trackage. Not sure I understand just where this spot is, or why it's on the TRRA. Ken
Ken-The spot appears to be just east of the Jefferson Avenue overpass. If you ever take the Metrolink downtown, it's right past the maintenance barn where the line takes a hard left to go under Union Station. As a former daily rider of Metrolink, I don't recall anything notable about the spot. -Rich
Rich - Thanks, good observations from your Metrolink riding days - glad you wern't wasting time reading the P-D! You are probably correct - an arbitrary starting point for the SLSF. The thing that has me confused is that MP 0.0 is indicated on the track chart as being well inside the TRRA trackage boundary, with no track grade, elevation or maintenance information posted along the bottom of the chart until after MP 1.0, suggesting that TRRA was doing the maintenance until that point. ??? Perhaps there were some TRRA served industries along there, and the SLSF let them serve them as long as TRRA did the maintenance? ??? Anybody know? I'll ask Larry Thomas. Ken
Isn't that area by the Metrolink barn close to the old Choteau yard and roundhouse? Maybe thats where that MP came from. Just scratching the noodle! Dan
One mile east of Jefferson Ave will put you in the neighborhood of Frisco's old 7th street yard and frt house. Mile post naught dot naught. See also "The Terminal Railroad Assoc. of St Louis in Color" by Greg Stout; page 5 http://www.frisco.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4519&d=1175917428
