River Division ETT Supplement 29a, March 14, 1937

Employee Timetable - River Division Jonesboro Sub

Riv Div ETT 29A

(Administrator's note: Complete ETT in pdf form at post #14)

 

Employee Timetable - River Division Piggott Branch - Leachville Sub

Riv Div ETT 29A p10

 

Employee Timetable - River Division Caruthersville Branch - Leachville Sub

Caruthersville Branch

 

Employee Timetable - River Division - Leachville Sub

River Division - Leachville Sub

 

Employee Timetable - River Division - Hoxie Sub

River Division - Hoxie Sub

 

Employee Timetable - River Division - Hoxie Sub 2

River Division - Hoxie Sub

 

Employee Timetable - River Division - Chaffee Subdivision

River Division - Chaffee Sub

 

Employee Timetable - River Division - Chafee Sub 2

River Division - Chafee Sub p2

 

Employee Timetable - River Division - St Louis Sub

River Division - St Louis Sub

 

Employee River Division - St Louis Sub 2

River Division - St Louis Sub

 

Employee Timetable - River Division

I have acquired recently a 1937 Riv Div ETT supplement. After a quick perusal, I noted several items of particular interest.

1. Hoxie Sub trains originated/terminated in Cape and not Chaffee.
2. The Current River Branch was assigned the River Div.
3. The ETT shows operations after the mass 1934-1935 abandonments.
4.Most branch line psgr traffic was handled by Motors" or by mixed trains. My father always refers to the Frisco gas-electrics as a Bull Moose because of the air horn they carried. I don't know if this term is peculiar to him, to Frisco folks, or to folks from SE MO.
5. The Hoxie Sub Psgr train was a Sunday only affair. Otherwise passengers were carried in the daily except Sunday mixed
6.The Piggot Br Motors changed numbers when they left/arrived at Poplar Jct. For example, when the nbd 896 arived at Poplar Jct, it became sbd 823 between Poplar Jct and Poplar Bluff.
7. There was a local psgr train, 822 and 821 that operatd between Kennett and Memphis
8. The Wilson Br was operating its famous Sbd only train.

 

If I was you I would make a couple of copies of this TT from cover to cover and then seal it up in an airtight bag. 1930's Public TT's are still generally easy to come by but employee TT's from this time period are very, very rare. Thank's for sharing, I see tons of new info from this! Roger

 

Re: 1937 Public Timetable - River Division

friscomike,

I am interested in your comment about the trains being called Bull Moose. Almost all older folks in my area (Leachville Subdivision) called the train that came through Risco the Moose and I just ran across a Campbell, MO reference where the train was also called the moose. Could you elaborate on what type of engines might have had this unique horn and years used? Thanks!

 

Yep, I always heard it referred to as the "moose". I can still remember stories told by my grandparents about riding the moose all over the bootheel.

 

All the oldtimers around Arbyrd used to talk about "The Moose". No Bull.