I was at a Chemical Engineering Academy meeting at Missouri S&T in Rolla the latter part of this week and had a chance to visit Newburg, one of my very favorite haunts, on a beautiful Thursday afternoon, April 14. I was very pleased to see the restoration work that has been started in Newburg, in particular on the Houston House. I was able to meet two ladies who are among the movers and shakers on the HH project - Zelma and Linda. They were very kind and gave me a tour of the Houston House, which I very much enjoyed. Their group is very much in need of funds - if any in frisco.org desire to support the restoration work in Newburg, one of the pics below has the organization's name and the address. Any contribution would be appreciated! I am sending them a bunch of Frisco materials to put on display in the HH, plus $25. See the attached pics - for some reason, they don't appear in the order I posted them, so here are the descriptions for each desc file name: 6165: The Branch flowing under the SLSF Eastern Division main line. St Louis to the left, Springfield to the right. 6166: The famous corner bar which spans the Branch, closed and for sale! What's with that, Newburg! Anyone interested? 6167: The Houston House. Note the restoration in progess 6168: Ditto 6167 6169: The Lyric Theatre, also with its window and door trim spruced up 6170: The town hotel. Lookin' good! 6171: A load of steel sitting trackside close to where the Newburg depot was. Wonder what this is for? 6172: The Newburg restoration team details. Contributions welcomed. 6175: The fireplace in the Houston House. Last time I saw this was in late November, 1963! I'll tell the story if anyone is interested. 6176: Ex-NEO cab SLSF 1111, still there, but getting worse quickly due to mother nature and vandals. 6178: The reason for my trip. Ken
Ken, That pile of steel was from a recent M.O.W. job that replaced worn trackage from Rolla to Bundy Jct. It was quite a sight when they were at work! It was so noisy that I had to shut my doors and windows up just to be able to hear myself think. Those machines were LOUD! Thanks for posting. George
They are making do with what they have. I'm sure they would love to have someone donate a Frisco locomotive and caboose for their fireplace mantle. Ken
