Willow Springs, MO depot. Photograph dated 1954. Photograph from previous All Aboard magazines. Currently in collection of the Frisco Building, LLC. Posted with permission.
Hello Frisco Folks, Here is another photograph of the Frisco depot in Willow Springs, MO. Take care, Rich Ship it on the Frisco!
Willow Springs, MO depot. There are a few hints that the Frisco was there. For one I found the old Frisco yards, just south of the depot site . There is an old Frisco caboose with two sets of numbers SLSF 1192 and SLSF 74. The steps leading to the old depot are still there. They even have the date stamped into them when they were put in 1910. And of course there is the newer metal Armco Frisco/BNSF employee depot. Photographs dated 2009.
Attribution is always appreciated. Clearly antedates 1900, and depicts the Kansas City, Ft. Scott and Memphis (KCFS&M) Railroad or Memphis Road.
Train on the right was labeled the Current River Route. That locomotive looks smaller. Source is Howell County News. Photograph dated early 1900s.
Where was the photo found? An on-line search. Howell County News / History http://howellcountynews.com/history/remembering-current-river-railroad By Remembering The Current River Railroad, Wednesday, 6/9/2021 - 11:04 am, administered by Lou Wehmer. Lou Wehmer, who filled in as a guest reporter and writer. Who took it? They did not say who took this old picture in the early 1900s. When? They just labeled the picture early 1900s. Picture perhaps taken from a bridge over the tracks. Assuming one good rebuild of a locomotive in the turn of the century, would that help to date this picture? Current River train on right at Willow Springs depot early 1900s.
http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?attachments/willow-springs-mo-station-b-jpg.4956/ 1929 v This likely would not help to date the photograph of the Willow Springs railyard ~ early 1900s. 1929 Willow Springs, MO Sanborn Map Attached Files a" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 10px 0px; overflow: hidden; zoom: 1; background: url("styles/default/xenforo/gradients/category-23px-light.png") center top repeat-xrgb(240, 247, 252); border-radius: 5px;"> 1929 Willow Springs, MO depot b.jpg railroadguy65, Feb 7, 2009
Two things help date this to ante-date 1900-1901. 1. The coupler link on the pilots of both locomotives. 2. The locomotives belong to the Memphis Road and its subsidiary, the Current River Railway.
Karl, I cannot see the pilots clear enough in the post picture to determine if knuckle equipped, post 1900, or still link and pin, pre-1900. Did you find a larger picture to view? If so, can you link it?
Perhaps a good question to ask would be, When was the road overpass built?" The county or city records might shed some light on that, the earliest possible photograph date. Ken McElreath
