Rolla-Lebanon Subdivision - Salem Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Salem Branch - Lead Line - List Of Stations and Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Salem Branch - Lead Line - List Of Stations And Mile Posts

Lead Junction to Buick, MO - 32.3 Miles

M. P.---Station-------Built----P. C.
100.7---Lead Jct.-----1967----SLSF RY
107.4---Cherryville---1967----"
122.8---St. Joe--------1967----"
123.3---Viburnum----1967----"
127.4---Bixby---------1967----"
133.0---Buick---------1967----"

Predecessor Company
1) SLSF RY - St. Louis-San Francisco RY

Notes
1) Connects with Salem Branch at Lead Jct.
2) Viburnum to Bixby built on abandoned Sligo & Eastern RR right-of-way.
3) Last revenue train operated Wednesday, November 27, 2002.
4) Line embargoed Monday, December 2, 2002.
5) Due to potential lead contamination clean-up costs if line is abandoned and tracks removed, they remain in place as of 2023.
6) Buick end-of-branch.

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Rolla Subdivision - Smith Branch - List Of Stations and Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Smith Branch - List Of Stations and Mile Posts - Avery (later Bangert) to Condrary, MO

M. P.---Station------------Built----P. C.-----------Abandoned
117.1---Avery--------------1879----SLS&LR RR---1900
???.?---Hawkin's Bank---1879----"----------------1900
???.?---Condrary---------1879----SLS&LR RR---1900

Predecessor Company
1) SLS&LR RR - St. Louis, Salem & Little Rock RR

Notes
1) Connects with Salem Branch at Avery, MO.
2) Avery station renamed Bangert by ETT 24A, 8/7/1932.
2) Branch constructed to serve area iron mines.
3) Condrary, MO end-of-branch.

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Rolla Subdivision - Plank Branch - List Of Stations and Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Plank Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts - Howes to Plank Iron Mine, MO.

M. P.---Station---------------Built---P. C.------------Abandoned
121.5---Howes----------------1874---SLS&LR RR---1900
126.5---Plank Iron Mines---1874---SLS&LR RR---1900

Predecessor Company-
1) SLS&LR RR - St. Louis, Salem & Little Rock RR

Notes-
1) Connects with Salem Branch at Howes, MO.
2) Plank Iron Mines end-of-branch.

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Rolla Subdivision - Smith (later Winkler) Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Smith (later Winkler) Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts - Avery (later Bangert) to De Camp, MO

M. P.---Station-----Built---P. C.---------Abandoned
117.1---Avery-------1877----D&P RR----1934
119.1---Pisgah------1877-----"------------1934
121.5---School------1877-----"------------1934
123.1---Wrinkler---1878-----"------------1934
126.6---Austria-----????-----"------------1934
???.?---Smith's-----1900----SLSF RR---1934
129.9---De Camp---1905----"------------1934

Predecessor Companies
1) D&P RR - Dent & Phelps RR
2) SLSF RR - St. Louis & San Francisco RR

Notes
1) Connects with Salem Branch at Avery.
2) Avery station renamed Bangert by ETT 24A, , 8/7/1932.
3) Smith Branch per ETT 7, 4/24/1898.
4) Renamed the Winkler Branch per ETT 24A, 8/7/1932
5) De Camp end-of-branch.

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Rolla Subdivision - Cherry Valley Branch - List Of Stations and Mileposts

Rolla Subdivision - Cherry Valley Branch - List Of Stations and Mileposts - Cherry Valley Jct. to Cherry Valley, MO

M. P.---Station----------------Built-----P. C--------Abandoned
93.5----Cherry Valley Jct.----1877-----CV RR-----1957?
93.6----Midland---------------1877------"-----------1957?
94.8----Griffith----------------1877------"-----------1957?
96.1-----Craven----------------1877------"-----------1957?
98.1-----Elayer-----------------1877------"-----------1957?
99.5-----Cherry Valley--------1877------"-----------1957?

Predecessor Company
1) CV RR - Cherry Valley RR

Notes
1) Connects with Salem Branch at Cherry Valley Jct.
2) After abandonment, track cut back to Strumph Charcoal and became the Henpeck Spur.
3) Henpeck Spur ended about Midland, MP 93.6.
4) Where Midland once stood the whole town, including the furnace, was destroyed in the Yadkin Creek flood of 1898.
5) Cherry Valley Branch track beyond Strumph Charcoal removed during 1952 or 1953.
6) Cherry Valley end-of-branch.

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Does anyone have any pictures of trains travelling on the old Salem Branch?

This particular line has always been of interest to me, but information and pictures seem to be scarce. I have one, a small freight consist pulled by a single Burlington Northern GP38-2 (former Frisco No. 698) taken in the summer of 1984, one of the last, if not the last, train that was ever run on the line. The picture was taken in Wesco MO. I also have a photograph of the Wesco depot taken in the 1920's. I would like to post these, but I don't have a scanner at this time.

If anyone has further information on this line or the Cherry Valley and Sligo and Eastern, please e-mail me.

 

Steelville & Salem

Pat, there is an article by Frank Barry travelling on the Rolla Sub and down the Salem Branch in the Jan.1982 issue of Trains Pgs.44-47 which includes a couple of photos at Steelville & Salem.

 

Rolla Subdivision - Sligo Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Sligo Branch - List Of Stations and Mile Posts - Bixby to East End (Rulon), MO

M. P.---Station---------------Built---P. C.-------County---Abandoned
137.5---Bixby-----------------1912---S&E RR---Iron-------1929
144.5---East End (Rulon)---1912---S&E RR---Iron-------1929

Predecessor Company
1) S&E RR - Sligo & Eastern RR

Notes
1) East End (Rulon), MO is a village in the West end of Iron County, about 1/4 of a mile northeast of the junction of Missouri Highways 32 & 49. The first names applied to East End were Goodwater and Goodland. Goodwater was on the north side of Missouri Highway 32 and Goodland was on the south side. In 1912, the railroad reached the town. This was the east end of the Sligo & Eastern RR, thus the town was renamed East End. In 1929, the construction of Missouri Highway 32 began, Highway 49 was constructed later. Sawmills sprang up overnight. After the logs were sawed into lumber, the roughage was used to make cordwood. In 1929, the railroad was abandoned because there was not enough timber left to make the railroad profitable. Today at East End, there is a store and three houses.
2) Rails removed Winter 1932-33.
3) Line Segment 108.

Roger R. Taylor

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Rolla Subdivision - Sligo Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Sligo Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts - Sligo and Eastern RR - Bixby to Buick, MO

M. P.---Station----Built----P.C.--------County----Abandoned
137.5---Bixby------1912----S&E RR----Iron ------1930
143.5---Buick------1912----S&E RR----Iron-------1930

Predecessor Company
1) S&E RR- Sligo & Eastern RR

Notes
1) Rails removed Winter 1932-33.
2) Line Segment 109.

Roger R. Taylor

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Rolla Subdivision - Sligo Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Sligo Branch - List Of Stations And Mile Posts - Sligo Jct. (later Goltra) to Buick and End Of Line (Rulon), MO

M. P,---Stations--------------Built---P. C.-----County------Abandoned
109.6---Sligo Jct.-------------1881---SF RR---Dent---------1934
111.0---Craig Spur------------1881---SF RR---Dent---------1934
112.6---Bisbee----------------1881---SF RR---Dent---------1934
113.7---Sligo Furnace--------1881---SF RR---Dent---------1934

113.7---Sligo Furnace-------1906---S&E RR---Dent---------1930
114.7---Sligo-----------------1906---S&E RR---Dent---------1930
127.1---Dillard---------------1906---S&E RR---Crawford---1930
123.3---Viburnum-----------1906---S&E RR---Iron---------1930
137.5---Bixby-----------------1906---S&E RR---Iron---------1930

137.5---Bixby-----------------1912---S&E RR---Iron---------1929
144.5---East End (Rulon)---1912---S&E RR---Iron---------1929

137.5---Bixby-----------------1912---S&E RR----Iron--------1930
143.5---Buick-----------------1912---S&E RR----Iron--------1930

Predecessor Companies
1) SF RR- Sligo Furnace RR
2) S&E RR- Sligo & Eastern RR

Notes
1) Connects with the Salem Branch at Sligo Jct., MO.
2) Sligo Jct. station renamed Goltra by ETT 24A, 8/7/1932. Station renamed after S&E RR was acquired by American and Foundry?
3) Sligo, MO was established in 1880 by a group of New York capitalist headed by Edward F. Goltra. It was located in the extreme northeastern corner of Dent County. For 42 years the furnaces of Sligo belched their sparks of steel from flames fed by the woods of the neighboring hillsides.
Over this time Sligo & Eastern Railroad used Shay type, featuring geared drivers driven directly from its cylinders, wood-burning locomotives to haul that fuel. It was often found necessary to extend its tracks as the timber supply disappeared.
About 1900, the business of iron was no longer profitable. Sligo became the possession of the American Car & Foundry (ACF) Co. in 1901. The last glowing bar of iron was removed from its furnace in 1921. It was these owners who abandoned the Sligo & Eastern Railroad.
What ever remained was sold for scrap around 1932 or 1933. The last crew included engineer, Bud Jamison, fireman Cubert Satterfield, brakemen Everett Chapman and Walter Ferrell, conductor Louis Jamison and roundhouse Master Machinic, Hiney McGinnis.
The giant furnaces, charcoal kilns, machine shops, roundhouse and the old hotel - are all gone. Once with a population of 4000, Sligo had diminished into a village of 4 or 5 houses.
4) East End (Rulon), MO is a village in the West end of Iron County, about 1/4 of a mile northeast of the junction of Missouri Highways 32 & 49. The first names applied to East End were Goodwater and Goodland. Goodwater was on the north side of Missouri Highway 32 and Goodland was on the south side. In 1912, the railroad reached the town.
This was the east end of the Sligo & Eastern RR, thus the town was renamed East End. In 1929, the construction of Missouri Highway 32 began, Highway 49 was constructed later.
Sawmills sprang up overnight. After the logs were sawed into lumber, the roughage was used to make cordwood. In 1929, the railroad was abandoned because there was not enough timber left to make the railroad profitable. Today at East End, there is a store and three houses.
5) Rails removed Sligo to Buick Winter 1932-1933.
6) Silgo Jct. to Bixby, MO - Line Segment 107.
7) Bixby to East End Of Line (Rulon) MO - Line Segment 108.
8) Bixby to Buick, MO - Line Segment 109.

Roger R. Taylor

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Salem Branch and the S & E

Roger,

Thanks for the extra info on the Salem Branch and the S & E.

I found it very interesting, and I no idea that the line ever went past Buick. In many places, you could never tell that a railroad had passed through the region, for the old roadbed is overgrown with vegetation, and much of it has disappeared into the earth.

A local history book that I have states that the Sligo and Eastern used a Shay locomotive on the line, although photos at the Dillard Mill historical site show a conventional steam engine, I believe a Mogul type.

I have never heard of a Shay operating on the Frisco, so I was wondering if someone else had ever heard of this before?

Thanks again,

Patrick

 

Rolla Subdivision - Salem Branch - Stations and Mile Posts

Rolla Subdivision - Salem Branch - Cuba to Salem, MO - 40.0 Miles - 72.3 After 1967 with Lead Line

M. P.---Stations--------------Built----P. C.------------County-------Abandoned
86.8----Cuba-----------------1873----SLS&LR RR----Crawford----
91.3----Boyd------------------1873----"-----------------"--------------
92.5----Halberts--------------1873----" ----------------"---------------
93.5----Cherry Valley Jct.---1873----"-----------------"--------------
93.6----Midland--------------1873----"-----------------"--------------
94.3----Sankey---------------1873----"-----------------"-------------
95.1----Steelville-------------1873----"-----------------"-------------
97.3----Vivian----------------1873----"-----------------"-------------
98.1----Roswell---------------1873----SLS&LR RR----"-------------

100.7---Lead Jct.-------------1967----SLSF RY-------Crawford----

101.1---Highway--------------1873----SLS&LR RR----Crawford---1984
102.9---Keysville-------------1873----"------------------"-------------1984
104.9---Canal-----------------1873----"------------------"-------------1984
106.0---Crooked Creek------1873----"------------------"-------------1984
107.5---Boaz------------------1873----"------------------"-------------1984
109.3---Elma-----------------1873----"------------------"-------------1984
109.6---Sligo Junction-------1873----"-----------------"--------------1984
110.6---Hitch------------------1873----"-----------------"--------------1984
110.9---Charcoal No. 1-------1873----"-----------------Dent----------1984
110.9---Cooks-----------------1873----"-----------------"---------------1984
114.2---MacKenzie-----------1873----"-----------------"---------------1984
114.5---Charcoal No. 2-------1873----"-----------------"---------------1984
115.8---Boscobel--------------1873----"------------------" -------------1984
117.1---Avery------------------1873----"------------------"--------------1984
119.0---Earl's-----------------1873----"-------------------"-------------1984
121.6---Howes----------------1873----"-------------------"-------------1984
125.8---Roundhouse---------1873----"-------------------"-------------1984
126.8---Salem-----------------1873----"-------------------"------------1984

Predecessor Company
SLS&LR RR - St. Louis, Salem & Little Rock RR
SLSF RY - St. Louis-San Francisco RY

Notes
1) Connects with the Rolla Subdivision at Cuba, MO.
2) Cuba, MO construction begins on the Salem Branch in spring of 1873. From I-44, Exit 204, take MO Highway 19 South through Cuba, turn east (left) on East Main Street just before crossing under Rolla Subdivision tracks to connection interchange yard.
3) Halberts station renamed Bird's Nest by ETT 24A, 8.7.1932.
4) Connects with the Cherry Valley Branch at Cherry Valley Junction.
5) Midland was named for the Midland Iron Blast Furnace.
6) Midland, MO destroyed by flood from Whittenburg Creek 7/8/1898.
7) Connects with the Lead Belt at new station Lead Junction in 1967.
8) Boaz station renamed Wasco, MO by ETT 24A, 8/7/1932.
9) Connects with the Sligo Branch at Sligo Junction.
10) Sligo Junction station renamed Goltra by ETT 24A, 8/7/1932.
11) Connects with the Smith Branch at Avery, MO.
12) Avery station renamed Bangert, MO by ETT 24A, 8/7/1932.3.
13) Smith Branch renamed the Winkler Branch by ETT 24A, 8/7/1932.
14) Connects with the Plank Branch at Howes.
15) Steelville, MO depot sold to Kiwanis Club 1978.
16) Salem, MO construction completed 7/1873. Depot constructed 1874. Depot razed 1966.
17) Last revenue train Buick through Lead Junction to Cuba operated Wednesday, November 27, 2002.
18) Line embargoed Buick through Lead Junction to Cuba Monday, December 2, 2002.
19) Due to potential lead contamination clean-up costs if line is abandoned and tracks removed, they remain in place as of 2023.

Amended 12/8/2023 to improve accuracy, add information, mile posts and consolidate information. MKD

 

Re: Cuba to Salem, MO

Attached is a map of the area discussed in this thread. It is part of a map of Missouri published in 1905. Many of the towns listed have disappeared.

Rich

 

Thanks for the map!

Question: What lines radiated out of Lead Jct.? (To what towns?) The map doesn't show Lead Jct.

 

Lead Junction didn't enter the Frisco lexicon until the Lead Line was built.

 

Hmm. Guess I was misunderstanding the 1873 build date for Lead Jct. in the above station list.

 

Re: Lead Junction to Buick, MO Stations and Mileposts

http://www.frisco.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=3528&d=1148141954

 

Re: Lead Junction to Buick, MO Stations and Mileposts

Thanks for posting this, Karl. Very interesting to see the Sligo and DeCamp branches still on the timetable in 1933. I thought both had been abandoned around 1929 or 1930. My grandfather was part of the crew that took up both branches. On the DeCamp branch, he talked of riding in a gondola as the engineer tried to work the train up a grade. He couldn't quite make the hill, so he would back the train down to the bottom, then get another run at it. He did this several times before he finally got the train over the crest. I had a similar experience on the Central Midland last November when we had a skiff of snow on the rails. We were heading east and couldn't quite make the hill at Tavern Rock, milepost 38. I rode in the "cage" of the last car, a CMEX covered hopper, so that I could protect the point while we backed down the hill to St. Albans. We finally made it after three tries, and although I was glad when we did, it was a neat experience.

Pat Moreland,
Union Mo.

 

I am quite sure this has been covered, but what railroad guy's refer to as the Lead Line (lead Jct. to Viburnum) must have been built sometime in the 50's. I have worked on it several times, but really didn't pay too much attention to the history. I am liking to read these posts, and recall some of the old heads talking about the construction. I picked up scrap on the line with a American Crane, carried out some of the crystal rock, which used to be all over the ditches. I still have a couple of pieces in my flower beds, that has moved with me over the years. This is really a neat line as is the Ft Wood Branch, anyone who gets the chance to see them or ride down the line, well its, worth the trip. I have been over lots of track, but this is some of the most scenic.

 

It was built during 1967. Some of the rail came from the KC Sub East Main when it was retired.