List of River Division Junctions and Crossings from Employee Timetable 31B, Effective 4/14/1940. St. Louis Subdivision Railroad------------------Location------------M.P.---Protection Eastern Division---------Southeast Jct.-----7.3-----Interlocking PPG Crossing-------------Crystal City-------40.0----Gate Missouri & Illinois-------Ste. Genevieve----63.2----Interlocking Missouri Pacific----------Cape Girardeau---132.7---Interlocking Hoxie Subdivision--------Nash, MO---------139.2---N/A St Louis Southwestern---Rockview, MO----141.7---Interlocking Chaffee Subdivision Railroad--------------------Location------------M.P.----Protection Missouri Pacific-----------Oran, MO-----------149.9---Interlocking Leachville Subdivision---Brooks Jct., MO----154.9---N/A Missouri Pacific-----------Sikeston-------------159.8---Interlocking St. Louis Southwestern---Lilbourn, MO-------186.1---Gate St. Louis Southwestern---West-Blazer, MO---216.4---Gate Jonesboro Subdivision---Blytheville, AR------237.3---Gate Jonesboro Subdivision---Evadale Jct., AR----266.8---Gate Memphis Subdivision----Turrell, AR----------283.2---Interlocking Leachville Subdivision Railroad--------------------Location-----------M.P.----Protection Missouri Pacific-----------Morehouse, MO---173.1----N/A St. Louis Southwestern---Parma, MO--------192.3----Gate St. Louis Southwestern---Arbyrd, MO--------244.3---Gate Leachville Subdivision - Caruthersville Branch Railroad--------------------Location--------------M.P.-----Protection St. Louis Southwestern---Bragg City, MO-------222.5---Interlocking Chaffee Subdivision-------Hayti, MO------------212.6----Gate St. Louis Southwestern---Caruthersville, MO---220.8---Gate Leachville Subdivision - Campbell Branch Railroad--------------------Location---------M.P.----Protection St. Louis Southwestern---Campbell, MO---217.2---Gate Leachville Subdivision - Malden Branch Railroad--------------------Location-------M.P.----Protection St. Louis Southwestern---Malden, MO---216.9---Gate Leachville Subdivision - Piggott Branch Railroad--------------------Location-----------M.P.----Protection Missouri Pacific-----------Poplar Jct., MO---195.0---Interlocking St. Louis Southwestern---Piggott Jct.--------227.8---Interlocking Jonesboro Subdivision Railroad--------------------Location-------------M.P.----Protection Chaffee Subdivision-------Blytheville, AR------237.4---Gate St. Louis Southwestern---Chickasawba, AR---238.7---N/A St. Louis Southwestern---Leachville, AR-------261.7---Station Jonesboro Subdivision - Wilson Branch Railroad----------------Location------M.P.----Protection Chaffee Subdivision---Wilson, AR---264.0---Gate
Folks, Trying to do some cleanup of links and what-not. Realized that the formatting and location of the aforementioned was a bit off-kilter. Best Regards,
Pat, Thanks for the note. Interestingly, I cannot find crossing or junction information for Horine in either the 1925, 1940 or 1952 public timetables. I do see a connection track to the Missouri Pacific (MP) in the 1979 track profile that Karl Brand shared in this thread. Track Profile (Track Chart) for River Division See the p6sm.jpg file. I wonder if this junction was added post-1952? I cannot locate it on a Google Map satellite view. I do see a MP overpass on this same profile at MP 36, a smidge north of Ludwig, MO. Best Regards,
Chris, It was there pretty early on. I am not sure when it was removed. If you go to the following page and scroll down to the last image, you will see it. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mojchs/HistoricalPostcards/Horine.htm It also shows up on a 1915 United States Geographic Survey (USGS) Quadrangle. I thought I had a link to another picture of it, but at the moment I cannot find it.
Karl, On one of your posts there are several profile maps that show a T number. Are the T numbers mile post markers? Also, I was wondering what the small number 42 between T12 and T13 means? Between T13 and T14 the number is 40, between T14 and T15 the number is 43. I hope my questions make sense. Joe
Joe, With the exception of its original mainline, St Louis to Paris, the Frisco assigned an alpha-prefix to its lines. For example, Kansas City, MO to Birmingham, AL was the C-line, the Clinton Subdivision was the D-Line, Southeastern Jct., MO to Turrell, AR was the T-line, and so on. It gave every station a unique number, Chaffee = T144. You are correct, T-12 and T-13 are mile posts, and the number between them indicates the number of poles per mile.
Thank you Karl for clearing that up. Your knowledge on all things railroad and numerous other things is greatly appreciated! Joe
There was no grade crossing at Horine, the Frisco passed over the Missouri Pacific (MP) on an overpass. There was a connection track a mile or so north of this overpass between the two railroads. This was just south of Front Street in Horine, MO. Throughout the 1960s, the MP moved fly ash from the power plant at Hillcrest to this connection, for Frisco delivery to the cement plant at Selma. Ted Ferkenhoff Flagstaff, AZ
Thanks Ted. I misspoke, mistyped, when I posted "crossing" above. Would the power plant at Hillcrest be what I know as the Meramec Power Plant in extreme south St. Louis County right at the Mississippi and Meramec Rivers?
Thanks Ted! I seem to remember seeing a quadrangle or a map showing a siding on the Frisco south of Horine, MO and just before Joachim Creek. Do you know if it was actually there? I was also wondering if the MP would ever deliver the fly ash to River Cement? I know the MP had trackage rights from Crystal City, MO down to Ste. Genevieve, MO along the Frisco. But, I do not know if they could hit any of the industries along the way.
Pat, The Missouri Pacific (MP) trackage rights between Crystal City, MO and Ste. Genevieve, MO were a result of Missouri-Illinois (M-I) abandoning their car ferry at Ste. Genevieve in favor of running the long way via St. Louis, MO. MP did not get to serve any industries on the Frisco. By the 1960s, the M-I train out of St Gen just made a turn to Riverside, and cars were moved further via an MP local train. I am not familiar with the siding on the Frisco south of Horine, MO. Ted Ferkenhoff Flagstaff, AZ
