St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern (StLIM&S), Missouri Pacific (MP) in Springfield - Eastern End?

While looking up Sanborn maps of Springfield, MO I noticed that the 1910 Sanborn key map shows St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern (SLIM&S) / Missouri Pacific (MP) tracks extending northeast from the Frisco-MP crossing at Phelps Avenue to the edge of the map.

Detail map #55 shows some industrial switching trackage in this area. The StLIM&S track between Prospect and Rogers is designated "main line". I am aware that there has been some discussion on this forum of Frisco and MP switching operations in this area, as in this thread.

SPV's Railroad Atlas shows only a short stub of MP track northeast of the Frisco crossing, which seems consistent with the discussion of the Pine Street switching area linked below. But I am curious. The 1910 Sanborn key map suggests that StLIM&S/MP track extended beyond Rogers street.

I have a vague recollection of seeing an MP system map which showed a proposed line extending from Springfield north to Sedalia, MO.

Does anyone on the forum know how far StLIM&S/MP track extended beyond the Pine Street area, and whether this was part of a proposed extension to Sedalia?

1910 Sanborn Map Key



1910 Sanborn Map 55

 

The Missouri Pacific (MP) tracks extended east of North Fremont Avenue to serve an oil distributor, that was not Morris Oil.

The tracks extended through the oil company property and disappeared into tall grass just south of the school bus facility on East Chestnut Expressway.

A friend thought the track might have extended nearly to Glenstone Avenue at one time.

John Sanders

 

There was also a proposed, but never built railroad.

The Chicago, Hannibal and Springfield (CH&S), was surveyed from Chicago, IL to Hannibal, MO and then Southwest to Springfield, MO. An original projection had the route passing through the towns of Pleasant Hope, Fair Play and then to Springfield.

In 1887, the proposed route through these towns was abandoned in favor of one going through Buffalo, MO. Evidently, the promoters of this route hoped to gain the interest of the Chicago and Alton (C&A), the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q), the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (CRIP), or the Missouri Pacific (MP).

It was never built.

Please see the following link.

http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/springfield-station-sites.1197/#post-6616

 

Karl,

Pretty interesting stuff.

I found a few index entries referring to articles about the Chicago, Hannibal and Springfield (CH&S) in Railway Age between 1887 and 1890, but nothing detailed and readily available.

Can you point me toward a good source?

BAS

 

John,

Doing some research and came across these old threads and thought I would add some information.

The Springfield Public School Warehouse and Bus Barn on East Chestnut Expressway is the original location of Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG). AWG would have generated a considerable amount of reefer and insulated boxcar business for Missouri Pacific (MP) while supplying small "Mom and Pop" grocery stores in the area.

I am not sure when AWG moved to their current location on East Division Street off U.S. 65 Highway at Exit 52, may have been in the late 1960s early 1970s.

Ed