So excited to find this group. My grandfather worked for Frisco when he lived in Bucoda, MO in the 1920s. I’m interested in the line (especially the Kansas City-Florida Special route) in the 1930s. Unfortunately, I am not well versed in railroad terminology.
Welcome aboard and Happy New Year! Many helpful and friendly folks here and be sure to use the search feature for an afternoons of enjoyable research.
Donna, Welcome Aboard! We are happy to have you join and are ready and able to answer a lot of questions. In the mean time, take time to browse the various sub-forums of the site to increase your background knowledge, and ask questions as they arise.
There was an interesting blog about Bucoda around 2013, still available as an archive. https://bucoda.blogspot.com/ Good luck in your journeys along the Frisco, which lives on in many memories here. - George
Wow! That blog has great info. I haven’t seen much about Bucoda. It was a little town that was subsumed by cotton fields long ago. Thank you, thank you, thank you for sending me the link.
A friend works for USPS at the Tulsa distribution center and said they have been slammed with packages this year. They are loading/unloading trucks outside because the building is full of packages and only have 250 people this year, in previous years there was 500. Also equaled last year's total about a week before Thanksgiving. A few of the machines to process mail are down from excessive use. Joe
First of all. Most welcome Donna! Very glade to see you here. I am sure there are a lot of people here that can help you, and us all, to learn a bunch!
