Leachville Subdivision - Stations And Mile Posts - Brooks Junction, MO to Leachville, AR M.P.----Station-------Built---Aband---P. C.--------County 159.9---Brooks Jct.---1898---1978-----M&MRR---Scott 163.3---Vanduser-----1898---1978-----M&MRR---Scott 165.3---Crowder------1898---1974-----M&MRR---Scott 167.0---Carlston------1898---1974-----M&MRR---Scott 167.6---Harbinston---1898---1974-----M&MRR---Scott 168.1---Tanner--------1898---1974-----M&MRR---Scott 170.1---Salcedo--------1898---1968-----M&MRR---Scott 170.6---Vanor---------1898---1968-----M&MRR---Scott 173.4---Morehouse---1898---1968-----M&MRR---Scott 173.4---Morehouse----1900---1968-----SLM&S---Scott 176.9---Tram Switch---1900---1968----SLM&S---Scott 177.2---Deshler---------1900---1968----SLM&S---Scott 179.7---Canalou--------1900---1968----SLM&S---Scott 182.7---Charter Oak---1900---1968----SLM&S---Stoddard 183.4---Hoosier--------1900---1968----SLM&S---Stoddard 184.3---Claude---------1900---1968----SLM&S---Stoddard 187.1---LaValle---------1900---1968----SLM&S---Stoddard 189.6---Maulsby-------1900---1968----SLM&S---Stoddard 192.5---Parma---------1900---1973----SLM&S---New Madrid 196.6---Risco-----------1900---1973----SLM&S---New Madrid 197.2---Forest----------1900---1973----SLM&S---New Madrid 199.6---Tallipoosa-----1900---1973----SLM&S---New Madrid 199.6---Tallipoosa------1901---1973----CBRR----New Madrid 202.3---Hartzell--------1901---1973----CBRR----New Madrid 206.5---Gideon---------1901---1973----CBRR----Dunklin 208.5---Clarkton-------1901---1973----CBRR----Dunklin 211.?---Baird------------1902---1973----CBRR----Dunklin 213.0---Gibson----------1902---1973----CBRR----Dunklin 213.0---Gibson----------1891---1973----SLK&S----Dunklin 215.6---Holcomb--------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 216.8---Pine City--------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 219.5---Frisbee----------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 220.8---White Oak------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 223.0---Ipley-------------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 224.9---Owens-----------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 227.5---Kennett----------1891---1982----SLK&S----Dunklin 0.0------Kennett---------1897---1999----K&ORR----Dunklin 1.5-------Udora-----------1897---1999----K&ORR----Dunklin 4.5-------Dillman---------1897---1999----K&ORR----Dunklin 5.5-------Octa-------------1897---1982----K&ORR----Dunklin 9.1-------Senath-----------1897---1982----K&ORR----Dunklin 13.7------Bucoda----------1897---1972----K&ORR----Dunklin 16.7------Arbyrd----------1897---1972----K&ORR----Dunklin 19.3------Paulding--------1897---1972----K&ORR----Dunklin 21.5------Boynton, AR----1897---1972----K&ORR----Mississippi 24.7------Leachville-------1898---1972----K&ORR----Mississippi Predecessor Companies 1) M&MRR - Morley and Morehouse Railroad 2) SLM&S - St. Louis, Morehouse and Southern Railroad 3) CBRR - Clarkton Branch Railroad, St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad 4) SLK&S - St. Louis, Kennett and Southern Railroad (1) 5) K&ORR - Kennett and Osceola Railroad Notes 1) Connects with Chaffee Subdivision, River Division at Brooks Junction. 2) Connects with Marquette-Brooks Junction Branch, St. Louis Subdivision, River Division at Brooks Junction. 3) Connects with Vanduser-Aquilla Branch at Vanduser. 4) Interchanges with Missouri Pacific (MP) Railroad at Morehouse. 5) Interchanges with St. Louis Southwestern (SSW) Railroad or Cotton Belt at Parma. 6) Connects with Tallipoosa-Pascola Branch at Tallipoosa. 7) Interchanges with St. Louis Southwestern (SSW) Railroad or Cotton Belt at Gideon. 8) Connects with Malden Branch at Clarkton. 9) Connects with Gibson-Aquilla Branch at Gibson. 10) Connects with Kennett-Hayti Branch at Kennett. 11) Connects with Kennett-Popular Bluff Branch at Kennett. 12) Interchanges with St. Louis Southwestern (SSW) Railroad or Cotton Belt at Arbyrd. 13) Connects with Leachville-Jonesboro Branch at Leachville. 14) Connects with Leachville-Blytheville Branch at Leachville. 15) Interchanges with St. Louis Southwestern (SSW) Railroad or Cotton Belt at Leachville. 16) Water tanks located at Brooks Jct., Morehouse, Parma, Gibson, Kennett. 17) Wyes located at Brooks Jct., Vanduser, Morehouse, Parma, Tallipoosa, Clarkton, Gibson, Kennett. 18) Coal docks located at Kennett. 19) Interlocking plant located at Kennett. 20) Rails removed Kennett to Dillman 3/2000.
Dear Rogerrt477, Thanks for this great post. My mother was born in Canalou, Missouri and lived there until she was eight years old. Would you happen to know what branch line, subdivision or division of the Frisco this was on?
Dear Karl, Many thanks! I have been looking for this information for some time. As I wrote above, my mother and all her five siblings were born at home, in Canalou, where there was no doctor and you had to take the train to reach the nearest pharmacy. My older aunts and uncles knew the station agent and his family, and also the man who threw the mail sacks off the railway post office (RPO) as the train passed. My family moved away from there, looking for a better future circa 1952, after all the old-growth forests had been clear cut for lumber, and the land converted to farming. I have a picture of some of my family standing outside the Frisco depot while waiting for a train that would carry away a family member whom we would not see again for fifty years. Everyone is smiling, but it was a dark time for the family because World War 2 changed everything. It was no longer possible to live an isolated rural lifestyle as they always had. The young ones, including eventually my mother, simply did not feel the same about life as had their parents. They had different expectations. And by this time, circa 1948, the railroad in Canalou was already ailing. These days, Canalou is mostly just a wide-spot on a highway; it barely exists.
Paul, Attached is the page that covers the Leachville Subdivision taken from Employee Timetable 39A, June 15, 1956. Service was provided by a tri-weekly freight that carried passengers in the caboose.
If you get a chance to scan and upload the photograph of your family at the Canalou depot? I am sure that many folks here would appreciate it. Seems that we lack too few photographs of smaller Frisco locations. Best Regards,