MAP OF

ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCIS-SHOWING

LINES TAKEN UP

OFFICE OF CHIEF ENGR - SPRINGF

LEGEND

LINES TAKEN UP OR

WAY CO.

15,1955

N. 1,1930

Caruthersville Branch

TE227 *Kennett

TD169TD170TD172TD174TD177TD180TD187TD189TD194TD198TD201TD203TD204TD206TD209TD215TE213

ShawanDurnellToppertown*Zeta*Aquila*Bloomfield*Aid*Redd*DudleyBradyville

Shover*PoweShreveBryanValley Ridge*Campbell*Gibson

This is the sixth in our year-long Deering Branch 4° TE233 Octa

series profiling the history and operations Malden Branch 12° TE236 *Senath

of the Frisco River Division. This TE241 *Bucoda

installment is number four of our in-depth STATION NUMBERS/NAMES TE244 *Arbyrd

look at each of the five sub-divisions that Leachville Sub TE246 *Paulding

comprised the River Division. Our base TE248A Charles

year for listing stations and facilities is T131 *Cape Girardeau TE248 MO-AR State line

1927, the first year the five sub-divisions T134 Marquette TE249 Boynton

were all in full operation and the point in TE136 Massey TE252 *Leachville

time that the majority of facilities were TE137 *Illmobuilt and in service. To profile freight and TE138 *Fremsdorf Campbell Branch .passenger service on the respective sub- TE142 Wraysdivisions, six years have been selected to TE144 Lilydale TE163 *Vanduser

give a representative sample of operations, TE145 *Commerce TD166 Bridwell

as follows: 1927 - 1943 - 1954 - 1961 - TE146 Wasatch TD167 Himmel

1975 -1979. TE150 Redman TD168 Indiana Spur

LEACHVILLE SUB-DIVISIONCampbell Branch

Caruthersville BranchDeering Branch Malden Branch

General Information

Total Mileage 209.8 milesLeachville Sub 120.8 milesCampbell Branch 56.0 milesCaruthersville Branch 2.4 miles

Deering Branch 22.6 milesMalden Branch 8.0 miles

Number of Stations 106Leachville Sub 56Campbell Branch 21

Caruthersville Branch 14Deering Branch 11Malden Branch 4

TE152TE155TE157TE159T155TE163TE165TE168TE169TE170TE171TE173TE177TE177ATE180TE183TE183ATE184TE187TE190TE192

*BentonLemleys*MorleySand Pit*Brooks Junction*Vanduser*CrowderCarlstonTannerSakedoVanor*MorehouseTram SwitchDeshler*CanalouCharter OakHoosierClaude*La. Valle*Maulsby*Parma

Maximum Grades: TE196 *Risco TF228 Mackey sLeachville Sub TE200 *Tallipoosa TF226 Kirk

1.0% TE202 Hartzell TF225 New YamaCampbell Branch 0.8% TE206 *Gideon TF225 YamaCaruthersville Branch 0.5% TE209 *Clarkton TF223 OgdonDeering Branch 0.04% TE211 Baird TF222 *Bragg CityMalden Branch 0.5% TE213 *Gibson TF218 *Pascola

Ruling Grades: TE215 *Holcomb T213 *HaytiLeachville Sub 0.8% TE217 Pine City TX217 CunninghamCampbell Branch 0.5% TE219 *Frisbee TX220 *CaruthersvilleCaruthersville Branch 0.5% TE221 White Oak TX224 Dayton

Deering Branch 0.04% TE223 Ipley TX227 CanadyMalden Branch 0.5% TE225 Owens T219 Grassy Bayou

Maximum Track Curvatures: TE227 *KennettLeachville Sub 16.8° TE229 UdoraCampbell Branch 7° TE232 *Dillman

Caruthersville, Branch 7.5° _ _ _

CarlstonTannerVanorDeshlerHoosierClaudeMaulsbyHartzellPine CityOwensUdoraOctaFerrysWilsonsJewellOjibwayLaderoBarrett MineOrchardNew YamaDaytonYukon

M.P. 176.1M.P. 168.0M.P. 170.7M.P. 177.3M.P. 183.5M.P. 184.8M.P. 189.3M.P. 202.2M.P. 216.8M.P. 224.9M.P. 229.5M.P. 233.5M.P. 183.4M.P. 191.0M.P. 192.4M.P. 192.5M.P. 196.8M.P. 198.6M.P. 212.4M.P. 224.7M.P. 223.8M.P. 218.2

5 cars9 cars3 cars0 cars6 cars

12 cars12 cars4 cars

10 cars10 cars12 cars13 cars5 cars0 cars4 cars0 cars0 cars3 cars4 cars9 cars

12 cars10 cars

Deering Branch

TE200 *TallipoosaTH205 FrailyTH207 GarverTH211 WardellTH213 TullyTH219 *PascolaTH220 American SpurTH219 YukonTH220 HawkinsTH221 LittlesTH222 Deering Junction

Malden Branch

TE209 *ClarktonTK213 Mc GuiresTK214 ProvidenceTK217 *Malden

Junction Points

Leachville Sub

St. Louis Southwestern. at FremsdorfMissouri Pacific at MorleyMissouri Pacific at MorehouseSt. Louis Southwestern at ParmaGideon & North Island at GideonSt. Louis Southwestern at Arbyrd

Campbell Branch

St. Louis Southwestern at ZetaMissouri Pacific at DudleySt. Louis Southwestern at Campbell

Caruthersville Branch

Deering Branch at PascolaChaffee Sub at HaytiDeering Southwestern at Caruthersville

Deering Branch

Caruthersville Branch at Pascola

Malden Branch

Hayti Mechanical Roberts Schafer

EDITOR'S NOTE: Cars indicates that coalwas shoveled direct from coal cars tolocomotive tenders.

Water Tanks:Brooks Junction - Morehouse - Parma -Gibson - Kennett - Arbyrd - Aquilla -Bradyville - Hayti - Caruthersville

Stock Pens:Location No./Size Car Cap.Benton 2 32x32 4Commerce Chute onlyMorley 2 32x64 2Clarkton 2 21x40 2Gibson 2 32x32 4Holcomb 2 32x64 4Kennett 1 56x23

1 26x301 27x32

Morehouse 2 42x44Parma 2 32x64 2Risco Chute onlySenath 1 24x26

1 25x301 26x281 26x27

Tanner 1 16x32 2Vanduser 2 32x64 2Himmel Chute onlyBloomfield 5 27x36 10Bradyville 1 32x30 2Campbell 2 32x64 4Caruthersville 2 32x40 4

2 30x40Dudley 2 32x32 6Hayti 1 27x32 4

1 28x31Powe 2 32x64 2Mc Guires Chute onlyMalden 2 16x64 3

Wyes:Brooks Junction - Morehouse - Parma -Gibson - Kennett - Arbyrd - Aquilla -Bradyville - Hayti - Caruthersville

Interlocking Plants:Dudley at M.P. 193.6

FREIGHT SERVICE

EDITOR'S NOTE: Generally speaking,northbound trains were always superior tosouthbound trains in terms of right of waypriority.

1927

Leachville Sub:833S Local. Daily except Sunday850N/851S Local. Daily except Sunday853N Local. Daily except Sunday854N Local. Daily except Sunday857S Local. Daily except Sunday860N/861S Local. Mon-Wed-Fri862N/863S Local. Daily except SundayCampbell Branch:852N Local. Daily except Sunday8575 Local. Daily except Sunday858N/859S Mixed. Tue-Thur-Sat860N/8615 Mixed. Mon-Wed-FriCaruthersville Branch:852N Local. Daily except Sunday857S Local. Daily except SundayDeering Branch:Freight Service provided by extras.Malden Branch:

St. Louis Southwestern at Malden • • 852N Local. Daily except SundaySidings & Spurs Between Stations:Massey M.P. 135.8 15 cars 857S Local. Daily except Sunday

Facilities Wrays M.P. 141.7 2 carsLilydale M.P. 144.2 9 cars 1943

Coal Stations: Wasatch M.P. 146.7 7 carsKennett. Cars Lemleys M.P. 154.7 22 cars Leachville Sub:Campbell. Cars Sand Pit M.P. 158.7 49 cars 850N Local. Tue-Thur-Sat

851 S Local. Mon-Wed-Fri862N Local. Tue-Thur-Sat863S Local. Mon-Wed-FriCampbell Branch:858N/859S Local. Daily except SundayCaruthersville Branch:830N/831S Local. Daily except SundayMalden Branch:860N/861S Local. Daily except Sunday

1954

Leachville Sub:850N Local. Tue-Thur-Sat851 S Local. Mon-Wed-Fri862N Local. Tue-Thur-Sat863S Local. Mon-Wed-FriCampbell Branch:858N/859S Local. Mon-Wed-FriCaruthersville Branch:830N/831S Local. Daily except SundayMalden Branch:860N/861S Local. Daily except Sunday

1961

Leachville Sub:850N Local. Wed. & Sat.851S Local. Mon. & Thur.Campbell Branch:Freight Service provided by extrasCaruthersville Branch:830N Local. Tue-Thur-Sat831S Local. Mon-Thur-FriMalden Branch:Freight Service provided by extras

820N Motor Car Service daily822N Motor Car Service daily881S Motor Car Service daily882N/883S Motor Car Service daily897S Motor Car Service dailyDeering Branch:814N/815S Motor Car Service dailyMalden Branch:884N/885S Motor Car Service daily877S/878N Motor Car Service daily

1943

Leachville Sub:881S/882N Motor Car Service dailyCampbell Branch:879S/880N Motor Car Service daily886N/887S Motor Car Service dailyCaruthersville Branch:881 S/882N Motor Car Service dailyDeering Branch:Passenger Service discontinuedMalden Branch:877S/878N Motor Car Service daily884N/885S Motor Car Service daily

While we have already seen thatthe River Division was created by theacquisition and consolidation of a number

of individual companies and lines, (seeALL ABOARD, River Division, June-July1990) two of the three that maintained theircorporate identity the longest, and were thelast additions to the River Division family,made up the Piggot Branch of theLeachville Sub-Division.

The Butler County Railroad wasincorporated on September 1, 1905.Between 1911 and 1915 the companycompleted a line from Poplar Bluff, MO,southeast to the junction with the St. LouisSouthwestern at Piggott, AR. A fifteen-mile branch line was also completedbetween Ospery Junction southwest toTipperary, AR. This line was abandoned in1935.

The St. Louis, Kennett &Southeastern Railroad was incorporatedon March 29, 1906 and completed a twenty-seven mile line from Piggott, AR to Kennett,MO. (see map on page 4).

On August 29, 1927, both theButler County Line and the St. Louis,Kennett & Southeastern were leased to theFrisco and on January 1, 1950, ownershipwas officially transferred to the company.

1975 & 1979

Line Abandoned

PASSENGER SERVICE

1927

Leachville Sub:881S/882N Motor Car Service daily893S/894N Motor Car Service dailyCampbell Branch:879S/880N Motor Car Service daily886N/887S Motor Car Service dailyCaruthersville Branch:811S Motor Car Service daily812N/8135 Motor Car Service daily814N/815S Motor Car Service daily ex Sun816N/817S Motor Car Service daily818N/819S Motor Car Service daily Butler County Railroad Freight Interchan ge Man. April 1920

The Frisco Research Servicecurrently has available the followingrelated materials:

1.An 81/2"x 11' floor plan reprint foreach of the Stations marked with an(*) asterisk$130 each

2.Employee Timetable reprints forthe Leachville Sub-Division for thefollowing years:1917-1927-1943-1952-1954-1956-1957-1959-1961-1963-1964-1965-1967-1969-1971-1975-1976-1979.$130 each

3.Public Timetable reprints of theLeachville Sub-Division for any year1921 to 1965.$130 each

LEACHVILLE SUB -DIVISION Bell City M.P. 237.7 11 carsPatterson M.P. 239.0 3 cars

Piggott Branch Bark Camp M.P. 242.0 6 carsStyra M.P. 220.3 8 cars

STATION NUMBERS/NAMES Branch No. 4 M.P. 223.7 18 carsBranch No. 9 M.P. 225.2 0 cars

TA195 Poplar Bluff Branch No. 11 M.P. 226.8 0 carsTA194 Poplar Junction Hicoria M.P. 230.1 33 carsTM204 Broseley Buffalo Spur M.P. 230.8 0 carsTM209 Qulin Branch No. 8 M.P. 235.3 0 carsTM216 FagusTM219 Osprey Junction, AR FREIGHT SERVICETM222 PollardTM228 Piggott Junction 1927TM228 PiggottTM233 Carryville 830N/831S Local. Daily except SundayTM236 Nimmons

KennettWestW (Osprey to Tipperary)TM240 834N Local. Mon-Wed-FriTM244 Kennett Junction 831S Local. Mon-Wed-FriTE227 KennettTM219 Osprey Junction

1943TV226 McDougalTV235 Tipperary

852N Local. Tue-Thur-Sat853S Local. Mon-Wed-FriJunction Points

Missouri Pacific at Poplar Bluff 1954

St. Louis Southwestern at PiggotFreight Service provided by extras

Facilities PASSENGER SERVICE

Coal Stations:Poplar Bluff CarsKennett. Cars

Water Tanks:Poplar Bluff - Qulin - Piggott - Kennett -McDougal - Tipperary

Wyes:Poplar Junction - Ospery Junction - PiggottJunction - Kennett

Interlocking Plants:Poplar Bluff at M.P. 195.0Kennett at M.P. 227.8

Sidings & Spurs Between Stations:Morocco M.P. 197.5 0 carsHolley M.P. 199.2 4 carsSpread M.P. 200.8 23 carsNy ssa M.P. 206.5 7 carsCaterpillar Spur M.P. 208.3 0 carsWest Branch M.P. 211.0 0 carsIlex M.P. 212.1 0 carsPlatanus M.P. 213.9 38 carsTango M.P. 225.0 27 carsRhyne M.P. 231.6 0 cars

1927

894N/895S Motor Car Service daily896N/897S Motor Car Service daily ex Sun(Osprey to Tipperary)890N/891S Motor Car Service daily892N Motor Car Service daily899S Motor Car Service daily

1943Passenger Service discontinued.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Poplar Bluff to Piggottwas abandoned in 1951 and Piggott toKennett was abandoned in 1958.

GP7L #581 is all the motive power needed topull this 1966 all-aluminum unit train.

LOOKING BACKWARD is a regularfeature of the ALL ABOARD that takes alook back through our files at the people,equipment, facilities, and events that werea part of the Frisco 25, 50, and 75 years ago.

25 YEARS - 1966

On March 29, 1966, the Friscoand its subsidiary, the Alabama, Tennessee& Northern Railroad moved the world'sfirst long-distance, all-aluminum, unit trainon an historic journey from the bauxiterefining works of the Aluminum Companyof America at Mobile, AL, to St. Louis,MO. The all-aluminum, ultra lightweightunit freight train, almost one-half mile longand consisting of fifty cars of alumina, leftMobile on the A. T.& N., connecting withthe Frisco at Aliceville, AL. The Friscothen carried the train to St. Louis for deliveryto the New York Central, which moved it toits final destination at Messena, NY.

50 YEARS - 1941

In 1941, twenty-eight cabooseswere built in the West Springfield Car Shops,Nos. 49-58, at a cost of $2,636.71 each.

75 YEARS - 1916

In 1916, three new passengerstations were constructed on the Frisco atMonett, MO, Hayti, MO, and Claremore,OK. It should be noted that the Monett andHayti depots were the only ones on theFrisco line to display the station name insidethe coonskin logo.

1941 built Frisco Caboose #49 Springfield, MO October 22, 1961 A. Johnson collection

In the 1991 February-March ALL ABOARD, MUSEUM

ACQUISITIONS feature, it was noted that "the museum currently

has on display afacsimile of the (builder's) plates carried on (Friscosteam locomotive) #4202. We are pleased to announce that thanksto Frisco Folk Ron Wagoner, we now have one of the actualbuilder's plates from Frisco locomotive #4209.

Frisco Depot Monett, MO Ply 24, 1949 A. Johnson collection

#4209 Kansas City, MO November, 1939 Charles Winters photo

Frisco Depot Hayti, MO 1962 H.D. Conner collection

Frisco Depot Claremore, OK 1978 H.D. Conner collection

MODELING FRISCO'S SD45'sBy Richard E. Napper

SD45 #946, with Gryo-Lite in place, soon after arrival, December, 1969. Wayne Porter photo

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third andfinal installment in a three part article inwhich Richard Napper provides detailed,step-by-step, procedures for modelingFrisco's SD45 series road engines.

Back to the shell and cab. Theyshould be dry enough to mask them for theMandarin Orange. I use 1/2" masking tapeto do this. The separation line is even withthe bottom of the cab and the top separationline is the bottom of the rear radiators. Ipaint and mask the cab separately from theframes.

Most of my models have beenpainted with Floquil SP Daylight Red#110135 which is a Red/Orange color thatmatches the decals very well. Anotherpossibility for painting is Floquil Socony Red#110187. I always spray paint my models.After painting, remove the tape as

soon as possible. Let the shell dry again,then paint it with Crystal Cote. Be sure tonote that the rear brake stand is painted allred.

Apply the decals of your choice. Iuse Herald King #L-461 with Walthersnumber board decals for the number boards.By the way, you will need to hand paint thefour number boards with Engine Blackbefore you apply the numbers of your unit.

There is one option, depending onyour road number, that you might have toadd and that is the Gyro-Lite in the nose ofthe short hood.

EDITOR'S NOTE: According to ourrecords, Nos. 943-948 came equipped withthe Gyro-Lite.

One added touch you might wantto consider is placing a red Frisco logo on

low nose. They are included in the MicroScale decal set for modern hood units.

EDITOR'S NOTE: According to ourrecords, three SD45's carried a nose logo:Nos. 911, 912, and 915.

After the decals have set, paint theshell and cab with Dull Cote. At this point,you are ready to install the beacon, headlights, grab irons, and MU hoses to theshell. Do not forget the grab iron on theengineers side in front of the battery box.Hand paint all grab irons Floquil ReeferWhite #110011. Do not pait the roof grabiron on the rear of the long hood roof. It isthe only one painted red. Install the classi-fication light jewels, either white, red, orgreen.

Using the SD45 parts, install thehandrails. You will have to cut the two longhood handrails short just a little at the cabend only. Paint all handrails Reefer White,but paint the stanchions red. Cut the centerout of the end handrails and install CampbellChain #200-256 across the drop steps. In-stall the cab window glass if you have notalready done so. If you do not weather yourmodels, then you are finished with yourSD45.

I prefer to add more detail withpaint. Mask off the engine air intake filters,and the dynamic brake and rear radiatorvents on both sides of the long hood. Nowpaint these areas with Grimy Black #110013.Free hand spray the exhaust and all roodfans as well to weather the shell. Handpaint the cab side window frames with OldSilver #110100 and the cab arm rest with

Roof Brown #110070. Paint the ends of theMU hoses and Kadee coupler pin with OldSilver. Paint the couplers Rust #110073.Spray Dust #110006 on the truck side framesand end of the fuel tanks. Paint the fuel tankfiler cap Signal Red #110065. Paint a spillon the side of the fuel tank under the fillerwith Gloss Black or just use Crystal Cote. Istop at this point, but you could dust theshell in a heavy coat of Mud #110083, Dust#110006, or Dirt #110081 (Earth).

Now you are DONE! All that'sleft is to couple your unit to a string of

freight and let her run!!

SD45 #900, fresh from the diesel shops and ready for its first assignment.

DOWN AT THE DEPOT

Leachville, ARStation TE252

Leachville Sub-DivisionRiver Division

The Kennett & Osceola Railroadwas incorporated on December 28, 1896,and by the end of 1897 it had completed atwenty-one mile line between Kennett, MOand the Missouri-Arkansas State Line.Between 1897 and 1905, the St. Louis,Kennett & Southern completed the line

from the Missouri-Arkansas State Line to ajunction point with the Jonesboro, Lake City& Eastern and the Blytheville, Leachville &Arkansas Southern, at Leachville, AR.

While current records do not indi-cate when the Leachville Station was con-structed or which specific company built it,it is known from Junction Points & JointOperations Diagrams (like the one shownbelow) that it was located at the southwestcorner of the junction of the three lines intoLeachville.

The frame structure was 74' 2long, 18' wide, and sat on a block foundation. The walls were constructed of 2"x 4'framing with boxing and battens sidingThe roof was a gable design, with a 1/:pitch, covered with green compositionshingles. The exterior was painted "FriscoGray" with white trim.

The interior was divided into atOffice with a corner agent's bay on thenortheast end, General Waiting Room, amFreight department on the southwest endA 9' 4"x 8' 6" portion of the southeast corner

of the waiting room was devoted to aRecords room with access to the officearea.

The interior ceilings were 11' highwith 7/8" x 3 1/4" yellow pine floors and 7/8" x 3 1/4" match wall boards. The cinderplatform extended 18' to the north sidetrack and 16' 4" to the east line.

As indicated on page 14 of theRiver Division feature, the Leachville Sta-tion was served primarily by Motor Carservice.

Leachville, AR 1976 H. D. Connor collection

Tne place is Alger 1.1: and the date is 1906, as the Kiefer switch crew with 4-6-0 #677 position an oil trainfor loading. Its Classic Friscol R.E. Napper collection

A SPECTACULAR example of Frisco service,but in keeping with the Frisco policy of alwaysdoing the best possible job for shippers andpassengers regardless of conditions. Here'swhat the manager of the burned mill wrote:—"Please accept this as our most sincere thanksfor the extreme courtesy your company ex-tended us during our very damaging fire earlyTuesday morning. I know no act offriendship greater than was extendedus by your company, when someonein your organization ordered one of

your fast passenger and mail trains to :tophere and pull all cars from our tracks. Wepreciate this and want our most sincere th ...KSto reach every man in your organization thathad anything to do with such a courtesy."

With courtesy and service, let Frisco speedyour shipment or short-en your journey from, toand thru Frisco-land.