Winston, I am really curious about this, do you remember why the Campbell branch held on until the early 1970s?
Here’s a couple of unique photos of the Hoxie in PB that I have. Photo #1 is looking north at the black river bridge, you can also see a water...
The first two scenes are now mostly underwater although when the water levels get very low, the old bridge pilings can be seen again.
Here are some photographs along the Puxico to Hunter line, the Hunter Branch, Hoxie Subdivision. The first depicts the lumber yard in Chaonia, MO...
From the Joe Collias book Frisco Power. First photograph was taken at the depot at Hoxie, AR in 1956. Second photograph shows a meet of trains...
Last two articles from the Daily American Republic.
From the newspapers of the Daily American Republic. Jack Bess really tried to keep this line around.
I forgot to add this photograph in the original post. Here is a view of the station in Poplar Bluff, MO looking northbound sometime in the 1950s.
More images from the MoArk Museum, this time of Frisco action on the Hoxie Subdivision in Poplar Bluff, MO.
This is a new photograph that the MoArk Regional Rail Museum got which is a rare image of a train working the Hunter Branch. The train here is a...
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