HOT SPRINGS BRANCH by John Matrow Distance in feet 0 Hot Springs Jct. 1913 1908 trestle - water 5' over rail 4/27 5331 MP 1 6800 Twen Cen 10590 MP 2 15840 MP 3 16634 (shown later as Peiser) 16837 (shown later as Wards) 21152 MP 4 21417 Berger 25819 Brittian station sign - Brittain 26342 MP 5 31656 MP 6 36929 MP 7 40500 Guilford 42240 MP 8 47560 MP 9 52815 MP 10 58031 MP 11 58200 top of 0.63% westward grade 60600 Vimy Ridge - formerly Germania 63300 Goodman - removed by GM circular 3-31-22 63634 MP 12 69268 MP 13 73935 MP 14 77043 Brooks depot 79023 MP 15 84346 MP 16 84428=84410 correction 85867 Goodman - GM circular 3-31-32 86800 Alumina - removed by GM circular 5-12-20 89795 MP 17 90300 Lignite - discontinued by GM circular 5-12-20 93500=93480 correction 94900 MP 18 96297 Bauxite Northern overhead crossing 96825 Bauxite depot 100706 MP 19 105797 MP 20 106300 top of 0.64% eastward grade 110771 MP 21 115476 Lena 116002=0 LR&HSW switch 176 MP 22 853 LR&HSW Jct. 5332 MP 23 5686 Benton depot 10742 MP 24 12694 truss bridge 16042 MP 25 21257 MP 26 26491 MP 27 28321 Haskell depot - removed '59 29110 Mainline to Eunice, La. 30100 St. Louis Iron Mtn & Southern (MoP) crossing 31854 MP 28 34520 Opitz station sign 36996 MP 29 42401 MP 30 43800 top of 1.00% eastward grade 47684 MP 31 48212 Francway 52938 MP 32 53172 Laufketter station sign 58229 MP 33 63497 MP 34 68749 MP 35 73500 Reyburn - formerly Sims 74027 MP 36 79302 MP 37 84600 MP 38, Pernort 85485 Perla Northern abandoned under bridge 89874 MP 39 93292 Camden branch Y 94200 top of 1.00% westward grade 95095 Camden branch Jct. 95509 MP 40, Butterfield 100600 MP 41 105711 MP 42 108800 Vapill, GM circular 3-3-26 110973 MP 43 115360 "Cove Creek" erased from map 116026 Cove Creek pony truss bridge 116156 MP 44 118000 "Alapco" erased from map - found in other tables 119000 Jones Mills depot 121655 MP 45 123163 Begin line relocation of 5-15-25 126960 MP 46 on old line 128722 End line relocation (31' higher, 2' below 4/23 backwater) 128722=130411 Delete distance saved - 1689 132008 MP 47 136319 (approx. location of Wilson Springs) 137222 MP 48 137400 top of 2.18% westward grade 137803 Price station sign 142691 MP 49 144300 "Alapco" erased from map 147880 MP 50 151100 Lake Catherine - formerly Lawrence, GM circular 4-16-27 152897 MP 51 155000 Essex Park - removed 157365 East Gulpha Creek girder span 1911 158004 MP 52 163801 MP 53 168957 MP 54 169115 St.L.I.M.&S. overhead crossing 174264 MP 55 175417 Gulpha station sign, Y track 176804 girder span 1903 179596 MP 56 183191 Hot Springs depot - end of track 183800 end of 1.96% westward grade 184671 end of ROW (MP 56.9549) Most bridges underwater 4-27. 35 telegraph poles per mile in original 1916 maps Maps donated to RITS by Ed Seay, Jr.
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