12/19/96 ROCK ISLAND ABANDONED TRACKAGE MILES REMOVED ARKANSAS Briark - Hopewell Pt. 2 1917 W. Memphis - Marion 5-7 6/15-1924 Jones Mills (realign) 1 5/25 Jacksonport - Newport 4 6/28 Ola - Dardanelle 15 4/38 Gregory - Wiville 8 1/42 Brinkley - Newport 53 3/42 Newton (realign) 1 11/43 Des Arc - Searcy 23 11/59 Sparkman - Kent 20 1969 Whitlow Jct. - Crossett 5 1978 Banks - Warren (W&OV) 16 1979 Malvern - Sparkman 33 3/82 Mesa - Des Arc 14 4/82 Mesa - Stuttgart 21 4/82 Brittain - Haskell (LRH&W) 22 11/83 Haskell - Fordyce 51 11/83 Carlisle - Brinkley 35 1/85 Danville - OK state line 66 4/86 El Dorado - Tinsman 36 ? ILLINOIS Bishop Hill (realign) (RI&P) 2 1901 Preemption - Cable (RI&MC) 4 1/26 Midlothian - (west) 2 before 1/36 Preemption - Sherrard (PE) 5 6/36 Milan - Orion (RI&P) 12 5/41 Hollis (Sommer) - Pekin 7 7/52 Preemption - near Milan (RI&MC) 17 12/52 Toulon - Alta (RI&P) 25 3/63 Alta - Pioneer Ind. Pk. (RI&P) 1 12/72 LaFayette - Toulon (RI&P) 5 7/73 Orion - Lafayette (RI&P) 31 1982 IOWA Wilton - Lime City 5 1903 W. Davenport - Stockton (BCR&N) 16 1925 Reasnor - Monroe 6 1926 Elmira - Digby (BCR&N) 8 6/29 Shafton - Chancy 8 1932 Flagler spur (e. of Knoxville) 5 1933 Wilton Jct. - Muscatine 12 1934 Oskaloosa - Beacon 2 5/37 Newton - Reasnor 10 5/37 Greenville - Greenville Jct. 2 11/37 Digby - Iowa City (BCR&N) 3 1938 Evans - Knoxville 21 11/38 Iowa Jct. - Lone Tree (BCR&N) 5 6/39 Muscatine - Nichols (BCR&N) 16 6/39 Bennett - Shafton (BCR&N) 35 8/40 Elmira - Tipton (BCR&N) 16 11/40 Plato - Cedar Valley (BCR&N) 4 40-44 Atlantic - Griswold 14 6/43 Stockton - Tipton (BCR&N) 22 12/43 Washington - Brighton 13 1946 Floris - Paris (realign) 15 1946 Centerville - Paris (realign) 22 1946 Eldon - Perlee (realign) 23 1946 Shelby - Rigg 30 11/53 Atlantic - Walnut 11 11/53 Adair (realign) 6 1954 Colfax (realign) 2 1954 Oakland - Carson 5 4/54 Thornburg - What Cheer (BCR&N) 5 4/57 Nichols - Lone Tree (BCR&N) 7 8/58 Summerset Jct. - Winterset 25 10/58 Waverly - Waverly Jct. 6 12/59 Harlan Jct. (Avoca) - Harlan 12 9/60 Givin - Eddyville 2 1960 Jct. near Postville - Decorah (BCR&N) 23 1963 Keota - Mich Spur (Oskaloosa) 34 1967 Shelby - Walnut 15 1968 Avon - Carlisle (realign) 3 68-69 Hartford - Beech (realign) 2 68-69 Menlo - Guthrie Center 14 1969 Buffalo Center - Lakota 6 1969 Rock Rapids - SD state line 23 1972 W. Union - Postville (BCR&N) 23 1973 Mt. Zion - Keosauqua 5 1976 Oelwein - W. Union (BCR&N) 21 1976 Linn Jct. - Oelwein (BCR&N) 50 1976 Palmer - Gowrie 29 1976 Oskaloosa - Mich Spur 3 1976 Sibley - Hartley 21 1977 Little Rock - Ellsworth, MN 9 1977 Ellsworth, MN - Rock Rapids 10 1977 Royal - Hartley 12 7/78 Avoca - Hancock 6 12/79 Woden - Titonka 7 11/80 Lake Park - Worthington, MN (BCR&N) 19 2/82 Winear - Winterset (blt 58) 12 2/82 Sharon Jct. (N&W) - Ainsworth 84 2/82 Evans Jct. - Oskaloosa 4 2/82 Pella - Keokuk 104 2/82 Oskaloosa area 4 2/82 Thompson - Buffalo Center 9 2/82 Hayfield - Woden 12 2/82? Sibley - Little Rock 8 2/82 Allerton - Centerville 30 2/82 Clarion - Goldfield 10 9/82 Iowa Falls - Dysart (BCR&N) 59 1984 Forest City - Thompson 11 12/84 Dows - Belmond 15 12/84 Hayfield Jct. - Hayfield 6 7/85 Iowa Falls - Dows 16 7/85? Burlington - Cedar Rapids (BCR&N) 98 9/85 KANSAS Abilene - Solomon 10 1/31 Hunt's Spur (near Wathena) - Elwood 7 1/34 Solomon - Salina 10 5/34 Anthony - Waldron 14 4/37 Kismet - Hayne (realign) 12 1939 Meade - (west) (blt 40) 7 1945 Norton (realign) 10 1963 Horton - NE. state line (Bern) 35 1967 N. Topeka - Troy 75 1983 McFarland - Clay Center 57 1984 Liberal - Baker, OK 13 8/86 LOUISIANA Mallett - Packman 4 8/25 Packman 1 12/26 Winfield - Mallett 4 3/27 RI Jct. (Alexandria) - Willow Glen 3 1964 Willow Glen - Lamourie Jct. 7 1969 Lamourie Jct. - SP Jct. (Eunice) 45 9/77 Quitman - Lillie 44 80-84? MINNESOTA Trosky - Jasper 9 9/32 Kanaranzi - Luverne 7 1962 Lismore - SD state line 36 1970 Ellsworth - Kanaranzi 6 1970 Luverne - Hardwick 9 1970 Clarks Grove - Maple Island 9 1978 Worthington - Lismore 21 2/82 Albert Lea - Bricelyn 26 11/83 MISSOURI Edgerton Jct. - Wallace 13 3/29 Trenton - Coburn (realign) 5 9/31 Wallace - Rushville 12 1/34 Forsyth Jct. (St. L.) - Clayton 2 11/37 Stillings - Cameron 49 5/40 Altamont - Cameron 14 5/42 Mercer - Mill Grove (realign) 16 1946 Clayton - Olivette (St. L.) 5 12/50 Jamesport - St. Joseph 64 1973 Coburn Jct. - Jamesport 5 9/81 St. Joseph yard 3/84 NEBRASKA Nelson - Ruskin 12 6/39 Beatrice - KS state line (Bern) 54 1967 Ruskin - Fairbury 40 1977 Jansen - Beatrice 20 10/79 CRI&P Jct. (Omaha) - Hallam 74 1984 OKLAHOMA Wilburton - Haileyville (realign) 17 1904 Watonga - Greenfield Jct. 7 1920 Coalgate - Lehigh 6 1923 Guthrie - Chandler 39 6/24 Watonga - Homestead 23 11/26 Oklahoma City (realign) 5 1930 Rush Springs - Acme Cement Co. 4 1931 Waldron, KS - Ingersoll 19 4/37 Kingfisher - Cashion 16 6/37 Coalgate - N. Coalgate 2 7/39 Bridgeport - Anadarko 38 12/39 Frisco Jct. - Pittsburgh 84 1/40 Tecumseh Jct. - Asher 25 5/42 Chickasha - Lindsay 25 2/43 Lawton - Grandfield 35 6/43 Pittsburgh - Branch Jct. 19 4/51 Augusta - Homestead 32 8/60 Okeene - Warren 15 8/60 Apache - Richards Spur (realign) 4 9/60 Erick - TX state line 7 1984 Magnum - Anadarko 79 1984? Homestead - Watonga (?) 31 1984? Ryan Jct. - Warren 21 1984? Alva - Augusta 31 1984? Elk City - Erick 32 6/85 Howe - AR state line 10 3/86 Baker - Hardesty 22 8/86 North Enid - Ponca City 55 10/86 SOUTH DAKOTA Clear Lake - Watertown 23 10/53 Clear Lake - MN state line 61 1967 Sioux Falls - IA state line 9 1972 TENNESSEE Memphis (4th St. Yard) 3/83 TEXAS Cleburne - Hillsboro (T&BV) 30 9/32 Hillsboro - Hubbard (T&BV) 25 8/35 Hubbard - Mexia (T&BV) 23 4/42 Seymour - Jacksboro (GT&W) 75 4/43 Royal - Amarillo (realign) 10 1958 Dalhart - Wilco 12 11/60 S. Hanlon - Graham (WF&S) 37 1970 Stinnett - Dumas Jct. (T&BV) 53 1972 Mexia - Teague (T&BV) 15 1977 Amarillo - OK state line 112 1984 Etter Jct. - Wilco 16 ? Bushland - Tucumcari, NM 100 ? Not all spurs and small track relocations included. Neither are sales or loss of trackage rights. Authorization to abandon usually preceeded track removal by up to a year or two. Service termination may have preceeded authorization also. This version updates the one printed in THE ROCK ISLAND DIGEST, Volume 6. Thanks to Bill Riebe, Bill Pollard, TRRAH&TS (Larry Thomas), Bill Graham, Jon Sime, Ken Ziegenbein, Ken Fowlkes. Also in preparation: All time trackage rights and All time track sold. Send SSAE for draft copy. Please report additions/corrections to John Matrow, 2753 N. Pershing, Wichita, KS 67220
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