Greetings,
I was looking at an old "Frisco" system map I found at my local library due to it being near the region I live. The map I found in a book was date 1912. I was looking at some of the other nearby railroads on the map and couldn't make out some of the abbreviation letters marked on the line drawings showing the routes due to the map being printed very small. I will list the other railroad abbreviations and see if any of them sound familiar:
-C.M. & ST. F (the last letter could be a 'P' also)- a line near Gault, Missouri in the northwestern part of the state.
-Q.O. & K. CY. (the 'O' could also be a 'C' and the 'C' near the 'Y' could also be an 'O')- a line near Milan, Missouri in the northwestern part of the state.
-C. & N.W. (I know this is "Chicago and NorthWestern"- but it was way down a LOT further south than some other maps I have looked at shown it going- in this case Geneva, Nebraska, which makes me wonder just how much C.& N.W. ventured deeply or extensively into the southern part of Nebraska (?!).
-ST. J & G.I. (the 'J' could aslo be an 'I')- a line near Hebron, Nebraska, near the southern part of the state
-C & A (I think this could be "Chicago and Alton", but I'm not sure)- a line near Independence, Missouri near Kansas City, Missouri
Thank you
I was looking at an old "Frisco" system map I found at my local library due to it being near the region I live. The map I found in a book was date 1912. I was looking at some of the other nearby railroads on the map and couldn't make out some of the abbreviation letters marked on the line drawings showing the routes due to the map being printed very small. I will list the other railroad abbreviations and see if any of them sound familiar:
-C.M. & ST. F (the last letter could be a 'P' also)- a line near Gault, Missouri in the northwestern part of the state.
-Q.O. & K. CY. (the 'O' could also be a 'C' and the 'C' near the 'Y' could also be an 'O')- a line near Milan, Missouri in the northwestern part of the state.
-C. & N.W. (I know this is "Chicago and NorthWestern"- but it was way down a LOT further south than some other maps I have looked at shown it going- in this case Geneva, Nebraska, which makes me wonder just how much C.& N.W. ventured deeply or extensively into the southern part of Nebraska (?!).
-ST. J & G.I. (the 'J' could aslo be an 'I')- a line near Hebron, Nebraska, near the southern part of the state
-C & A (I think this could be "Chicago and Alton", but I'm not sure)- a line near Independence, Missouri near Kansas City, Missouri
Thank you