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In Summer 1910, the AO&W constructed a concrete underpass beneath the Frisco track north of Lowell. The purpose was to connect the isolated Monte Ne Railroad to the AO&W. Although the Monte Ne Railroad was a failure as a passenger carrier, it enjoyed a substantial volume of outgoing freight
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located at Limedale on the Monte Ne Railroad. Construction of the underpass enabled the Monte Ne to turn over much of its outbound freight business to the AO&W (KC&M) rather than competitor Frisco. The concrete underpass bears a date of 1910 and is still crossed by trains of Frisco Central
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line between Rogers and Fayetteville. Burdened by over expansion and inadequate traffic volume, the KC&M entered receivership on July 14, 1914. Efforts to revive the line were not successful and the 61-mile (98 km) Kansas City and Memphis system was abandoned in pieces between March and
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AO&W, also called the "All Off & Walk", was 30 miles (48 km) in length. It hoped to prosper by serving fruit growers in south-central
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October 1918. The KC&M abandonment was the second largest U.S. railroad abandonment of 1918.
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Annual report on the statistics of railways in the United States
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It began operations as the Rogers Southwestern that reached
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that was not successful because it largely duplicated the
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Kansas City and Memphis Railway
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Northwest Arkansas
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Benton County
Kansas City Southern Railway
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Arkansas and Missouri Railroad

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