Identifying photos and other dates

[mopac]

I was looking at the photographs , that the archivist has of a passenger train wreck on 1/3/1967. I was wondering, if a chronology of the Missouri Pacific would help. This could list the date and place of wrecks, know and unknown. It could lists dates divisions were created or ended.
I think the T&P Sherman depot was consolidated in WW1. If that is true, that could be posted. I have to reread the article, as it was about consolidation of MK&T and H&TC.
The International Railway Journal listed a change in Missouri Pacific passenger service around WW1, as that is the issues, I was looking at.
This could allow members, as they are reading articles, for the information to be
consolidated and shared, without another person , having to research it again.
Michael Lowe

[benjamintickell53]

A chronology would be a massive undertaking, but would be really helpful to researchers. Have you given any thought to how it might be structured? A spreadsheet (Excel) might be the easiest format, with a few people actually making changes that were submitted by everyone else who might wish to participate.

It would be important for each date to be backed up with some reference — a citation in a newspaper, a timetable issue, etc. There have been a few generalized efforts in the past — such as a chronology of corporate history, but integrating that information with other material such as track abandonments, train offs, division expansion or consolidation, etc., would indeed be helpful to future researchers.

Bill Pollard

[luisflierl26]

A comprehensive timeline would be a valuable resource, but would be a massive undertaking, especially considering if you included every recorded derailment. There were probably 10+ derailments a month back in the day. Most are not headline material.

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