Picher/Quapaw neo railroad

More information?  Where is/was this mining...sounds like U.P. of Mich., but ??

Picher and Quapaw Oklahoma. Started in 1917 and really boomed in the 30s and 40s due to the war.

Rick, check out the museums in the area. I know of a museum at Gelena,Ks (west of Joplin on old US66) and a museum on the west side of Joplin in a park that have pictures and mineing displays. Picher, Okla had a museum but I have not been over to Picher after the tornado, so it maybe gone. You can see the old railroad road beds in the area and in someplaces see old tracks.

I think the picher museum was moved to Joplin. I have been to the picher one when they would have the reunions back in the 70s. I have maps of the tri state area that have been passed down in the family. I hunted rabbits along the tracks in Quapaw as a youth. Have seen black and white pics of the neo steamers, but not very good ones, and have not been able to find much on the diesels. I believe they used Alcos, but not sure. Will memorial day before I go back to the area (my grandfathers and great grandfathers are buried in Galena and Miami.

Check with the railroad mags, I think I read a story on the NEO in one of the mags in the 1980's.

Thanks for the help.