Station |
RICKER Brown County Milepost 342+1907’ |
Origin of Station
Name |
Unknown |
Agency Opened |
December 31, 1885 |
1886 Personnel |
No depot staff listed, this was not an agency station. B. Kennessy Section Foreman $55/month Section laborers were Matt Boland, James Brown, J. Matlock and J. W. Matlock. Kennessy provided them room and board. |
1890 Insured
Structures |
Section House $655 (Section No. 39) |
1921 Depot(s) |
Depot 13’ x 36’ Built 1920 “standard suburban” This standard offered a central room with a covered porch on each side. The central room in this case was 8’ by 13’, with one shed porch being 17’ long and the other being 12’ long. |
1946 Traffic Report |
No coverage |
“The Earth” Press
Coverage |
No coverage |
Employee Magazine
Coverage |
No coverage |
Junction Other
Lines |
At this point the right-of-way of the Fort Worth and Rio Grande line from Fort Worth to Brownwood converges with the Santa Fe line. However, passenger and freight interchange between the lines occurred at Brownwood. |
Agency Closed |
Non-agency point |
Photographic Images |
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Operating Bulletins |
One bulletin, re movement of siding in 1953. 50 car capacity. |
Railroad Commission
Complaints |
None |
Legal Department
Files |
None |
Remarks |
The New Handbook of Texas reports Post Office established 1877, closed around 1893. |