Service continued over these portions of the line with a daily except Sunday local until the mid-1970s, when dam construction and bridge fires ended through service on the route between Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri. Operating for a while as a North and South branch line, services were cut and the line was, section by section, successively abandoned. Although the rails are now gone, traces can be found along Route 7 and Route 13, however along most sections, little remains to be seen.
Service continued over these portions of the line until the mid-1970s when dam construction and bridge fires ended service on the route between Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri. The line was later reduced to a North and South branch line with sections abandoned one by one. Although the rails are now gone, remnants can still be found along Route 7 and Route 13, but little is visible in most areas.