Generator Car 105658
Generator Car 105658 at Valley Park, Missouri on July 5, 1972.
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RS2m 551
RS2m 551 at Springfield West yard (date unknown).
Thanks to Karl Brand for location identification.
FA-1 5209 and F7B 5118
FA-1 5209 and F7B 5118 (date and location unknown).
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Tagged 5118, 5209, American Locomotive Works, Electro-Motive Division, F7B, FA-1
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F3A 64
F3A 64 (ex-5012) at Springfield, Missouri in February 1971 (Golden Spike Productions).
RS2m 553
RS2m 553 at Springfield, Missouri (date unknown).
This was shot at the West or Kansas Avenue Yard. The locomotives are sitting on the diesel pocket track east of the Springfield Diesel Shop. The pocket was used for longer term storage of locomotives to be repaired in the shop.
Behind the locomotives is the lead to the West Shops area/Clinton Subdivision (known as the High Line). The track in the foreground is the lead to the service tracks area and further west the diesel shop.
Sitting to the west of the subject locomotive is GP7L 527. It still retains its fully striped paint. To the east of the subject locomotive is Frisco (sub-lettered AT&N) RS1 109.
The view is looking north.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
RS-1 109
RS-1 109 at Springfield, Missouri (date unknown).
The location is the diesel pocket track east of the Springfield Diesel Shop. This is near the bulk sand storage tank and unloading shed. The track to the north, behind the engines, is the High Line. Today, the “new” turntable sits further to the northeast.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
F3A 5001
F3A 5001 (date and location unknown).
Motorcar 2120
Motorcar 2120 at Springfield, Mo, Spring 1954 (M. Morrow from C. Dishinger Collection).
Bull Mooses 2120, 2121, and 2128 were last used on trains 773 and 774, which ran between Ardmore and Hope. Passenger service between Hugo and Hope died first, and the last run between these points was made on September 8, 1951. Moose 2121 was sent to Springfield, where it was dismantled during October 1951. Bull Mooses 2120 and 2128 soldiered on for two more years, until passenger service between Hugo and Ardmore was discontinued on November 8, 1953. Cars 2120 and 2128 lasted until May 1954, when they were cut-up in Springfield. The car behind 2120 in the image is no doubt number 2128, which was a Sykes car (note the difference in the window pier). Given this history, the picture was most likely taken in Springfield. Note the mud spatters on the face of 2120; she has obviously been drug to Springfield by local freights. The picture was taken during the Spring of 1954.
Special thanks to Karl Brand for the commentary.
4-8-4 4513
4-8-4 4513 at St. Clair, Missouri in 1944.
FP7 5047
FP7 5047 at Fort Smith, Arkansas in June 1964 on Train #710 (Mike Condren).
