4-8-4 4507
4-8-4 4507 (built 1942) Eastbound with #2, The Texas Special, with 14 cars at Southeastern Junction on March 1, 1946.
4-8-4 4507 (built 1942) Eastbound with #2, The Texas Special, with 14 cars at Southeastern Junction on March 1, 1946.
4-8-4 4501 at Southeastern Junction in 1942 (William Barham). The train is picking up orders and a clearance card prior to backing down to St. Louis Union Station to bring the Meteor west on a gloomy 1942 evening.
4-8-2 4305 Westbound at Southeastern Junction in 1942 (William Barham).
This locomotive was built at the Springfield West Shops in the late 1930s using parts from old 2-10-2s.
2-8-0 1259 (Contributed by William Fuller).
The tall gentleman with his foot upon a block has been identified as William Thompson Fuller, who is listed in the 1900 Census of Paris, Lamar County, Texas as “Engineer (Locomotive).” The other two men have not been identified, nor do we know for sure where or when the photograph was taken.
Frisco.org resident expert Karl Brand offers further information on this image: The locomotive was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1909 and rebuilt circa 1928 at which time it received piston valves and a Schmidt super-heater, which improved it looks and horsepower. The locomotive retains it Hancock locomotive class designation, i.e., C43, which is painted on the cab side, below the word “FRISCO.” The date of the photo is likely around 1915.
4-8-2 1521 at Spencer, Oklahoma (Richard Kindig).
4-6-2 1056 at Dallas, Texas on May 24, 1949. The locomotive is backing down to couple to its train.
SLSF #1017 4-6-2 leaving Tower Grove (St. Louis, Missouri) station with the Sunnyland from Memphis in the early 1940s (C.E. Prusia). The Pacific type locomotive has the northbound Sunnyland, train #808, in tow at Grand Ave and will soon arrive at St Louis Union Station. The number on the semaphore instrument case gives away the location. The Chouteau Ave Viaduct is visible in the background.
Additional details thanks to Karl Brand.
4-8-2 1516 leads Train #1, The Texas Special, at Lindenwood Yard in St. Louis, Missouri in 1942
4-6-4 1066 at Lindenwood Yard in St. Louis, Missouri in 1937.
4-8-2 4419 at the Newburg, Missouri coal chute in 1946. This locomotive was rebuilt from a 2-10-2 in the early 1940s