2-8-0s 1215 and 1256, 0-6-0 3672, 2-8-0 1251 and 0-6-0 3675 at the Joplin, Missouri Roundhouse on July 24, 1949 (Arthur B. Johnson).
4-8-2 1503 with the Firefly at Union Station, Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 22, 1949 (Arthur B. Johnson).
2-8-0 1216 and VO-1000 227 at Springfield, Missouri on August 9, 1947 (Arthur B. Johnson).
VO-1000m 205 and Boxcar 154318 at Springfield, Missouri on April 27, 1971 (Al Chione).
The locomotive is headed west on city industrial tracks (old passenger main) imbedded in Mill Street. It is crossing the grade crossing intersection with North Main Avenue headed toward South Yard. This is just northeast of the Springfield Passenger and Frisco Freight House. All are located in the Jordan Creek Valley just northwest of the downtown central business core. The passenger depot was abandoned after service ended in 1967 and would be demolished in 1976. The freight house lasted just a little longer, until 1980 when it too was raised.
The building to the north on the left of the image is a former power station of the City Utilities of Springfield. It was located at 414-428 North Main Street. Today on this site the utility maintains a large electric substation. The utility built large power plants on the James River at Lake Springfield and southwest of town near Brookline, MP 247.2. The former is located at Kissick, MP 249.1, on the Ozark Branch. The latter is located on a purpose built three-plus mile spur loop off the Springfield Subdivision near the south end of the Brookline siding near MP 247.5.
In the distance above the boxcar is the main grain elevator at the Missouri Farmers Association (MFA) grain milling complex. It stands along additional city industrial tracks imbedded in parallel Phelps Avenue. The elevator is located at the southeast corner of North Robberson Avenue and East Phelps Avenue. This anchors a large milling complex on the northeast and northwest corners of this intersection. This elevator is the newest (1950s), tallest and largest of the mill complex. It has a capacity of 750,000 bushels.
The view is looking northeast.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
VO-1000 217 at Kansas City, Missouri in May 1969.
The locomotives are at the Mechanical Departments service tracks area at 19th Street Yard. Visible behind and above the locomotives is the single track diesel shop. The unidentified number SD-45 and F unit are on service track 1. The three VO-1000 switch engines are on service track 2.
The middle VO-1000 is SLSF 211. The far VO-1000 locomotive is four exhaust stack variant believed to be SLSF 234. Interesting are the different striping arrangement patterns on each of the three switch engines. Note the non-standard forward slant of the stripes on SLSF 217.
The view is looking south.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
4-6-4 1060 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 24, 1947 (Arthur B. Johnson).
2-8-0 1203 switching at the North Car Shops, Springfield, Missouri on June 5, 1948 (Arthur B. Johnson).
VO-1000m Units 202 and 204 at Springfield, Missouri in September 1978 (Neil Shankweiler).
Frisco streamlined 4-6-4 1069 at Kansas City, Kansas on October 16, 1939 (E.G. Baker). The photo appears to have been hand-colored.
Frisco=streamlined 4-6-4 1063 at Memphis, Tennessee on September 12, 1948 (Arthur B. Johnson).
