NW2 262
NW2 262 at Memphis, Tennessee in April 1956 (Rail Junction Slides).
NW2 262 at Memphis, Tennessee in April 1956 (Rail Junction Slides).
NW2 255 at St. Louis, Missouri on October 25, 1969 (Joe Brockmeyer).
NW2 252 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 2, 1977 (John Nixon).
NW2 258 at St. Louis, Missouri (date unknown).
The photograph was taken at Lindenwood Yard. This is the Mechanical Department’s service tracks area northeast of the diesel shop. In this view is the facility’s sand tower with its distinctive northeast side two-arm branch.
There are several interesting locomotive details in this view. On top of the cab is a yellow light for identifying its location from a distance. Above the engineer’s side window is a canvas awning shade. Inside the cab the upper portion of the front arched center windows have been painted interior green as a permanent light shield visor.
Hanging on brackets under the cab is a re-rail frog. On each car body side there are modified doors with louvers to better ventilate the main generator, visible to the left of the “F” in Frisco on this side. At the front, below the radiator are an angled crossover grab iron and below it on the deck an added box for flagging supplies (flags and fuses).
The view is looking east.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
NW2 264 at St. Louis, Missouri on August 31, 1980 (David Johnston).
NW2 265 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 13, 1978 (John Nixon).
NW2 261 at Wichita, Kansas on August 5, 1976.
NW2 255 (location unknown) in September 1977.
NW2 264 at St. Louis, Missouri in October 1977 (Thomas Hoffman).
NW2 260 at St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1980 (Dan Munson).