SW1500 355
SW1500 355 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 5, 1980 (Lloyd Neal).
SW1500 355 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 5, 1980 (Lloyd Neal).
SW1500 359 at Tulsa, Oklahoma (date unknown).
This is the mechanical department’s locomotive service tracks area at Cherokee Yard. This was shot from just off the railroad’s service road west of the diesel shop and service tracks.
The view is looking northeast.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
SW1500 358 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 23, 1980 (J. Harlen Wilson).
SW1500 354 at St. Louis, Missouri in November 1984.
NW2 265 and SW1500 356 at Tulsa, Oklahoma (date unknown).
This photograph was taken at the Mechanical Department’s service tracks area at Cherokee Yard. The switch engines are awaiting their individual job assignments. Although coupled, they are not in consist as the NW2 is not equipped with multiple unit controls or associated apparatus.
To the south is the diesel shop, out of view to the right, at 2400 South Union Avenue. In the distance just below the horizon line, above the freight car red and yellow boxcars, is the West 23rd Street viaduct.
Visible near the left edge of the photo, across the Arkansas River, southeast of the central downtown core are several prominent buildings. The dark copper topped steeple is the 1929 vintage art deco Boston Avenue United Methodist Church at 1301 South Boston Avenue.
The two high rise buildings further right are the 15 story Boulder Towers (west tower, the east tower was added in 1980) at 1437 South Boulder Avenue and 24 story Liberty Tower at 1502 South Boulder Avenue. The later opened in 1965.
The view is looking northeast.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
GP35 707 and SW1500 322 at St. Louis, Missouri on March 22, 1980 (R.L. Ragsdale).
GP7 521, SW1500 352, GP15-1 109, U25B 826, B30-7 864 and GP35 727 at Springfield, Missouri in October 1979.
SW1500s 46 (Frisco 341), 40 (Frisco 335), and 21 (Frisco 316) at Memphis, Tennessee in July 1891 (D.M. Johnson).
SW1500s 59 (Frisco 354) and 58 (Frisco 353) at ATSF Junction (Missouri) in July 1981.
SW1500 325 at Birmingham, Alabama on April 17, 1976 (S.H. Jackowski).