The May 4th, 1933 edition of the Salem Post states that receivers with the Frisco filed a petition to abandon the Sligo and Winkler (Decamp)...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The recent enthusiasm for the Salem Branch inspired me to get off of my keister last Friday and take a walk west (geographically...
Disclaimer: This isn't directly related to the Frisco; please forgive me for that. After 13 years of law enforcement, I am resigning my position...
When I floated down the upper Meramec River on a gorgeous first day of Summer, 2013, I had no intention of venturing up Crooked Creek to...
I strongly discourage anyone from visiting Bachmann Trains website for the time being. After reading the recent post about their upcoming GP35, I...
Someone forgot to tell this sentry that his shift ended years ago. He still stands there, warning motorists of trains that will never come again....
My cousin, Treff Earney Jr., is a long serving Frisco, BN, BNSF maintenance of way employee. A few years ago, he found this item lying along the...
I visited my local hobby shop last week and noticed that there were very few Athearn RTR products there. This surprised me, because they always...
I just purchased a Proto 2000 Frisco E8 from a gentleman here in Union who converted from HO to O scale. I got it for an amazing $20.00. It looks...
According to the Surface Transportation Board's website, BNSF filed a petition to formally discontinue service over the "lead belt" in April of...
I have long been a fan of Athearn products, and have trusted their reliability while appreciating their affordability. However, I have run into...
Not really sure if this is a good candidate for an action photo or not, but it does show one of the less glamorous jobs of railroading. Worse...
Engine no. 1304 in snowstorm at St. James, 1912. Nice numbering on the tender:D. Photo from collection of the James Memorial Library, used with...
Came across these photos while doing my research at the St. James Library last Monday. Gotta love how a wrecked train turned into a jungle-gym...
Hello everyone, I have a Rivarossi E8 that I bought used a few years ago at Battlefield Hobby in Springfield. The unit was originally 2008...
Here are a couple of photos of the Cook Station water tank taken 06-02-2010, almost 60 years after the last steam locomotive took on water there....
This unusual drover style caboose sets about 1/4 mile south of TT Highway, Dent County Road 314, in Sligo, MO. It belonged to the Sligo and...
My wife was repainting the guest bedroom the other day and found a box of my research material that I had lost when we moved from Steelville to...
Spotted this unit in Union today while I was working. Is this an MP15? It appears larger than the usual SW1500's that normally come through here....
Caboose SLSF 752 I promised Mark I would make it to Lost Mountain to photograph this caboose. The result is not what I had hoped for. I remember...
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