Monthly Archives: October 2017
GP7 566 and Caboose 1277
Motorcar 2124

Motorcar 2124 on Train #609 destined for Enid at Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 22, 1949 (Arthur B. Johnson).
2124 was built by Electro-Motive Corporation in 1928. It was 72 feet long, had 400 horsepower and was eventually sold to the Cassville and Exeter Railroad and subsequently retired in May 1952.
NW2 253
H-10-44 273
F7A25 and GP7 586

F7A 25 and GP7 586 on an extra (date and location unknown). The Frisco Archive is unable to identify the middle unit in the consist.
U25B 804
S-2 293
SW9s 313 and 312, GP35 706 and GP38-2 428

SW9s 313 and 312, GP35 706 and GP38-2 428 at St. Louis, Missouri in October 1978.
This photograph was taken on the north side of Lindenwood Yard. This late afternoon shot is of the Mechanical Department’s service tracks area east of the Lindenwood Diesel Shop. In silhouette on the right of the image is the east wall of the shop.
Two additional locomotives can be identified in this view. The locomotive in front of SW9 312, in mandarin orange and white paint is NW2 257. On the same track as but to the west of Frisco GP38-2 428 is Union Pacific (UP) U30C 2815.
The view is looking to the southwest.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.







