Ex-Troop Sleeper 109149
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- Ex-Troop Sleeper 109149
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- Ex-Troop Sleeper 109149
Ex-Troop Sleeper 109149 in March 1985 (Bob Dye).
Category Archives: BD Collection
GP38-2 458
GP38-2 458 at Aurora, Missouri in December 1979 (Bob Dye).
This train is eastbound on the Springfield Subdivision. The train is just before the North Elliott Avenue crossing at mile post 268.74. The Frisco depot (MP 268.9) is south of the tracks, one block to the west. Its address is 100 South Madison Avenue. Further west, just beyond the depot is the Missouri Pacific diamond crossing at MP 269.0. This railroad crossing at grade is protected by an automatic interlocking.
The train’s locomotive consist includes at least four units. These include GP38-2s 458 and 473, an unidentified EMD unit and SD45 906. Please see this related Frisco Archive image.
The elevator leg, distribution pipes and hopper storage bins are located at the Aurora Agri-Center. They are located at 29 North Elliott Avenue. In the distance above the locomotive’s radiator section is part of a ready-mix concrete batch plant. The business is Kay Concrete Materials at 30 East Mill Street.
A decade or two earlier this same block was occupied by different rail served customers.
Moving west, the prior businesses included Sinclair Oil Company, the City of Aurora, a team track and Continental Oil Company. Sinclair and Continental were tank car served bulk oil and gasoline distributors.
Just behind the photographer is the Elliott Avenue grade crossing with the Missouri Pacific Railroad. This route is the southern section of the MoP’s Carthage Subdivision. One half mile to the north (compass west) their north/south line crosses the Frisco at MoP’s MP 489.6. On the immediate southwest quadrant of the Elliott Avenue crossing is their brick depot at 121 East Olive Street at their MP 489.1. Today, this depot is co-occupied by the Aurora Chamber of Commerce and Aurora Historical Society.
The view is looking north northeast.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
FA-1 5209
FA-1 5209 at Van Buren, Arkansas on April 6, 1964 (Mike Condren).
The train is railroad northbound (geographically northeast at this spot). The photo was taken from near 11th Street and its intersection with Cedar Street. This is a block east and two blocks north of the Frisco’s Van Buren depot. At this location the train is just beyond the north turnout for the depot passing track.
The brick building over the FB-1 units is the rear of the gymnasium of today’s Butterfield Trail Middle School.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
FA-1 5217
FA-1 5217 at Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 1, 1962 (Mike Condren).
At this time the Frisco’s Cherokee Yard diesel service facilities still included the old roundhouse and its 100 foot turntable. These would be replaced in 1974 when a new metal diesel shop and service tracks were constructed.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
Hopper 88731
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- Hopper 88731 in August 1988 (Bob Dye)
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- Hopper 88731 in August 1988 (Bob Dye)
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- Hopper 88731 in August 1988 (Bob Dye)
Hopper 88731 in August 1988 (Bob Dye).
GP7 533
GP7 533 at Lindenwood Yard, St. Louis, Missouri (date unknown).
NW2 258
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.
U25B 807
U25B 807 at Springfield, Missouri (date unknown).
The engine is sitting on the east end of the diesel pocket track. The tracks in the foreground lead to the service tracks, and further west the diesel shop. The track in the distance is the Clinton Subdivision, also known as the High Line. The power pole with transformer sits beside the wash rack pump house.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
GP7 592
GP7 592 (date and location unknown).
SW9 312
SW9 312 (date and location unknown).
