AT&N RS-1 101 is just east of the Springfield, Missouri diesel shop. The Springfield stockyards can be seen in the background. The unit may have been in service on the Clinton Sub or the Current River Branch.
The track on the fill in front of the stock yard was the original alignment of the Frisco’s mainline through this area.
FA-1 5217 leads a freight train at Kansas City, Kansas on May 15, 1963 (Al Chione).
FA-1 5222 at Springfield, Missouri in October 1961.
RS-1 103 and Caboose 100 on a caboose hop at Cherryvale, Kansas in July 1965 (Al Chione).
SW9 312 and S-2 292 at Memphis, Tennessee in May 1966 (Vernon Ryder).
S-2 292 was a cabless booster. It was converted during 1958 because of a yard collision, received a MU connection, and was paired with a SW-9. The consist was used as a hump engine and retired during 1966.
AT&N RS-1 105 at Springfield, Missouri in December 1969 (Golden Spike Productions).
S-2 296 (ex-NEO 704) at St. Louis, Missouri in October 1967 (Golden Spike Productions).
RS-2 551 at Gary, Indiana on July 8, 1972.
FA-1 5203 at St. Louis, Missouri in July 1962 (Fred Byerly Blackhawk Films).
FA-1m 5217 and F7B 5135 lead three other units leaving Oklahoma City East Yard going over the North Canadian river in December 1960.
FA-1m 5217 has been repowered by EMD. Note the two exhaust stacks on the roof and EMD builder’s plate above the Alco builder’s plate to the left of the cab handrails.
F7B 5135 is followed by an unidentified number F3B and two F3A units.
This view is looking down river to the northeast. The train is westbound on the Chickasha Subdivision. The overhead bridge in the distance is South Lincoln Avenue. It spans the North Canadian River and the extreme west end of the Frisco’s East Yard.
Special thanks to Mark Davidson.
