SLSF 1500, Baldwin, Mountain Type, Oil Burner SLSF 1505, Class: T-54, Springfield, MO. May 7, 1932. Photographer: P.T. Panich(?), Collection tree: Roy F Blackburn - Eldon, MO ==> Bud Laws SLSF 1508, Eastbound on the Rolla Subdivision at Cuba, MO. May 1934. Photographer: Walter Schaffner SLSF 1511, Tower Grove, MO. Westbound crossing the Missouri Pacific (MP) Railroad. Photographer: Walter Schaffner SLSF 1512, Maplewood, MO. June 14, 1936. Photographer: Wesley Krambeck - Herrington, KS SLSF 1516, Oil Burner, "Traveling 60 MPH at Pacific, MO." Mar 1, 1934. Photographer: Walter Schaffner SLSF 1518, Class: T-54, East or south bound at the depot at Springfield, MO. Note the Lipscomb Feeds grain elevator n the background rising above the locomotive tender and first car. May 1932. Photographer: R.W. Legg(?), Collection tree: Roy F Blackburn - Eldon, MO ==> Bud Laws SLSF 1519, Osage Hills, Kirkwood, MO. January 2, 1935. Caption reads; "I think a good title for this is 'Coming around the mountain.'" To the left of the locomotive pilot is the west portal of the now bypassed Meramec Highlands tunnel. Photographer: Walter Schaffner SLSF 1522, Baldwin Locomotive Works, BLW builder #59134, Built: Apr 1926, following string reads "M-69-28/28-56.8#" so Cylinders: 28" x 28" (all I know), Adjacent to the engine house at 19th Street Yard, Kansas City, MO on May 6, 1934. View looking northeast. Photographer: William A. Gibson, Sr. - Topeka, KS SLSF 1523, Kansas City Union Station, Kansas City, MO. Train shed and north waiting room in the background. View looking northeast. No additional information.. SLSF 1529, Baldwin (1916 csh(?), 69" Drivers, BP: 210 lbs, ?: 56.8, Kansas City, MO. Apr 21, 1925. Photographer: J. Truman Boyd - Kansas City, KS SLSF 1529, Kansas City Union Station track 11 peeking from under the west end of the train shed, Kansas City, MO. Photographer: J. Truman Boyd - Kansas City, KS
4-8-2 SLSF 1511 4-8-2 SLSF 1511 at Osage. I will bet tons of people have seen the Ivan Oaks 4-8-2 SLSF 1507 shot in the snow that was in Lucias Beebe's book, but here is another section of the same train, same place, same day. Photograph by Ivan Oaks.
I came across this engine on the internet somewhere while back. It was not a pleasant scene. This engine was wrecked pretty badly when someone deliberately piled rocks on the track, wrecking the train and killing 6, I think. Just wondering if anyone has any information on this incident. I am curious if the engine was rebuilt. I think it was. Thanks.
Fluff, Your question is about a favorite topic of mine! I have given presentations on it. 4-8-2 SLSF 1511 was involved in a tragic wreck of Frisco train No 1, the Texas Special, on August 31, 1930, just west of Kirkwood, Missouri. Kirkwood is a suburb of St. Louis. The wreck occurred at Osage Hills, located just about where the Frisco's Eastern Division main crosses over I-270 today. See my "Frisco Roster Tales" article in the October/November 1991 issue of All Aboard, the publication of the former Frisco Railroad Museum in Springfield, MO for the details. A copy of the "Roster Tales" article is attached. Sorry about the poor picture quality. There also was an ICC report on the accident. Yes, 4-8-2 SLSF 1511 was rebuilt. Ken
Thank you Ken, I will check it out. I am still getting used to this site. I cannot believe all the information and photographs available here. Thanks again.
Fluff, Thanks. Yes, this is a great site! 1. There are very good people here. 2. They know an awful lot about the Frisco. 3. They, to a man (do we have any lady members?), love sharing Frisco information with others. 4. Because, the Frisco was soooooo neat! Golly, I miss it. Ken
Not that I am aware of, Ken. However, sometimes my wife will floor me by mentioning some bit of Frisco information that she's absorbed over the years. As she always notes "Believe it or not, I'm usually listening!"
