Another Instamatic photo, this time of the Frederick, OK depot 1970s. It was later moved and fully restored by the Tillman County Historical Museum . Photo by Mike Corley
Please see the following link for a trackside view of the Frederick, OK depot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/99491151@N00/2129122150/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/old-curmudgeon/1258283187/sizes/o/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/99491151@N00/2129122154/sizes/l/ http://tillmanokhistory.org/townsite/friscodepot.htm The depot's agent / operator bay originally faced southeast. Railroad west is to the left. The depot was built Blackwell, Enid, & Southwestern Railroad (BE&SW) in 1902. The Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern was purchased by the Frisco in 1907. Note the paddle type train order signal, set for the next train crew to pick up orders. The original location address of the depot was 400 West Grand Avenue. The depot has been moved off site to the Tillman County Historical Society's museum "townsite". The building was moved in 3 sections, reassembled, completely refurbished and restored in 1985. The current depot address is 201 North 9th Street. This is at the Townsite museum located just west of the Tillman County Courthouse Square, U.S. Highway 183 and Oklahoma State Highway 5. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Howdy Mark, Thanks for the nice shiny photographs. They look great and so does the depot. The photograph I took in the 1970s makes me think the depot faced east, parallel with township and perpendicular to a road which passed to the North of the depot. I recall a problem of designing my layout because the city was on the East side, and my depot faced the Southeast. I could not see the front of the depot from the isle, but could see the town. Minor point, but there was a siding that ran behind the depot and was used for freight, too. Wanted to model a cool Coca Cola sign painted on an old brick building downtown. Best, Mike
The 1930 Sanborn map posted here makes the orientation absolute. The tracks run Northeast (railroad East) to Southwest (railroad West), the bay window is to the Southeast.
Frederick can certainly be proud on the renovation. It is very classy unlike some I have seen. Moving the depot and renovating it must have cost them some $$$, but I certainly would visit their historical area if I was ever down that way. Great job! Terry
Howdy, Frederick had all the furnishings that were in the depot when service was discontinued. If you want to see floors, cabinets, desks, lights, phones, freight equipment, etc. as they were, you ought to stop by sometime. Gladys Goodnight, was curator at one time, had all the original Frisco forms used, too. Best, Mike
Mike: Do you have any sort of track plan that shows how you were going to do Frederick? I am up there all the time shooting Farmrail and have been thinking about modeling the line out of Clinton during the 1960s. Appreciate the help. John WF TX
Howdy John, There was a terrific article about Frederick, OK and the line in Model Railroader (MR) not too many years ago. I think it had a track plan for the area. You might try MR's index. Here is a link to my 1990's layout, long dismantled: Manitou and Southwestern Railroad. The link to the layout file doesn't work, but I will upload the track plan when I can get it off backup disks. Best, Mike
Mike: Thanks for posting that link-I had lost it at one time. I am pretty sure the article you are thinking of was centered on modeling Farmrail. You are right, it does a pretty good job of mapping out Frederick. I will have to see if there are other Frederick articles just in case. Thanks again. John WF TX
The Frisco depot in Frederick, now looking much better in the care of the Tillman County Historical Society.
