4-8-2 SLSF 1503 4-8-2 SLSF 1503 4-8-2 SLSF 1503 was delivered from Baldwin in 1923. Stainless steel running board skirts, a retractable coupler pilot and covered pilot deck added at the Springfield Shop in March 1937 made this oil burner a beauty. This was the only 1500 class engine to receive skirts and semi-streamlined styling.
Hello Frisco Folks. Here are some photographs of Frisco 4-8-2 1500 Series Mountain Class Engines SLSF 1500, 1502, and 1503. Enjoy, Rich Ship it on the Frisco!
Here is a nice wintry shot taken in January of 1943 out of the Southeastern Jct. interlocking tower of 4-8-2 SLSF 1503 heading west with No 1, The Texas Special. Photograph by William K. Barham. Edit 4/8/2024: The train is crossing over Wabash Avenue / Wellington Avenue and the River Des Peres. It is on the Rolla Subdivision on bridge 7.3. Note the semi-streamline treatment along the footboards. MKD
4-8-2 SLSF 1503 Just an observation. Engine SLSF 1503, near the end of its days, was stripped of its streamlining trim and converted from an oil burner to coal fuel. In tonight's Frisco Archive photograph dated 1949, it shows 4-8-2 SLSF 1503 as a coal burner pulling into Tulsa with a passenger train! If you are modeling a 1500, you might not have to bother with an oil burning tender, maybe just a Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) style pilot. If your model is a factory coal burner, 1503 might be an option. Tom G.
The interlocking tower, which protects the SLSF-ATSF-MV-MKT crossings, can be seen in the background. I wonder if this might be Train Number 3 and not No 117 as stated.
Karl, Do you know of any drawings or blueprints of the Tulsa interlocking tower? Or good photographs? Thanks!
Please see this thread for a discussion and a Kalmbach book, which contains a photograph. http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index....tower-design-plans-internal-track-chart.4316/ The Barriger collection contains this image.
From Richard Crabtree on Frisco Rails Across Missouri. Here is a beautiful Frisco locomotive. Frisco 4-8-2 SLSF 1503 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1923. In March of 1938 the boys at the Frisco West Shops in Springfield, Missouri brought SLSF 1503 in for a little streamlining to give her more appeal. She received stainless steel running boards skirts, retractable coupler pilot and covered pilot deck. She would retain this look for ten years. In 1948 they removed all the added beauty and she was put into freights service.
