Attached is a spreadsheet of Frisco preserved cabooses. We have attempted to list a specific street number address, city, county and state wherever possible. Additional information about the site (city park, etc.) is included if available. The current location of these cars can be dynamic, with some of these cars moving targets. Field research with photographs, addresses, interviews with owners and additional notes are encouraged. We welcome additions and corrections. Ideally as a group we will establish a Frisco week or weekend for field research. Frisco folks can then target remaining Frisco cabooses, bridges, depots, etc in their area to photograph and document the current status. This will help build our information base and could lead to improved preservation efforts. Hope this helps. Thanks! Mark
Great work Mark. You have listed a handful of cabooses that I did not know survived, now I have more "too see cabooses" on my list. I noticed a couple of entries that can be updated. Caboose SLSF 1735 is no longer at Picher OK. She was moved to a summer camp called 5 Mile Camp, in extreme NE Oklahoma, not too far from Joplin. I will look for the address and post it soon. Also, SLSF 1228 is no longer at Okmulgee, OK. It has been missing since about 2001 or 2002. Caboose SLSF 1259 exists somewhere on display but I have no idea where it is. Found a picture on the web and posted it on this site under the thread for caboose SLSF 1259. Your earlier posts have been very valuable to me when I first started driving to caboose locations to see them. Every summer my boys and I drive to new locations to see SLSF cabooses that we have not seen before.
I notice that Frisco caboose 1415 is sitting along with an L&N caboose, both without trucks in a fenced in lot on old US 66 between the Six Flags exit and Pacific. It's been there for a while now.
Just wanted to update, caboose SLSF 1259 has been discovered in Glen Ullin, ND. There are pictures and more info on the thread for caboose 1259. Another unknown number 1200 class caboose has been discovered in Underwood, MN. The caboose at Mt. Vernon, MO is SLSF 1202.
Caboose SLSF 1430 Just found this list. I remember the caboose at Hardy Arkansas being at the library. Does anyone know where it is? Been a while since I was down there.
Where is the old 66 exit and Pacific? I would assume that it is in the St. Louis area. Thanks, Tony LaLumia
Yes Tony, near St. Louis. I found the salvage yard sitting with SLSF 1415 on Google Maps. The cars sit on Business Loop I-44 at Hyndrich Brothers Towing and Recovery. I wonder how much they want for the caboose? Murphy Jenkins
Frisco 1415 now resides at 1498 High Street, Washington, MO 63090. Iron Spike Model Train Museum plans to restore it. Anyone interested in helping can contact us at 636-283-5166. The hope is to get it "tourable" safely by Nov 1st, 2021.
Frisco caboose SLSF 1430 was sold to a gentleman in Jonesboro, AR, where it remained for the last 21 years or so. Couple years back it was the purchased and moved to Batesville, AR where it has been remodeled and is serving as a AirBNB. Edit 4/19/2024: The caboose had been located near the Hardy / Sharp County Public Library, 201 Church Street, Hardy, AR 71542. It was sold at auction in 1994 to a Barry Rose. At that time it was thought the car may have been moved to Kentucky. Unfortunately, at that time the trail went cold. As indicated above it was purchased by the individual and moved not to Kentucky but to Jonesboro, AR. It was sold again and has been moved to Batesville, AR. The caboose is now adjacent to a warehouse business on the west of the central business district. As indicated it now is in use as a bed and breakfast lodging rental. Please see the following web site. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/678393116523256364?source_impression_id=p3_1713542512_qo3KxpfarR+7mCar It a half block southeast of the former Missouri Pacific (MP) White River line. The railroad line is now Missouri and Northern Arkansas (M&NA) Railroad. The caboose is adjacent to a spur that leads to a small yard that serves local industries. Three blocks to the west the railroad main line crosses Poke Bayou, which has its confluence with the White River just downstream. The confluence is near the yard, south of Southerland Drive and west of the U.S. 167 Highway bridge over the White River. The caboose is now located at 301 West Main Street, Batesville, AR 72501. Added brief history, location narrative and current address. MKD
In the 1980s I recall seeing two Frisco cabooses: one in Buda TX and one in Jewett TX. Neither was located in a traditionally Frisco town.
An update to the list. See Edit below. Frisco caboose 144 at 590 N. National Ave. Springfield, MO no longer exists. It was dismantled and scrapped late 2006 or early 2007. Also if you look at Google street view for that address and go to August 2007 date, the caboose is gone, but you can see the bare spot of ground where it once sat. SACO sold it or had it scrapped (I don't know the whole story) not too long after they bought the bulk oil location from Jim D. Morris (no relation to Johnny Morris of Bass Pro). At first I thought it was being restored as the metal sheets were being pulled off exposing the original wood siding that was underneath, but when I drove back that way later in the day they had started taking the wood siding off too. Took only a couple of days to have it torn down and removed. Edit: I stand corrected on the whereabouts of this old caboose (that I saw so much for a long period of my childhood as my dad drove up and down National, and then myself as an adult). I didn't know if it had been scrapped or sold, but according to information in another thread it appears to have been sold and removed to Ozark Mountain Railcar in Kirbyville, Missouri. My apologies for not fully researching on here before making my original post.