Here are three more "oldies". We had a family reunion here in StL at our home last October. It was a great time; we had 43 family members in town. While she was here with her family, my sister Lynn was going through our dad's photo albums asking for copies of several (many!) prints. While I'm slowly scanning those for her, I'm also seeing various pics of me on some of our family excursions to various train watching places here in StL in the late 1940's. Here are three more - a visit to the StL Union Station yards behind the east side of the train shed in July, 1949. The first two are of a MoPac train backing in (probably) to the shed as it arrives at StLUS. I'm having a hard time reading the number of the locomotive (I'm having cataract trouble again - going to have the left eye fixed in May so maybe I can see out of both eyes again!), but it looks to be MP 2234 or 2224, one of the MoP's super 4-8-4 Northerns. The other shot is of a PRR train backing into the shed after arrival from the east (or maybe it is departing?). The power is headed a PRR EP20 (EMD E7); I'm guessing it to be PRR 5841. Does anybody with better eyes have a better read on the locomotive numbers? What fun it was to go down there to one of the world's great train stations and see all these famous railroads pay a call on St Louis! Sure miss that. Ken ps - Cute kid, huh!
Ken--I believe the big brute MP 4-8-4's were 2200's and I think that's what you have there. Nice photos, cute kid! Little fellas about that age sure did like trains back then. I remember a pudgy little redhead that liked to hang around the Spriingfield depot and watch trains! TG Edit: After magnifying and squinting, my best guess is that (maybe??) your MP engine is #2224 or #2225.
Ken--Were those photos in the afternoon? Do you think the PRR train was "The Penn-Texas?" I bet that little guy with cowboy hat liked the Lone Ranger as well as trains! TG
Thanks Tom. Yes, 2200's - I meant MP 2234 or 2224. Too much adult beverage last night I guess! I corrected my posting. I don't recall what time of day we were down there that day, in fact I don't recall anything about this visit. I guess it was just me and my dad - my sister Lynn was less than 2 yrs old then. Typically, it would have been in the afternoon on a Saturday or Sunday as that is when we usually did these things. Unfortunately, I don't see any pics from these visits that include Frisco trains. For shame! I do recall seeing several Frisco westbounds, all diesels, at the Webster depot, but I've found no pics yet. My dad took many, many pics, so maybe one or two SLSF's will show up. Hi Ho Silver! (Although my favorite cowboy as a kid was Hopalong Cassidy (sp?). Ken
Don - Thanks. I should have looked them up rather than relying on my, shall we say, fading memory. Looking at the original pics again, I think you are right - 2204 or 2214. A big beast. How did they compare to the Frisco 4500's? Ken
This clearly displays the vantage point from which many of the SLUS photos I've ever seen were taken. Ken, that looks like the ultimate spot for railfanning. Thanks for sharing and for taking us back there. Best Regards,
Ken or others, which street/overpass was this from which the photos were taken? I think it's the same vantage point that shows up in this Archive photo: http://frisco.org/mainline/wp-conte...-date-and-location-unknown-Louis-A.-Marre.jpg Best Regards,
Chris, see my post on the Archive announcement thread: http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/4-8-4-4501.8569/#post-60609
Chris, the view is from the 18th Street bridge, which you can still walk across today. The smoke stack and power house are extant, but the view is obstructed by a movie theatre complex and the Interstate 64 viaduct. Rich
