100-111

[karl]

RS1 110 Locomotive

[Frisco-BNSF-SGF]

Here are some photos of slsf 102 & 103

Take care, Gary

PS: I will put some more diesel pictures up soon - my grandson is showing me how.

PS - I just found this site - great job to who ever is running it! :)

[myopiceagle]

Could anyone point me in the right direction on where I might find information on where RS-1's were assigned in the mid-50's? Specifically, did any RS-1's serve on the Ft. Smith sub during that timeframe?

[yardmaster]

Ethan,
I think there is a photo in Frisco in Color of an RS-1 in either Springdale or Rogers. I will have to double-check if others can't confirm in the meantime.

The photo that Karl posted above of #110 is at Chaffee, MO. Ken McElreath observed many of the RS-1s operating out of Chaffee on the River Division in the 1950s. I'm not sure of the location of the other two.

Best Regards,

[kenmc]

In fact, I have a b/w photo of #111 outside of the Cape Girardeau one-stall engine house in 1962. I used to have the Chaffee Roundhouse Foreman's records from 1957, I think, that listed every engine assignment for every day of the year, including instances of RS-1's double heading on the main as well as the Branches, especially for MofW extras. I recall that at least seven RS-1's were assigned to Chaffee then. Unfortunately, I donated that record book to the Frisco Museum, so it's in a dark hole somewhere.

Ken McElreath

[yardmaster]

Ken, I'm glad you mentioned this. I have printed your February 1978 FMIG letter that mentions the foreman's book, and includes a single day's cross-section from March 9, 1961with the following RS-1 assignments at Chaffee. I don't have the newsletter number handy, but will try to edit and add that sometime.

Yard Switcher: 106
Work Extra South: 107, 110
Kennett Local #851: 108
Ready Locomotives: 102, 103, 104

So, there are at least 7 RS-1 locomotives accounted here. However, 44-tonner #5 is listed at the Chaffee Roundhouse undergoing inspection and maintenance, so I wonder if another RS-1 would have been filling in for it?

I also didn't know that there was still a one-stall engine house in Cape that late!

Thanks for clarifying, and also for all that you have done to document the River Division!

Best Regards,

[klrwhizkid]

Attached is a newly-acquired photo from Ken McElreath of SLSF#111 Alco RS-1 at Cape Girardeau that he mentioned in post #5 where he states that #111 is in front of the single-stall engine shed that was still in Cape in 1963.


Thanks for the photo, Ken.

[yardmaster]

That...is nothing short of delicious. Keith/Ken, I don't have my maps handy: was the engine house just south of the "old bridge" near the present-day Missouri Barge Lines facility? I recall seeing early 1900s maps of an old turntable in that vicinity.

While I do like my Frisco steam power, the RS-1s are probably my FFD (Favorite Frisco Diesels).

Best Regards,

[kenmc]

Chris,

The engine house was west, across the tracks from the Missouri Drydock, with the switch lead near the "SHOPS" station sign on the mainline. It was nestled close to the cement unloading facility.

Ken McElreath

[klrwhizkid]

Keith/Ken, I don't have my maps handy: was the engine house just south of the "old bridge" near the present-day Missouri Barge Lines facility?

Chris, based on a couple of new aerial photos that I just acquired from the Southeast Missourian and Ken's photo, the location is as indicated below.

[yardmaster]

Thanks, Keith...I can't even count how many times I drove by that location on my way to work or classes. Driving in from Chaffee, it was definitely my preferred route, assuming that time allowed.

Best Regards,