Motive Power
The Manitou & Southwestern Railway (M&SW) uses Frisco's decapods (2-10-0), consolidations (2-8-0), and Americans (4-4-0), no trailing trucks here. The roster lists engines 1625, 1306, and 183 as primary motive power. The current plan is to double the roster to permit both north and south operation at one time.

Frisco Russian 1622 is the primary freight motive power.
Frisco 2-10-0, number 1622
Front view of Frisco decapod  1622

Passenger
The Western Division ran one daily passenger train between Enid, Oklahoma and Vernon, Texas in each direction. The Frisco employees timetable from 1929 shows that southbound train 609 departed from Enid at 12:20 p.m. and arrived at Vernon at 7:45 p.m.. The northbound train 610 departed Vernon at 6:30 a.m. and arrived at Enid at 1:45 p.m..

Passenger cars were generally a wooden baggage car, a wooden RPO-chair combine car, a wooden chair car, and a steel 16 section Pullman. Occasionally, a doodlebug substituted for the steam drawn passenger train. The M&SW passenger car model roster is zero. Stay tuned!

Freight
The freight car roster includes 8,000 gallon petroleum tankers, 36 foot petroleum tankers, USRA boxes, flats, gondolas, and hopper cars.

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