Out of curiosity, has anyone seen or done business with Rodger McKinney, Old Tyme Midwest Photography? He seems to have a lot of Frisco photos, including one with a Decapod on the Clinton TT. His prices aren't cheap by any means as everything is matted and framed. Just wunderin.
Tom, I contacted the QA&P Museum and spoke to the curator. She is sending me pictures of QA&P freight cars. She's also invited me up to the museum to view the materials and get what I need to help promote the QA&P. I am looking into a summer trip to Quanah to do just that. When I get the photos I'll let you know what I received. She's just sending a sampling. Did not mean to take away from the thread. Just responding to Tom's request on QA&P. I for one would love to know if he has any photos of Frisco flat cars from the 1885-1910 period. Manny
No worries at all Manny, I just am hoping she has a bunch more QA&P stuff now. Its been 15 years since I was down there. You might go to the library in Quanah Manny, they had a few early QA&P photos too.
I have three of his photos. That is where the mystery Firefly photo came from, which I asked about, a month or two ago. Ditto on his prices, but he puts a lot of time into enhancing the photos and mounting them. Somewhere on this site is a very old time photo of a train arriving at Belton MO depot. He has this one so cleaned up you would hardly recognize it as the same photo. Another of the photos I bought is a copy of the classic portrait of the 1018 at Springfield, right out of the shop. His version is so crisp and clear that it looks like it was just taken, with the best photographic equipment available. The third photo I have is of the Firefly at the station in Holdenville OK.
Larry, understandably he is very hesitant to send "proofs" as a bunch were "snagged" and sent out to others. I was hoping that one could just buy an unframed print, but then he wouldn't be making and money. I understand that part. One photo he did share was a decapod in Clinton taking on water from an elevated tank car; I would have thought that the elevated tank car would have had fuel in it, not water. Anyway, thanks for letting me know that the prints are good. If he can find the decapod on the TT, I might spring the $$.
Oldguy Larry I have seen a photo of a Decapod class 2-10-0 on a turntable. Enclosed is a framed sample of the #1032 at Clinton, Missouri. I have some nice 'Leaky Roof' Depot images that are timeless.
Larry also if you have info that clarifies if #1032 was Oil Burner or Coal let me know! I know in one or two photos I have of Decapods were shot on the Clinton, Line in the early 1950s. Oil could have been the fuel used in this photo??
It looks like that engine has an ashpan which would make it a coal burner. Also the framed picture shows the number as 1632. Somebody here on the chatboard probably has a roster that shows which fuel the engines used. Tom G.
There were strip coal mines pretty close to Clinton, MO. That are now filled up with water that Bass Pro Shops family now owns. I have full spec sheets on Frisco 4500 Class Northern Locomotives. I heard they were very close in specs to Burlington Route 0-5 Northern Class Locomotives?
I found a black & white of the #1632 on the Clinton, MO Turntable. Back of photo says circa 1950s. It has coal in the tender? I do know the Decapod's were used on passenger service some? Would have never thought it was possible.
There are several pictures of Bolsheviks pulling trains 20 and 21, and the FEM also notes that Bolshviks handled psgr movements on the Mud Line. Locomotives 1630 and 1632 were always coal burners.