Dang. I wish I lived back then. Those folks were so blessed to have lived in a simpler life. Today just sucks.
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Thanks for posting this! The structure in the rear looks like a coaling station or something similar. Any information about the time and place of this photo? KCFS&M 70-78 were Manchester products very similar to KCC&S 79-90, and #72 seems to share the same diamond stack, ornamental headlight mounting, and mismatched sand and steam domes as the KCC&S locos. The cab windows are arched, though, which I do not recall seeing in any KCC&S photographs. Perhaps other details might be visible if the gentlemen in the natty outfits would please step aside, just for a moment? Bradley A. Scott
The Memphis Road had pocket coaling trestles in Springfield, Lockwood, and Kansas City, MO. I will have to check further to see if Ft. Scott, KS had one. I am inclined to believe that this is Springfield, and the camera is looking north. The roundhouse is to the left. Brad, I believe that this class was identical to its older KCCS sisters. Locomotive wheelbase: 24’-2” Weight of engine: 79,200 lbs Driver wheelbase:8’-6” Weight on drivers: 52,000lbs Driver diameter: 61”, 3-1/2” tires Pilot truck wheelbase: 5’-8” Weight on truck: 27,200 lbs Truck wheel diameter: 28” Cylinders: 17” x 24” Boiler, first course: 60” BP: 135 psi Grate: 35-1/2” x 71-11/16” Heating surface, firebox 126.10 ft^2 Tubes: 170 – 2”, 11’-10” long Heating Surface, tubes: 1043.67 ft ^2 THS: 1169.67 ft^2 Weight tender, empty: 27,300 lbs Coal: 5 tons Water: 2500 gal Weight tender, loaded: 58,050 lbs The 4-4-0 SLSF 72 did not escape the mass extinction circa 1914-1916, and it was scrapped during April 1915.
