All: I have a friend that is very familiar with the Oklahoma City area. He is of the opinion that the subject picture was taken in the south part of Oklahoma City back in the early-mid 1960s. https://frisco.org/mainline/2016/09/16/fa-1-5204/ The above strictly FWIW! Edit 2/13/2024: Train is on the Oklahoma Subdivision. It is west of East Yard and the first crossing of the North Canadian River in Oklahoma City, OK. Added link to the referenced photograph. MKD
From Richard Crabtree on Frisco Rails Across Missouri: Here we see **Frisco No. 5204 ALCO FA-1 **built in June of 1948 and B-B-A EMDs in the 19th Street service facility, Kansas City, Missouri, April 17, 1965. Photograph by Joe McMillan Karl Brand: During August of 1955 The Frisco sent the 5204 to La Grange, where EMD removed the ALCO 12-244-B prime mover, and replaced it with a derated to 1500 hp EMD 16-567-C prime mover. The Frisco never added MU receptacles to the nose-end of FA-1s, so they always had to be at either end of a consist. During February 1967, the 5204 went back to EMD as a trade-in for new GP35s.
The originals had a single bulb headlight up high. On units that had a second light added in the front door, the lower unit was a twin sealed beam bulb headlight and the upper was a Pyle Gyralight as seen in the photo of 5209 above. This is very evident in this photograph of FA-1 SLSF 5204. http://frisco.org/mainline/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/FA-1-5204-date-and-location-unknown.jpg
