Maintenance of Way

Company Service Cars, 11-1-1967

I was moving some posts to the MoW forum, and somehow I really messed up the previous table that Mike L. had uploaded! May I be forced to look at photos of nearly-identical BNSF locomotives for an hour...Chris A. (Yardmaster)

 

SLSF 99022 Wrecking Crane

Here's a photo of a Wreck Crane in action. I believe it is #99022, but the photo is not clear enough for me to tell.

Slide is dated February 1970. The photo was probably taken somewhere in Kansas.

 

SLSF Balast Hoppers

Here's a string of Balast hoppers on a siding. I can't read the numbers under the SLSF reporting mark, but it looks like some fresh ballast has been dumped beside the tracks.

Note also, there is a Wide vision caboose at the far end of the string of cars, and a quartet of F Units on the adjacent track.

Photo was probably taken somewhere in Kansas. Slide is dated December 1969.

 

SLSF 105288 Snow Plow - 1969

Snow/Sand Plow "Enid", Enid, Oklahoma, 1969.

 

SLSF 99101 Jordan Spreader

Jordan Spreader - SLSF 99101, Springfield Car Shops shortly after merger with BN. Jordan Spreader is being converted to a ballast shoulder plow.

 

Wrecker at Tulsa Roundhouse - 1942

Wrecker at Tulsa Roundhouse. October, 1942. Photo by John Vachon as part of "America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945"

For searches or Rights/Reproduction information, refer to Library of Congress American Memory.

 

AT&N Pile Driver

Steam Driven AT&N Pile Driver, Amory, MS, 1966. Photo Mike Lutzenberger.

 

SLSF 99022 Crane

Crane #99022 Frisco file photo from the Western Historical Manuscript Collection.

 

SLSF 102743 Bunk Car -EX-Chair Car 723

#102743 Bunk Car, Date/Location Unknown. Ex-Chair Car #723. Frisco Photo. Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

#102743 Bunk Car, Interior Photo. Frisco Photo. Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 105281 Kitchen-Diner, Ex-Chair 745

#105281 Kitchen-Diner, 2-7-1963, Hybart, AL. Ex-Chair #745. Frisco Photo. Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

Interior of #105281 Kitchen-Diner, 2-7-1963, Hybart, AL. Ex-Chair #745. Frisco Photo. Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 101741 MOW Water Car

MOW #101741-water car. Springfield, MO October 5, 1962. Frisco photo; Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 101710 MOW water car converted from ex-tender (#629)

MOW #101710-water car converted from ex-tender (#629). Cape Girardeau, MO, January 3, 1963. Frisco photo; Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 105275 MOW water car converted from ex-tender (#3540)

MOW #105275-water car converted from ex-tender (#3540). Barnhart, MO January 4, 1963. Frisco photo; Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 102 MOW Water Car converted from ex-auxiliary tender

MOW #102. Water Car converted from ex-auxiliary tender. January 17, 1963, Marked Tree, AR. Frisco photo; Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 118 MOW Water Car converted from ex-auxiliary tender

MOW #118. Water Car converted from ex-auxiliary tender. September 7, 1962, Springfield MO. Frisco photo; Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 126 MOW Water car converted from ex-auxiliary tender

MOW #126. Water car converted from ex-auxiliary tender. October 26, 1962, Monett, MO. Frisco photo; Published in the Frisco Museum's "All Aboard" magazine; posted with permission.

 

SLSF 975320 Crane?

I caught this crane (BN405320) yesterday at the North Yard in Springfield.

I was drawn to the Coonskin below the BN reporting marks.

Does anyone know if this actually was a Frisco Crane, and if so, what was it's SLSF number?

The frame is marked with the number 975320 (This is not clearly visible from the photos I'm posting). Could this be a clue to it's past?

I took a couple of shots from the footbridge as well, but only one of those came out. I might head out there today and see If it's still. It might be in use somewhere near Springfield Yard, as there was quite a bit of work going on there yesterday.

Paul

 

Early Frisco Work Crew w/ Maintance Boxcar

Beaumont KS 1911 FEM

FM

 

I found the Memphis wreck train at a scrap dealer here in Birmingham, AL in 1984. His plan was to sell it to Mexico. If anyone is interested I can post more detailed photos I took closer to the cars.

David Gaines