The 1500 series cafe/lounge is 1506 and is actually in Tenn, but will hopefully be in Ky this fall. At the moment it is in pretty sad shape, but it can be restored. I have pics, if interested. Stuart
Coach/Buffet/Lounge #1651 "Ladue" is currently sitting in a salvage yard off Division Street in Springfiled,Mo. The other Dinning car which was rebuilt from an observation car (Tulsa, if the chart above is correct) is on abriviated rails in Republic,MO. The car looks like it is in the middle of a restoration, but the restoration efforts haven't been active for a while. I have photos of both of these cars and I will be posting them to the prototype\passenger cars section of the resource center this week.
While not a specific location, it appears at of Frisco's 14-4 streamlined sleepers are still in operable status and owned by High Iron Travel out of Minneapolis,MN. The two cars are the "Cimarron River" and the "Pierre LaClede". There isn't any specific information about the "Cimmaron River", but there are photos of the "Caritas" (as the "Pierre Laclede" is now known) on the website. The "Caritas" has been rebuilt into an open platform observation car.
Paul--Information on SLSF sleeper Cimarron River, maybe more than you want to know. My brother and I bought car in 1983 from VIA, Canada's Amtrak. We upgraded the car to meet Amtrak standards, and repainted it silver and red, to match orginal scheme as close as possible. The car has flat carbon steel sides, not fluting like when Frisco had it. The Canadian National removed the fluting and re-sided the car when they bought it from the Frisco in 1965 and renovated it. We painted the areas where there was fluting silver, but did not do any shadow striping--just too big a project. The car fully meets Amtrak requirements and has run over 250,000 miles since we started running it again in 1986. The interior is largely unchanged from its original, although has been repainted, etc. Still has roomettes and bedrooms, although we converted one roomette to a shower and general toilet. Not much Frisco was left of the car when we got it. Some seat cushions and trim parts are marked with the car name underneath. The car lives in the St. Louis area. We do operate public trips a few times a year, so contact me if you are interested. I suspect you have seen photos of this car over the years, as it has often run with 1522 as crew dorm car.
Adding to "friscomike" 's list: Streamlined RPO "Normandy" is also at StLouis National Museum of Transport in sad shape--fluting falling off. Business Car #3, which was in Kansas City RR Museum/Smoky Hill, is now at Illinois Transit Assembly in Madison IL (near St. Louis). Privately owned, but just being stored for now. Streamlined coach-lounge-buffet "Sterling Price" was in Pittsburg, KS for years in front yard of private owner. Sold and moved 5 or so years ago and supposedly stored somewhere in Kansas City area. Also supposedly may be destined for Midland Railway in Baldwin City, KS. There is a heavyweight baggage car on the tourist railroad Austin & Texas Central. It was repainted for movie, but quick paint job and you can see "Frisco" underneath. I do not have ##.
I'm about to purchase the heavyweight lounge car "Oklahoma City" and restore it to it's FRISCO heritage. ANyone with info,specs or photos could really help me out.
Expanding the the message below, my company Ozark Mountain Railcar recently purchased ex SLSF heavyweight lounge car "Oaklahoma City". It was built in 1933 by ACF as a diner and then rebuilt in 1934 by Springfield Shops into a full lounge. We plan to do a full restoration of the car and return it back to serivce for use in excursions and perhaps Amtrak. We would appreciate anyone's help in locating photos, specs or any other information on this car. Feel free to contact our office at 417-546-643 or info@ozarkmountainrailcar.com Once we begin to work on the car we will be posting photos of the progress on the RIP TRACK page of our website at www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com
There is a frisco MOW passenger car at oklahoma city OK. that has been converted to a kitchen and sleeper for the workers. They also have a F7A unit that they're try to get it to work but are having problems with the motor. |-|
A bit late on my response.... 23 years, to be exact... But the heavyweight baggage car on the Texas Central is actually a Frisco 1200 series coach, which was rebuilt to that configuration for MW service. I found a picture of this car on a wreck train but can't quite make out the number. My best guess is 105072, or 108072. Not sure about the original number. It's not one of the four cars of that series that were modernized with Thermopane windows and single vestibules, and 1214 is accounted for, so for various reasons, I'm guessing that it is the former 1206, although 1210 is also a possibility. The Passenger Equipment Historical Record shows almost all of the MW reassignments but misses a few and this seems to be one of them. Since the 1214 has now been scrapped, it's the last survivor of the series. My apologies to the owner of this photograph, but I don't remember it's origin. Heavyweight Frisco Baggage Car 430 (MW 109103) is also at the Museum of Transportaion, but like the Normandy, is not on display.
