Train No 876 Train No 876, daily except Sunday. Motive power is 2-8-0 SLSF 1233, heading north to Nash, MO where the Hoxie Subdivision split from the St. Louis Subdivision. The Chaffee coal dock is in the background. The locomotive appears to be flying green flags? I cannot imagine this little mixed train running 2 or more sections! Reprinted from old Frisco Modelers Information Group (FMIG) newsletter. Photograph provided by Mel Nierdieck.
If that rascal is heading north, where are the hills in the background? Also, the train appears to be switching which would explain more than two sections.
Hugh, See the companion photograph of No 876 in front of the Chaffee depot at the following link. http://www.frisco.org/shipit/index.php?threads/chaffee-mo.391/#post-3071 The consist is the same. It looks like part of the hills are visible in the lower left hand corner of the photograph. From the angle that it was taken, my guess is that the area directly behind the coal tower is where the height of the hill tapers down toward East Davidson Avenue and East Parker Avenue. The original caption in the old FMIG newsletter did not confirm whether it was switching or not, but since the train was a "mixed" and considering the era, a single boxcar and coach are probably consistent.
