Frisco 4-8-2 Mountain 1522 May 19, 2001 near Oklahoma and Missouri state line. Notice the Frisco loco on the bridge under the first drive wheel. Joe
Another shot from May 2001 of Frisco 1522. Here passing Tower 17 in Rosenberg, Texas on its way north after leaving Houston.
How did I manage to miss this thread?!? Going back in time, into my archives, long before I understood photography and cameras... "Splitting the Signal Bridges" UP 3985 made a break-in run on 29 Jun 2004 and ran east of Cheyenne. By the time the train made it back to East Cheyenne (MP 509?), the ubiquitous overcast killed the evening light, but a bit of Lightroom and it's quasi-presentable. If nothing else, 3985 doesn't run any longer, and the signal bridges here are probably long gone and replaced with modern vaders, so it's worth remembering. It may even be Lynn 'Nasty' Nystrom leaning out of the fireman's window. He too, has dispatched to great railyard in the sky.
Some real nice images already posted of glamour girls but here is one actually working. This was shot in the early 1950's out in the sand hills East of El Paso. The loco is a 2-10-2, P-5 I think, and the hoghead was my father, the fireman was V. Long. You can't see the tender on 970 but it had a brakeman's dog house on it. You can see , in this overall shot, that they were pulling the spreader. I found another image that shows the doghouse............ And here is the "end of the line" for one of 970's sisters. Sort of sad! ! Stay well, Carl
Built for the Russian government in 1918 by Baldwin to a five foot gauge, it was never delivered due to the revolution. Re-gauged and sold to St. Louis and San Francisco it lasted until 1951.
From August 1983 at the Virginia Museum of Transportation at Roanoke before she began her second career as a fantrip fave in 1987. Unfortunately, a flood in November 1985 inundated much of the collection, so the museum was moved to a safer, yet less attractive location downtown.
At least what is left of it is preserved under cover now. As I understand, it was undergoing major overhaul at the shops outside of Birmingham, Alabama when the NS pulled the plug on the steam program. They put all the parts they cold find back together and shipped it back to Roanoke for display at the museum. I think the flues, much of the fire box and a bunch of other things are missing.
Sigh, I didn't know that. I'd forgotten then NS CEO David Goode's expedited, slash and burn exit from its steam program.
That was a temporary plaque they added for the 150 year celebration when it was pulling the special train with the "flag" baggage car. It was removed after the incident in East Texas, when the locomotive locked up its brakes and was pushed by the MUed diesel behind it, giving all the drivers flat spots. The special train was then pulled by the E unit trio. I guess the "Courage to Care" message was not deemed to be appropriate after the screw-up.
