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Viewing Album:  Frisco's waning days
 
By:TS _Illinois
Dates:12/2/1979 - 11/11/1980
Album Info:Somewhere in late 1979/early 1980, I and some like-minded associates resolved to record some of the Frisco activity in the St. Louis area before it was too late. We were quite correct in this as the acquisition by BN became final in 1981. Unfortunately, as we were all 16 and 17 year-old kids at the time - and Frisco operations were on the opposite side of the metropolitan area - our means and opportunity were somewhat limited. Still, we gave it a shot. Here presented are some of the efforts (some more successful than others) made in that pursuit.
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SLSF 320
Title:  SLSF 320
Description:  Switcher working Lindenwood yard on a Sunday afternoon.
Photo Date:  12/2/1979  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:23:53 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SLSF 320(SW1500)
Views:  598   Comments: 1
SLSF 701
Title:  SLSF 701
Description:  Regret to say I did not catch many of the torpedo tank units in action. Here is one leading train #33 through Webster Groves.
Photo Date:  2/24/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:27:40 PM
Location:  Webster Groves, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 701(GP35)
Views:  532   Comments: 1
Frisco caboose
Title:  Frisco caboose
Description:  The caboose was still a common sight back in those days. Here is one still in the older SLSF paint scheme.
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:31:50 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  535   Comments: 0
SLSF 758
Title:  SLSF 758
Description:  We did poke around in Lindenwood yard more than would be allowed these days. But as long as we didnt cross any tracks, they usually left us be. Here a couple of units idle on the engine service track.
Photo Date:  4/20/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:38:55 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SLSF 758(GP40-2) SLSF 923(SD45)
Views:  432   Comments: 0
SLSF 920
Title:  SLSF 920
Description:  SD45 920 leads train #33 through Webster Groves...in the rain.
Photo Date:  5/16/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:42:55 PM
Location:  Webster Groves, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 920(SD45) SLSF 953(SD40-2)
Views:  975   Comments: 0
Frisco 765
Title:  Frisco 765
Description:  Frisco 765 leads train #33 eastbound into Fenton, MO shortly before SLSF faded into BN green.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 4/15/2011 1:21:26 PM
Location:  Fenton, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 765(GP40-2)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
SLSF 310
Title:  SLSF 310
Description:  Dwarfed by an autorack, 310 works Lindenwood.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:46:40 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SLSF 310(SW9)
Views:  478   Comments: 0
SLSF 751
Title:  SLSF 751
Description:  Train #35 rolls through Fenton, MO.
Photo Date:  6/1/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:48:45 PM
Location:  Fenton, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 751(GP40-2) SLSF 771(GP40-2) SLSF 762(GP40-2)
Views:  520   Comments: 0
SLSF 752
Title:  SLSF 752
Description:  752 leads a brace of Santa Fe units on a westbound rolling into Shrewsbury, MO.
Photo Date:  7/27/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:52:34 PM
Location:  Shrewsbury, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 752(GP40-2) ATSF 5694(SD45-2)
Views:  681   Comments: 1
SLSF 771
Title:  SLSF 771
Description:  Odd color balance on this one - must have been an Ektachrome experiment. Frisco 771 leads a westbound through Oakland, MO.
Photo Date:  9/28/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:15:35 PM
Location:  Oakland, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 771(GP40-2) SLSF 773(GP40-2)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
SLSF 755
Title:  SLSF 755
Description:  A bright and pleasant Veterans Day found this westbound rolling through Kirkwood
Photo Date:  11/11/1980  Upload Date: 11/29/2011 4:20:00 PM
Location:  Kirkwood, MO
Author:  TS _Illinois
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SLSF 760(GP40-2) SLSF 764(GP40-2) SLSF 755(GP40-2)
Views:  882   Comments: 1

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