A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1057, 4-6-2 (Alco/Schenectady), on a passenger train, Talihina, OK.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1057, 4-6-2 (Alco/Schenectady), on a passenger train, Talihina, OK.

A photograph print showing a Buschow Lumber Company derelict narrow gauge shay locomotive (Lima Locomotive Works #828), "Rapides Lbr. Co., Inc." and No. 5 on tender, Stapp, OK.

A photograph print showing a pair of Buschow Lumber Company derelict narrow gauge shay locomotives, front engine is a Lima Locomotive Works #2051, rear engine is a P.G. #523, Stapp, OK.

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 751, 2-8-8-0 (class G-1), Heavener, OK.

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 356, 4-6-2, Heavener, OK.

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 809, 4-6-2 (Alco class H-1), Heavener, OK.

A photograph print showing the Kansas City Southern (KCS) 810, 4-6-2 (Alco class H-1), Heavener, OK.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1343, 2-8-2 (Alco/Schenectady), Talihina, OK.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1048, 4-6-2 (Alco/Schenectady), on local passenger train which ran between Monett, MO, and Paris, TX, stopped at the station in Talihina, OK. "line shown here is now abandoned" [see also 2008.008.6565B]

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1048, 4-6-2 (Alco/Schenectady), on local passenger train, taking on water, Talihina, OK. [see also 2008.008.6565A]

A photograph print showing a close view of St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1057, 4-6-2, Talihina, OK. [see also 2008.008.6564_2]

A photograph print showing a wider view of St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1057, 4-6-2, Talihina, OK. [see also 2008.008.6564_1]

An 8 x 10 photograph print showing a Midland Valley (MV) derelict locomotive in Bokoshe, OK. [probably Midland Valley Railroad]

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1047, 4-6-2, Talihina, OK. ["Talihina" is a contraction of two Choctaw words meaning "iron road".]

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1056, 4-6-2 (Alco/Schenectady), Talihina, OK. [Lead loco on passenger train No. 705]

A photograph print showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" track switch. "With this type of switch, there are no breaks in the main-line rails. The Frisco used this one, and another like it, a "split-proof swich", at the Lamberson wye in a remote area north of Talihina, OK., where helper engines were turned at the top of Winding Stair Mtn. Can you figure how it worked? It did! Line abandoned."

A photograph print showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" track scene on Winding Stair Mountain, north of Talihina, OK. [opposite direction as 2008.008.0542C]

A photograph print showing the St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" track scene on Winding Stair Mountain, north of Talihina, OK. [opposite direction as 2008.008.0542B]

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1048, 4-6-2, second loco on passenger train No. 705, behind engine #1056, Talihina, OK.

A photograph negative showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1056 & 1048, both 4-6-2s, on passenger train No. 705, Talihina, OK.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1312, 2-8-0, at water tank, Talihina, OK.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis-San Francisco (SLSF) 1343, 2-8-2 (Alco/Schenectady), at water tank, Talihina, OK.

A photograph print showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1056, 4-6-2, Talihina, OK.