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St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1047

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".]
Date: September 3, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1056

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]
Date: September 3, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" Lamberson wye

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."
Date: September 3, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" Tracks @ Winding Stair Mtns

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]
Date: September 3, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" Tracks @ Winding Stair Mtns

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]
Date: September 3, 1939
Creator: George, Preston
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History