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Pulling out of the fair
Title:  Pulling out of the fair
Description:  BNSF 2732 leads a special train shuttling the Frisco 4501 steam locomotive out of it's home for several decades at the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas. Crew will hand off the train at Irving to a BNSF crew for movement to the engines new home at Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:30:04 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  510   Comments: 0
Easing out of town
Title:  Easing out of town
Description:  BNSF 2732 with a DGNO crew pulls a special train with the Frisco 4501 out of the Texas State Fairgrounds near downtown Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:29:40 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  462   Comments: 0
Preparing for departure
Title:  Preparing for departure
Description:  Worker with DGNO and the Museum of the American Railroad make some last minute checks on the special train that will move Frisco steam locomotive number 4501 from the Texas State Fairgrounds in Dallas, Texas to it's new home in Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:29:09 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  372   Comments: 0
Moving down the road
Title:  Moving down the road
Description:  Museum of the American Railroad's special with the Frisco 4501 continues west on UP's Dallas Sub approaching the interlocking at Forest Avenue near downtown Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:30:49 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 2732(GP39-2) SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  362   Comments: 0
Evening Meteor
Title:  Evening Meteor
Description:  Frisco 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive 4501 painted for the Meteor passenger train passes through Carrollton, Texas enroute to the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:36:09 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501 gleaming in the sun
Title:  Frisco 4501 gleaming in the sun
Description:  Museum of the American Railroad's Frisco 4-8-4 4501 with a fresh paint job gleams in the late spring Texas sun as it crosses the lake at the L.B. Houston Nature Park in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:36:37 PM
Location:  Irving, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  350   Comments: 0
Rolling over the bridge
Title:  Rolling over the bridge
Description:  Frisco 4-8-4 Steam Locomotive 4501 passes over the George Bush Turnpike at Carrollton, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:33:13 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  263   Comments: 0
Pulling by the siding
Title:  Pulling by the siding
Description:  Frisco Steam Locomotive 4501 pulls by Gribble Siding in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:33:42 PM
Location:  Gribble, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  479   Comments: 1
Marveling at the Mighty Machine
Title:  Marveling at the Mighty Machine
Description:  Frisco 4501 is sitting in position to start the trip from the Texas State Fairgrounds at Dallas, Texas to it's new home at Frisco.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:34:10 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  426   Comments: 1
Taking a look
Title:  Taking a look
Description:  Workers from the Museum of the American Railroad and the Dallas Garland and Northeastern Railroad are performing a routine inspection of the 4501's bearings at Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:34:35 PM
Location:  Fort Worth, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  346   Comments: 0
Meeting another southbound at Gribble
Title:  Meeting another southbound at Gribble
Description:  Frisco Steam Locomotive 4501 meets train H-TULDYT1-26A at Gribble Siding in Irving, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:35:00 PM
Location:  Gribble, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) BNSF 7095(ES44C4)
Views:  340   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  Tender of Frisco steam locomotive 4501 at Dallas, Texas before it starts the trip to the engines new home.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:37:03 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
Northern basking in the sun
Title:  Northern basking in the sun
Description:  Frisco Steam Locomotive 4501 slowing to a stop for a routine bearing check as the warm Texas sun lights up the scene in Dallas, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:35:22 PM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  420   Comments: 0
Getting the shot
Title:  Getting the shot
Description:  Fellow Metroplex railroad photographer Ken F. gets a going away shot of the Frisco 4501 as it passes through Carrollton, Texas.
Photo Date:  5/26/2013  Upload Date: 4/15/2014 1:35:46 PM
Location:  Carrollton, TX
Author:  SP Grabman
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1942, the "Meteor" was an overnight passenger train between St. Louis, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. #4501 powered a portion of President Harry S. Truman's whistle stop campaign through Missouri in 1948. She was donated to the museum by Frisco in 1964.
Photo Date:  5/2/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 7:41:12 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  634   Comments: 1
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/2/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 7:41:51 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Ben Kranefeld
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  1330   Comments: 2
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/20/2015  Upload Date: 7/15/2023 8:49:54 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  85   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/21/2017  Upload Date: 5/16/2018 1:49:55 AM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Dom Blevins
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) ATSF 97(FP45) UP 6913(DDA40X)
Views:  427   Comments: 1
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  Beautiful Frisco passenger engine
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:50:55 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:50:02 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  552   Comments: 1
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  A Meteor passenger engine!
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:07:12 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4) ATSF 97(FP45)
Views:  461   Comments: 1
Steam Engines coming up!
Title:  Steam Engines coming up!
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 4:00:41 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 608(H-12-44) ATSF 2260(DS44-1000) ATSF 2404(NW2) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) SLSF 4501(4-8-4) ATSF 97(FP45)
Views:  747   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  Used for passenger service, this locomotive presented a different job to the fireman. The tender contained oil, not coal!
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:57:48 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  514   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description:  One of the tour guides tells visitors about Frisco 4501.
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:52:40 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501 Tender
Title:  Frisco 4501 Tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:51:45 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
Frisco 4501
Title:  Frisco 4501
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/2018  Upload Date: 7/4/2018 3:14:33 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
SLSF 4501
Title:  SLSF 4501
Description:  zephyr blue!!!
Photo Date:  11/17/2021  Upload Date: 12/23/2021 12:39:22 AM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Rohan G
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SLSF 4501(4-8-4)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Museum of the American Railroad
Title:  Museum of the American Railroad
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/17/2021  Upload Date: 12/22/2021 11:53:11 PM
Location:  Frisco, TX
Author:  Rohan G
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SWPX 115(H-12-44) UP 6913(DDA40X) ATSF 97(FP45) SLSF 4501(4-8-4) UP 4018(4-8-8-4) ATSF 2428(CF7)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
SLSF 4-8-4 #4502 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4502 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  One of three specially painted 1943 Baldwin built Northerns used to head up the Frisco's premier train, The Meteor, daily between Oklahoma City and St Louis. The three locos were even given a special paint scheme - a distinctive zephyr blue, white and gray paint scheme with "Meteor" spelled out across the tender in bold red lettering. Later these three also served the Texas Special. Specifics - - oil fired, 74" drivers, 255 psi boiler pressure, 28x31" cylinders, engine weight of 462,500 lbs, tractive effort of 71,188 lb. The year is 1948 but the actual day is approximate. Robert M. Hanft photo. Wish this had been a color photo!
Photo Date:  6/1/1948  Upload Date: 1/27/2015 7:19:05 AM
Location:  Monett, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4502(4-8-4)
Views:  636   Comments: 1
SLSF 4-8-4 #4503 - St Louis-San Francisco
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4503 - St Louis-San Francisco
Description:  Beautiful Baldwin builder's photo of St Louis-San Francisco 4-8-4 Northern type steam locomotive. The entire class of 25 Northerns served until the group was "dismissed from service" in October of 1956 - casualties of dieselization. Specs - serial #64437, class 4500, coall burner, 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 28x31" cylinders, engine weight of 474,040 lb, tractive effort of 71,188 lb.
Photo Date:  8/1/1942  Upload Date: 1/5/2022 3:10:19 PM
Location:  Eddystone, PA
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4503(4-8-4)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
SLSF 4-8-4 #4503 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4503 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Looking like it was freshly delivered from Baldwin, this 4-8-4 even has its whitewalls still spotless! Specs - serial #64437, class 4500, coall burner, 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 28x31" cylinders, engine weight of 474,040 lb, tractive effort of 71,188 lb. The entire 4500 class was "dismissed from service" in October of 1956. C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:  9/3/1943  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 10:14:18 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4503(4-8-4)
Views:  232   Comments: 0
SLSF 4-8-4 #4503 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4503 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Nice example of a 1942 Baldwin built 4-8-4 Northern. Twenty-three of the twenty-five like this one were coal burners used in freight service with an occasional passenger service when needed. Specs - 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 28x31" cylinders, engine weight of 474,040 lb, impressive tractive effort of 71,188 lb. All 25 in the class were "dismissed from service" in October, 1956. Arthur B. Johnson photo
Photo Date:  7/13/1948  Upload Date: 8/31/2016 6:37:52 AM
Location:  Springfield, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4503(4-8-4)
Views:  347   Comments: 1
SLSF 4510
Title:  SLSF 4510
Description:  Built by Baldwin in 1948 for passenger service, she didn't work for long before being sidelined by diesels. On static display at the Museum of the American Railroad Dallas (soon Frisco).
Photo Date:  4/8/2012  Upload Date: 4/14/2012 12:21:16 AM
Location:  Dallas, TX
Author:  Roberto Alaniz
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4510(4-8-4)
Views:  653   Comments: 0
SLSF 4-8-4 #4511 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Title:  SLSF 4-8-4 #4511 - St Louis-San Francisco (Frisco)
Description:  Here is another example of a Baldwin 4-8-4 Northern built for the Frisco as their #4511 in August of 1942. Specs - serial #64448, class 4500, coall burner, 74" drivers, impressive 255 psi boiler pressure, 28x31" cylinders, engine weight of 474,040 lb, tractive effort of 71,188 lb. The entire 4500 class was "dismissed from service" in October of 1956. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  11/1/1943  Upload Date: 3/30/2020 10:14:23 AM
Location:  St Louis, MO
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4511(4-8-4)
Views:  220   Comments: 2
SLSF 4516
Title:  SLSF 4516
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/2010  Upload Date: 3/13/2010 12:46:38 AM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Nick Smith
Categories:  Night,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  1081   Comments: 4
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description:  Built for the Frisco by Baldwin in 1942.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:26:51 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  338   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description:  Used for freight service until 1951, when it was retired to Ft. Scott.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:28:01 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description:  By 1956, it was clear that Frisco would not be using these any more. Some were scrapped, but this one was sold to the Missouri State Fair Association in 1958, for $1.00
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:29:31 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  221   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description:  Funny, the Katy delivered it.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:30:13 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description:  The engine has been here so long, it is sinking into the ground, as you can see by closely examining the wheels.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:31:10 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 Tender
Title:  Frisco 4516 Tender
Description:  There is a cat crawling under the left side of it!
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:32:06 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 Tender
Title:  Frisco 4516 Tender
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:32:52 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:35:20 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  182   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:36:05 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  194   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:36:48 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  176   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description:  Missouri State Fair Speedway, a dirt racetrack, is in the background.
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:39:04 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  204   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:40:08 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  209   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516
Title:  Frisco 4516
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 7:59:20 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 8:09:25 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  215   Comments: 0
Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Title:  Frisco 4516 MP 12073
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/26/2019  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 8:10:04 PM
Location:  Sedalia, MO
Author:  Matthew Zisi
Categories:  RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  SLSF 4516(4-8-4)
Views:  357   Comments: 0


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