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Frisco (SL&SF) 1049 on "Twin Meteor"

Description: A photograph postcard showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1049, 4-6-2, on Train No. 5, "Twin Meteor", approaching Talihina, OK, southbound 6 cars, 50 mph. Winding Stair Mtn., right distance. This line is now abandoned.
Date: September 1, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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

Description: 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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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