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Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern (BES) #6

Description: A photograph print showing the Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern (BES) #6, 4-6-0, on a mixed freight, with visitors standing on train. First train to arrive in Hobart, OK, 1901. The BE&SW was purchased by the SL-SW in 1907. [conflicting photo credit]
Date: 1901
Creator: High, H. E.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) 152

Description: A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) gas-electric # 152, on train #46, one car, passing through the Wichita Mtns. near Lugert, OK. King Mtn. is in the background. These trains make 519-mile runs daily between Wichita, KS. and San Angelo, TX. Until 1929, this line was the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient RR. Pictured track is part of a 3-mile relocation due to the increase in height of the Lugert dam.
Date: March 15, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) 2507

Description: A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 2507, on southbound mixed freight passing through big cut in Quartz Mtns., near Lugert, OK. The cut in solid granite, 2000 ft. long and 110 ft. deep at the center, is part of the relocation of former Kansas City, Mexico & Orient line around Altus Lake in southwest Oklahoma. [This photo taken a few seconds after 2008.008.7073]
Date: November 19, 1945
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) 2518 & 2510

Description: A photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 2518 & 2510, 2-8-0's, on northbound freight in Lugert Cut north of Altus, OK, 33 cars. The engines were formerly "Orient" locomotives and before that they were New York Central. [duplicate to 2008.008.0046]
Date: June 6, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

St. Louis & San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1283

Description: A photograph postcard (& Negative)showing the St. Louis and San Francisco (SLSF) "Frisco" 1283, 2-8-0, on Chickasha High School football excursion train, westbound, just east of Snyder, OK, 8 cars, 50 mph. (Chickasha football fans coming to Altus, OK.)
Date: November 26, 1948
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) 2509

Description: A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 2509, 2-8-0, on northbound extra near Lugert, OK, climbing a 1% grade with 24 cars. This is on a relocation around Lake Altus, built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. "This locomotive was originally New York Central, then Orient, until the latter was purchased by ATSF"
Date: November 21, 1944
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) M-160

Description: A photograph postcard showing Santa Fe (ATSF) M-160, gas electric, on westbound passenger Train #45, near Lugert, OK. Possibly the longest gas-electric run in the U.S., 519 miles.
Date: November 21, 1944
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) 2507

Description: A 5 x 7 photograph print showing Santa Fe (ATSF) 2507, on southbound mixed freight passing through big cut in Quartz Mtns., near Lugert, OK. The cut in solid granite, 2000 ft. long and 110 ft. deep at the center, is part of the relocation of former Kansas City, Mexico & Orient line around Altus Lake in southwest Oklahoma. [This photo taken a few seconds before 2008.008.0936]
Date: November 19, 1945
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) Motor Car M-162 (neg)

Description: A 5 x 7 photograph negative showing Santa Fe Motor Car M-162 gas-electric "doodlebug", on passenger train No. 46, running through the Wichita Mountains near Lugert, OK, King Mountain in the background. The daily run was 519 miles between Wichita, KS, and San Angelo, TX: two sets of equipment were required, Motors M-160, M-161 and M-162 were assigned so that one at a time could be overhauled or be available for emergencies.
Date: March 15, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Santa Fe (ATSF) 2518 (neg)

Description: A 5 x 7 photograph negative showing the Santa Fe (ATSF) 2518, 2-8-0, on a northbound mixed freight extra running through the Wichita Mountains near Lugert, OK, with King Mountain in the background, 15 cars.
Date: March 15, 1946
Creator: George, Preston
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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