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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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