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UPDATE: SLSF 1522 Farewell Excursion
The famed Frisco steamer is slated for its final runs including one on home rails before its eminent retirement. The following is copied from 1522's website: http://www.frisco1522.org/trips.htm
The St. Louis Chapter NRHS is planning to run a pair of excursions using the St. Louis Steam Train Association's Frisco 1522 steam locomotive. The trips, set for Saturday and Sunday, September 28 & 29, will be from St. Louis to Newburg, Mo., and return over the Burlington Northern Santa Fe's ex-Frisco line. Final details are being worked out and we should have information on prices, etc., in the next few weeks.
SLSF 1522 steams backwards into the BN yard after a day of basking in railfan attention. 6/14/95 |
The story of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company - known to its mid-South neighbors as Frisco - is a narrative of battles against long odds and of adaptation to changing circumstances. The Frisco was chartered in 1849 as the Pacific Railroad of Missouri, when discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California fanned America's long-smoldering desire for a connection with the markets of the Orient. Construction began in 1855, but bogged down until the Civil War ended. In the meantime, marauding bands of bushwhackers and jayhawkers that terrorized much of Missouri during the war did considerable damage to the railroad. As a result, it went bankrupt.In 1876, the southwest branch of the Pacific was purchased by the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. Cherokee Indians successfully blocked survey and construction work on the line, dashing the dreams of a transcontinental railroad. Although it remained unable to complete its line through Indian Territory, Frisco was able to extend its trackage to Sapulpa, west of Tulsa, in the 1880s. After the turn of the century, Frisco completed its line through Kansas and Oklahoma, and into Texas. In 1901, it moved into the Southeast. The Frisco finally fulfilled a long-awaited dream of constructing a link to the Gulf of Mexico in the 1920s, only to plunge into bankruptcy after the Great Depression. The railroad struggled through the grim years of the Depression by abandoning much of its branch lines, and was there when the nation called on it during World War II. Closing of the East Coast sea lanes by German U-boats put oceans of Texas and Oklahoma oil onto Frisco rails for movement eastward. When BN acquired the Frisco in 1980, it added not only a strategically located railroad, but a proud tradition as well. (source: BNSF) |
Frisco 1522 heads for Omaha with an excursion train sponsored by the Burlington Northern. The SLSF was one of many fore-runners of the BN. 6/15/95 |
Steam muscle. 6/15/95 |
Built | Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, 1926 |
Engine Weight | 342,200 lbs |
Weight of Drivers | 233,700 lbs |
Main Driving Wheels | 69.5" |
Fire Box Dimensions | 10' x 7' |
Fuel | No. 6 heavy fuel oil, originally coal |
Tender Fuel Capacity | 4,500 gallons |
Fuel Consumption | About 13-15 gallons per mile |
Tender Water Capacity | 11,700 gallons |
Cylinders - Bore/Stroke | 28" x 28" |
Tractive Effort | 56,800 lbs without booster |
Valve Gear Type | Walschaerts |
Length - Engine and tender | 88.5' |
Weight - Engine and Tender | 598,890 lbs |
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Links: Frisco 1522 Official Web Site |
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